# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claus-theo-gartner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:18:21.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claus-theo-gartner"
name: "Claus Theo Gärtner"
slug: "claus-theo-gartner"
description: "Claus Theo Gärtner is a German television actor and amateur racing driver, best known for portraying the private detective Josef Matula in the long-running crime series Ein Fall für zwei. From 1981 until 2013 he appeared in about 300 episodes, making the role one of the most recognisable characters in German television."
tagline: "German actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claus_Theo_G%C3%A4rtner_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-04-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.67
  momentum:             0.6186200959291601
  historical:           9.510824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350698/"
    handle:    "nm0350698"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Theo_G%C3%A4rtner"
    title: "Claus Theo Gärtner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "كلاوس تيو غرتنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "كلوز ثيو جارتنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Theo_G%C3%A4rtner"
    title: "Claus Theo Gärtner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Theo_G%C3%A4rtner"
    title: "Claus Theo Gärtner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Theo_G%C3%A4rtner"
    title: "Claus Theo Gärtner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Theo_G%C3%A4rtner"
    title: "Claus Theo Gärtner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Theo_G%C3%A4rtner"
    title: "Claus Theo Gärtner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Theo_G%C3%A4rtner"
    title: "Claus Theo Gärtner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Theo_G%C3%A4rtner"
    title: "Claus Theo Gärtner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71589"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/239472"
    title: "Claus Theo Gärtner"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump