Cast & creator
Kai Wiesinger
Best known for Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime
Kai Wiesinger (born April 16, 1966, in Hanover) is a German actor, director, screenwriter, and voice actor for dubbing and audio dramas. He rose to fame in 1992 with the comedy film *Kleine Haie*. Wiesinger made his television debut in the late 1980s on the ZDF program *Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst*. He achieved his breakthrough in 1992 with the lead role in *Kleine Haie*, for which he—alongside Jürgen Vogel and Gedeon Burkhard—received the Bavarian Film Award. In the years that followed, Wiesinger starred in numerous successful German films, including *Der bewegte Mann*, *Frauen sind was Wunderbares*, and *Stadtgespräch*. He also appeared regularly in historical and dramatic productions, such as *Comedian Harmonists*, *14 Tage lebenslänglich*, and *Nichts als die Wahrheit*, starring alongside Götz George. Wiesinger also took on numerous lead roles in television productions, including *Dresden*, *Die Gustloff*, and the series *Die Anwälte*. In 2014, he portrayed former Federal President Christian Wulff in the TV movie *Der Rücktritt*, for which he received the Bavarian Television Award. Since 2015, he has starred—alongside his partner, Bettina Zimmermann—in the self-developed web series *Der Lack ist ab*, which he also directed. Since 2022, he has also been seen in the title role of the crime series *Dr. Hoffmann*. In addition to his work in front of the camera, Kai Wiesinger is active as a voice actor for dubbing and audio dramas. Among other roles, he voiced a character in the animated film *Das große Krabbeln* (the German dub of *A Bug's Life*) and appeared alongside his then-wife, Chantal de Freitas, in the audio drama series *Bibi Blocksberg*.
58
film credits
50
television credits
107
1948–2023 · acting roles
6.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (108)
Showing 108 of 108 credits
Scene of the Crime
Bundeskanzler Grasshoff
1970Scene of the Crime
Peter Lausch
1970Scene of the Crime
Markus Hoffschulte
1970
DAS!
Self
1991
Markus Lanz
Self
2008Volle Kanne
Self
1999ZIBB
Self
2003
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
MDR um 4
Self
2014
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Self
2015
Riverboat
Self
1992ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Self
19893 nach 9
Self
1974
A Case For Two
Stefan Freiberg
1981
Nachtcafé
Self
1987Menschen der Woche
Self
2000
Zimmer frei!
Self
1996
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
1994
Bambi
Self
1948German Film Award
Self
1951
Genial daneben - Das Quiz
Self
2018Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997
Ein starkes Team
Harald Berg
1994Blauer Panther
Self
1989Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Frühling
Walter Liebherr
2011
Auf Achse
Toni Teuffel
1980
Die Kommissarin
Felix Walter
1994Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg
Self
2022
Kommissar Stolberg
Christoph Katzmann
2006
Nachtschicht
Dr.Prinz
2003
Das 1% Quiz – Wie clever ist Deutschland?
Self
2023Abendshow
Self
2017Im Leben von …
Self
2012
Der Lack ist ab
Tom
2015Der Lack ist ab
Director
2015
Familie Anders
Mario Kortner
2023
Backbeat
Klaus Voormann
1994
Die Anwälte
Sebastian Britten
2008
Emil and the Detectives
Knut Tischbein
2001
Dracula's Kiss
Dr. Seward
2002
Dresden
Simon Goldberg
2006
Dracula
Doctor Seward
2002Die Unbestechliche
Robert Fuchs
1998
Maybe... Maybe Not
Gunnar
1994
Murder on the Orient Express
Philip von Strauss
2001
Der Rücktritt
Christian Wulff
2014
Der Herr des Waldes
Peter Lausch
2021
Gier
Alfi Baumer
2010Antonia
Leonhardt Ahrendorff
2001
M/S Gustloff
Kapitän Hellmuth Kehding
2008
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Jurgen
2000
Horst Lichters Traumrouten
Self
2021
After the Truth
Peter Rohm
1999Durch Himmel und Hölle
Tom Gerling
2007Linda Zervakis: Alles auf Anfang
Self
2018
Takeover
Hubertus
2020
The Harmonists
Erwin Bootz
1997
The Hunt for the Amber Room
Eik Meiers
2012
Residual Risk
Werksleiter Wessel
2011
The Sunset Boys
Fritz Becker
1995
The Last Execution
Wagner
2021
Spear of Destiny
Eik Meiers
2010
Talk of the Town
René Krauss
1995
Frauen sind was Wunderbares
Zeno
1994
Wunderkinder
Max Reich
2011
Little Sharks
Johannes
1992
Terror in the Mall
Chris Maratos
1998
Leo & Claire
Gestapo-Mann
2002
Dr. Hoffmann - Die russische Spende
Dr. Felix Hoffmann
2022Unter Mordverdacht - Ich kämpfe um uns
Michael Lehmann
2007
Liebling, weck die Hühner auf
Lorenz Thiel
2009
14 Days to Life
Konrad von Seidlitz
1997
Honey Baby
Ulrich
2004
Until Nothing Remains
Dr. Gerd Ruppert
2010
Der gestiefelte Kater
König Otto
2009
Der Tote im Eis
Mark Kress
2013Labyrinth of Lies
Martin
2002
Greenhorn
Joachim Beck
1997
Money. Murder. Zurich.: Borchert and the murderous greed
Heller
2019Hunger auf Leben
Siegfried Pitschmann
2004Zwei gegen zwei
Sven Laurenz
2005
Liebe nach Rezept
Michael Fürstenberg
2007Families Anders. Zwei sind einer zu viel
2023
Hunger - Addicted to Love
Simon
1997
Still Movin'
Felix
1997
Gut zu Vögeln
Tillmann
2016
Fallen Angels
Tom Craven
2002
Lucky Loser
Thomas
2017
Du sollst hören
Prof. Dr. Theo Rotschild
2022Stirb für mich
Christian Schäfer
1995
Honeymoon
Manuel
1996
Unschuld
Alexander
2008
Poppitz
Ben
2002
Der Leihmann
Max Bieber
1995
Seven Weeks In Italy
Jan Steiner
2003
The Reason Why
Jan Haigerer
2008
Die Konfirmation
Simon
2017
The Tenth Summer
Karl Spielplatz
2003
Unter Druck
Jan
1995Highway Society
Jack Bogart
2000
Mit geradem Rücken
Jakob Braunstein
2012
Willkommen daheim
Dr. Wolfgang Schlegel
2005
Flirtcamp
Dr. Hans-Joachim Kapenheuer
2012