
Acting
Rainer Laupichler
Born
1957-01-21 (69)
Place of birth
Daun, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
74 titles
Rainer Laupichler is a German actor, born on January 21, 1957, in Daun. He studied business administration in Berlin before completing his acting training from 1981 to 1985 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin and has appeared in over 250 film and television productions. He became known for roles such as fashion manufacturer Marcel Börner in “Schloss Einstein” (1998–2000, 8 episodes), HR manager Nübel in “Stromberg” (2009–2012, 7 episodes), Kriminalrat Schaaf in “Wilsberg” (ongoing), Dr. Seckendorff in “Club der roten Bänder” (2015–2016, 3 episodes), as well as guest appearances in series like “Alarm für Cobra 11” (2006–2016, 4 episodes), “Tatort,” “SOKO Leipzig,” “Der letzte Bulle” (2014, 3…
Known for
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.2Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
Polizeiruf 110
1971
6.6A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
5.9SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
Leipzig Homicide
2001
6.4The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
SOKO Köln
2003
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
8.0In the 1980s, the life of a family in a small village is determined by just one issue: the mother's body weight. Her husband Werner decides that she needs to lose weight, Cornelia suffers as a result and their daughter Ela is caught in the middle.
Lügen über meine Mutter
2026
No synopsis available yet.
Wilsberg: Trügerische Sicherheit
2026
7.3Things are not going well for basketball coach Andreas: He gets fired, his wife leaves him, and then he is caught driving under the influence. The consequence? Community hours. From now on, Andreas will coach a basketball team of players with mental disabilities.
Because We Are Champions
2022
6.5Two couples who can't stand each other need to become friends. Because this is their only chance for a life-saving organ donation.
Leben über Kreuz
2021
2010s · 14 titles
5.7A psychedelic mushroom trip turns a successful lawyer into a wanted man.
The Dark Side of the Moon
2016
5.0A breathless criminal hunt, which leads into the remote mountain world of Romania, with the portrait of a foreign country, which has remained standing in time. Hanna Landauer and Sven Schröder are part of a special unit of the LKA, which traps fugitives across the borders to the remotest corners of the world.
Manhunt: Escape to the Carpathians
2016
7.3They failed as a couple, but as parents Julia and Tom share custody of their daughter Anni after their divorce. Driven by her hurt feelings, Julia begins to systematically alienate the girl from her father.
Because You're Mine
2019
3.8One morning, a Japanese monk shows up in a village: He does not speak a word, has a head injury and is evidently on the run. Chief Inspector Louise Bonì immediately senses that the young man is in grave danger. However, her supervisor Bermann does not believe her word - because since a deadly use Bonì is psychologically struck and is mainly due to an alcohol problem. Nevertheless, she continues to investigate on her own. The trail leads to a mysterious Zen monastery and a private children's aid organization, which mediates Asian adopted children. Soon Louise awakens a terrible suspicion.
Zen and the Art of Murder
2015
5.9Karsten apparently has it settled. However, in this provincial German town, a moment of weakness turns to disaster, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.
All of a Sudden
2016
3.4A tricky out-of-area mission for Peter Lohmeyer alias Chief Inspector Jan Fabel in his fourth case: in the hustle and bustle of Cologne Carnival, of all things, the introverted hamburger has to chase a serial killer and stop a colleague from going it alone. Lisa Maria Potthoff plays the policewoman Maria, whose traumatic experience turns into a blind thirst for vengeance, Stipe Erceg can be seen in the role of the burned-out top chef and Murathan Muslu as a macho criminal. The lost souls are what make this bestseller film adaptation by the author Craig Russell, which is extremely exciting right up to the last second.
Carneval - Der Clown bringt den Tod
2018
6.5It's been five years Martin's family vanished without a trace from a cruise ship. Ever since, the police psychologist is tortured by the thought of his wife having committed a murder-suicide, taking their son with her. He is the only one not willing to believe this. Suddenly, a new lead takes him back aboard the very same luxury cruiser, where once again, a mother and her child have vanished. But this time, the girl reappears - holding a teddy bear that used to belong to Martin's son. Martin soon learns that things are handled differently on the open sea. Not to disturb his passengers' enjoyment of the lavish luxuries of their cruise, the rich owner of the cruiser wants to keep the child out of sight and hides her deep under deck in the quarantine bay. Here, Martin tries to get the traumatized girl to talk to him. But even deeper in the dark underbelly of the ship there is something lurking. And all signs point to a serial killer, just waiting to strike again.
