Claus Theo Gärtner
German actor · Germany · On the map · Actors · Born 1943 · age 83
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.
Claus Theo Gärtner is read about 211 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 19 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2019
Die VerwandlungFilm2017Askania AwardAward
MatulaFilm, 2017Matula2015
Quizduell-OlympSeries2009
SOKO StuttgartSeries, Anton KreutznerDer Mann aus der PfalzFilm, 2009Heiner Geißler2006Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2001AeschbacherSeries1997
Leute heuteSeries1995Auf dünnem EisFilm, Michael Schänker1994
Die KommissarinSeries, Josef1991
DAS!Series1987
NachtcaféSeries1985Grand mit 3 DamenFilm, Urs1982Der GastFilm, Erich1980Das ZielFilm, Säger1979Die PyramideSeries
The First PolkaFilm, 1979Feldwebel Metzmacher1977Der Weilburger KadettenmordFilm, Trapp1974
One or the Other of UsFilm, Kronert1973Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der NaunynstraßeFilm1971
Jaider, the Lonely HunterFilm, Anderl1970
Scene of the CrimeSeries, Erwin SchollEin MädchenFilm, 1970Erster Student1957Der Tod des PräsidentenFilm, Jake de Bonay1951German Film AwardSeries1943Born19 April 1943
Die VerwandlungFilm2017Askania AwardAwardMatulaFilm, 2017Matula2015Quizduell-OlympSeries2009SOKO StuttgartSeries, Anton KreutznerDer Mann aus der PfalzFilm, 2009Heiner Geißler2006Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2001AeschbacherSeries1997Leute heuteSeries1995Auf dünnem EisFilm, Michael Schänker1994Die KommissarinSeries, Josef1991DAS!Series1987NachtcaféSeries1985Grand mit 3 DamenFilm, Urs1982Der GastFilm, Erich1980Das ZielFilm, Säger1979Die PyramideSeriesThe First PolkaFilm, 1979Feldwebel Metzmacher1977Der Weilburger KadettenmordFilm, Trapp1974One or the Other of UsFilm, Kronert1973Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der NaunynstraßeFilm1971Jaider, the Lonely HunterFilm, Anderl1970Scene of the CrimeSeries, Erwin SchollEin MädchenFilm, 1970Erster Student1957Der Tod des PräsidentenFilm, Jake de Bonay1951German Film AwardSeries1943Born19 April 1943People around Claus
Close ties
- Volker Vogeler Directed Jaider, der einsame Jäger (1971)
- Ben von Rönne Wrote Matula and Matula: Der Schatten des Berges
Wolfgang Petersen Directed One or the Other of Us (1982)
Jürgen Prochnow Also in One or the Other of Us (1982)
Johannes Schaaf Also in Jaider, der einsame Jäger (1971)- Rainer Erler Directed Operation Ganymed (1980)
Jürgen Roland Directed Tatort: Das stille Geschäft (1977)
Karl-Heinz von Hassel Also in Tatort: Gefährliche Wanzen (1974)
Willy Semmelrogge Also in Tatort: Gefährliche Wanzen (1974)
Eberhard Fechner Directed Winterspelt 1944 (1978)- Klaus Emmerich Directed The First Polka (1979)
- Ulf Miehe Wrote Jaider, der einsame Jäger (1971)
Fred Stillkrauth Also in Jaider, der einsame Jäger (1971)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 31
66 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
From 1981 until 2013 he appeared in about 300 episodes, making the role one of the most recognisable characters in German television.
Country
Germany
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83
In the same film or series as Claus
Hans BrennerAlso in Der Tod des Präsidenten (1957)
Christiane HörbigerAlso in Leaf and Blossom - The Inheritance (2004)
Bernd TauberAlso in Bäume ausreißen (1981)
Ulrich WildgruberAlso in Das Ziel (1980)
Annett RennebergAlso in Der Mann aus der Pfalz (2009)
Uwe FriedrichsenAlso in Operation Ganymed (1977)