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German actor (1942?2020)
Dieter Laser
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Dieter Laser in April 2010
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Born
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1942-02-17
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17 February 1942
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Died
| 29 February 2020
(2020-02-29)
(aged 78)
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1968?2020
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Klaus Dieter Laser
(17 February 1942 ? 29 February 2020) was a German actor.
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Laser's career spanned over five decades, appearing in both German and English-language productions. He achieved recognition for his lead role in the 2009 film
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
and also starred in the
third entry
in 2015. On television, he had a recurring role on
Lexx
from 1998 to 2000.
Early life
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Laser was born in
Kiel
.
Career
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He was known to English speaking audiences for his roles as Mantrid in
Lexx
,
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Prof. Otto Blaettchen in
The Ogre
, Dr.
Josef Heiter
in
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
and Bill Boss in
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
In 1975, he was awarded the
German Film Award in Gold
in the category of
Best Actor
for his title role in
John Gluckstadt
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During the filming of
The Human Centipede
, many crew members and leading actors described Laser as being a
method actor
. On the days of filming, he did not speak to the cast very often and would stay in character as much as he possibly could. Director Tom Six cast him after being impressed with Laser's work in some of his earlier films. For his performance, Laser won Best Actor at the
Austin Fantastic Fest
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and was nominated for the LA Scream Awards for Best Villain in 2010. He returned for the final installment of the franchise after refusing to play the part at first.
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Laser starred in the Estonian fantasy film
November
(shot November 2015). On 15 January 2016, due to appointment collisions in the planning of
Sky Sharks
, Dieter Laser and Fuse Box Films separated.
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Death
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Dieter Laser died twelve days after his 78th birthday on 29 February 2020.
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His death was not announced until a message to his official Facebook page was posted on 9 April 2020.
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Selected filmography
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- 1968:
In the Jungle of Cities
(Im Dickicht der Stadte)
, as Collie Couch alias "The Pavian"
- 1973:
Desaster
, as Alf Harden
- 1974:
Ermittlungen gegen Unbekannt
, as Gunter Riegand
- 1974-1976:
Das Blaue Palais
(TV-series), as Enrico Polazzo
- 1975:
John Gluckstadt
, as John Gluckstadt
- 1975:
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
, as Werner Toetges
- 1975:
The Last Holidays
[
de
]
, as Miguel
- 1976:
The Elixirs of the Devil
[
de
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, as Medardus
- 1977:
Operation Ganymed
[
de
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, as Don
- 1978:
Germany in Autumn
, as Member of the board of TV producers
- 1978:
The Glass Cell
(Oscar nominated:
Best Foreign Language Film
), as David Reinald
- 1979:
Union der festen Hand
(TV film), as Adam Griguszies
- 1981:
Don Quixote's Children
[
de
]
, as Peter Senders
- 1982:
Wir
(based on
We
, the 1921
Russian novel
by
Yevgeny Zamyatin
)
- 1986:
Vater und Sohne ? Eine deutsche Tragodie
(mini series), as Friedrich Deutz
- 1990:
The Man Inside
, as Leonard Schroeter
- 1991:
Meeting Venus
, as Hans von Binder
- 1993:
Kaspar Hauser
[
de
]
, as Ludwig I. von Bayern
- 1996:
Conversation with the Beast
, as Peter Hollsten
- 1996:
The Ogre
, as Prof. Otto Blaettchen
- 1997:
Shanghai 1937
(Hotel Shanghai)
, as Dr. Hain
- 1997:
The Rat
(TV film), as Bruno
- 2000:
Recycled
, as Hasso von Walden
- 2002:
Big Girls Don't Cry
, as Mr. Winter
- 2002:
Fuhrer Ex
, as Eduard Kellermann
- 2003:
Baltic Storm
, as Gehrig
- 2006:
I Am the Other Woman
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de
]
, as Bruno
- 2009:
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
, as Dr. Josef Heiter
- 2010:
Greed
[
de
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(TV film), as General Klaus Habenicht
- 2015:
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
, as Bill Boss
- 2017:
November
, as Baron
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