Passagier 23
2018
6.01978. In a desperate act of love, a plane is hijacked in East Germany and forced to land in the American Sector of West Berlin, triggering a Cold War crisis and forcing 60 hapless passengers to decide in minutes whether to give up everything and stay in the West...
Westflug - Entführung aus Liebe
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
An einem Tag in ... Duisburg. Todesfalle Loveparade
2011
6.015-year-old Caro is one of the inconspicuous students in her school. One day she get noted by a handsome, wealthy Turkish guy who is 5 years older than her. Since they start seeing each other she turns into a totally different person
Loverboy
2017
1.0At the centre of the comedy ‘Halbe Hundert’ (‘half of hundred’) stand three strong women at fifty. As with so many women of their generation, the number on their birth certificate seemingly doesn’t fit to their sense of life at all. But all three of them stand before decisive changes. Anne is successful in her professional life as a hand surgeon who is acclaimed all across Germany. The victim of her flawless career is her marriage to Klaus, who had her back with regards to children and household for years and now has left her unexpectedly. Anne reacts with wounded vanity and books a young, attractive male escort for a congress. But the relationship, considered to be professional, throws Anne out of the loop emotionally. Charlotte has worn down herself for the family for years as she is diagnosed with breast cancer. With the illness in front of her eyes, Charlotte finds the courage to break out of old confinements…
Halbe Hundert
2013
5.3In a driving school, three women of different ages meet for the so-called idiot test. There is a close friendship between the women. Annette, Katja and Isabel unite dislike for the macho driving instructor Marius, but also enthusiasm for Erik, who also has to undergo retraining. The three ladies have to recognize the problems in their lives and get a grip on them.
Idiotentest
2012
7.5On a freezing November night, a young doctor accidentally runs over and kills an 18-year old boy. The criminal investigation is quickly dropped, but the mysterious circumstances of the accident leave behind many unanswered questions.
The Cold Truth
2015
Detective Inspector Wencke Müller is passed over for a long-overdue promotion. Instead of Wencke, the police chief’s daughter, Ina-Annabel Michels, is given the leadership position at the Duisburg Police Department. The new team leader immediately takes charge of the current case, which involves the stolen handbag of Sophie Winger, the wife of a politician.
Wenckes Verbrecher
2013
2000s · 11 titles
6.7When a notorious German serial killer is captured after committing some of the most heinous acts against humanity ever imaginable, a farmer and police officer from a sleepy rural community on the outskirts of Berlin is drawn into the case as he searches for the answers to a murder that has shaken his tight-knit community.
Antibodies
2005
6.0Former swimming champion Johanna, now a pensioner, finds her life changes completely when she answers a lonely hearts ad and meets writer Johannes.
You Told Me, You Love Me
2006
3.0Jakob and Manu have developed their own specific survival strategies. Without a permanent home or steady job, they live in a makeshift camp in the woods and use the municipal swimming pool when they need to shower. Always short on cash, they make a living as providers of human services. They notice what is missing in other people′s lives and make a living by satisfying others′ desires and giving them what they need or what they lack.
Zarte Parasiten
2009
4.0A young woman devotedly runs her father-in-law’s construction company, but her husband’s reckless lifestyle threatens the company’s very existence. Together with the company’s authorized signatory, she plans the perfect murder, which seems to be going according to plan. But when the investigating detective falls in love with the attractive widow, things start to spiral out of control.
Betty - Schön wie der Tod
2003
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Albert - Mein unsichtbarer Freund
2007
6.9Middle-aged lawyer Thomas meets Leyla at the pool. After their paths keep crossing, he asks her out on a date. Somewhat to his surprise she agrees. The next morning Thomas awakes to find Leyla and his laptop, which contains vital case files, missing.
Something to Remind Me
2002
6.9Middle-aged lawyer Thomas meets Leyla at the pool. After their paths keep crossing, he asks her out on a date. Somewhat to his surprise she agrees. The next morning Thomas awakes to find Leyla and his laptop, which contains vital case files, missing.
Something to Remind Me
2002
6.6Externally, they could be twins. But really only outwardly: the unemployed, disillusioned toolmaker Erwin Strunz and the dynamic, power-infested Prime Minister Uwe Achimsen. There's the inevitable confusion - and everyone thinks Erwin is for Prime Minister Achimsen. Rainer Kaufmann staged the fast-paced confusion comedy with Wolfgang Stumph, Katja Riemann and Katharina Thalbach in the leading roles.
Der Job seines Lebens
2003
5.8The film tells the story of a German woman's marriage to an Algerian virologist in Hamburg. When the man comes under suspicion of having contact with Islamist terrorist circles, mistrust grows between the previously happy spouses like a creeping poison...
Folgeschäden
2004
No synopsis available yet.
Und die Braut wusste von nichts
2002
No synopsis available yet.
Operation Rubikon
2002
1990s · 3 titles
9.0Ex-Secret Service agent Harry Kowa now works as a bodyguard. Protecting his boss from an assassination attempt, he kills one of the attackers, who turns out to be a government agent. Now it's open season on Kowa.
Gates of Fire
1996
No synopsis available yet.
Mein ist die Rache
1997
A bank robber barricades himself in a Berlin kindergarten after a robbery and holds the children hostage.
5 Stunden Angst – Geiselnahme im Kindergarten
1996
1980s · 2 titles
5.6Dave knows what it is to suffer. Especially when he takes the rap for a gang of motorbike thieves and ends up in jail. All for the love of Corinna, his beautiful girlfriend. Refused parole and nearly insane with frustration he makes a violent escape to be with her and strike back.
Strike Back
1981
4.0A trio takes shelter in a friend's apartment while he is away for awhile. One of the trio is Lola who teaches French on the side, maintains an out-of-sight hairstyle, and has a 10-year-old son. Another of the trio is a homosexual who supports himself by playing his flute on the street or reading to elderly women. The last friend in the group is Max, whose parents are sending him steady installments of cash to pay for non-existent studies; it seems Max is a writer waiting for inspiration to hit. In the meantime, he and Lola are an item.
Day Thieves
1985
Series credits
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.2Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
Polizeiruf 110
1971
6.6A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
6.6A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
6.6A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
6.6A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
5.9SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
Leipzig Homicide
2001
5.9SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
Leipzig Homicide
2001
6.4The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
SOKO Köln
2003
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
5.9No synopsis available yet.
SOKO Wismar
2004
5.9No synopsis available yet.
SOKO Wismar
2004
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Schloss Einstein
1998
6.0Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.
Großstadtrevier
1986
5.8Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
Hamburg Dockland
2007
No synopsis available yet.
Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
No synopsis available yet.
Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
6.0Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP was a German hospital drama television series which aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and caregivers in the fictional Hamburg Hansa Clinic, located in the Altona district.
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
5.0The unlikely police pair Verena Berthold and Otto Garber are part of a special task force investigating organized crime in Berlin. He comes from the east, she from the west of Berlin. He's a redneck, she's from a better background. This causes conflict. Over time, things start to sizzle between the two. Their team includes the agile German-Turkish Yücsel and the sluggish Georg, who, like Verena and Otto, are constantly bickering. The department manager is Lothar Reddemann. Sputnik is a former colleague of Otto's from the People's Police and is constantly coming up with new business ideas for stores and pubs where the team meets.
Ein starkes Team
1994
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Heldt
2013
7.8Georg Wilsberg is an antiquarian in Münster. He used to be a lawyer but lost his license. Since then he has been working as a private detective. The always clammy Wilsberg urgently needs this income. In addition, he depends on the support of his friends, especially because of the car.
Wilsberg
1995
7.8Georg Wilsberg is an antiquarian in Münster. He used to be a lawyer but lost his license. Since then he has been working as a private detective. The always clammy Wilsberg urgently needs this income. In addition, he depends on the support of his friends, especially because of the car.
Wilsberg
1995
7.8Georg Wilsberg is an antiquarian in Münster. He used to be a lawyer but lost his license. Since then he has been working as a private detective. The always clammy Wilsberg urgently needs this income. In addition, he depends on the support of his friends, especially because of the car.
Wilsberg
1995
5.4No synopsis available yet.
Der Staatsanwalt
2005
5.4No synopsis available yet.
Der Staatsanwalt
2005
7.3Der letzte Bulle is a German television series that was first aired in 2010. The series is about a cop from the 1980s put into a modern police department in Essen.
Der letzte Bulle
2010
6.2Balko is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a police detective story with comical twists featuring two inspectors of the Dortmund police, Balko and his colleague Klaus Krapp. Balko's main characteristics are his coolness and his consistently laid-back appearance, whereas “Krappi” is a typical mama’s boy and very clumsy. The series started in 1995 and has won several television awards.
Balko
1995
1.0Stolberg is a German detective television series, starring chief inspector Martin Stolberg. The series is more serious and less flashy than other contemporary German detective series.
Kommissar Stolberg
2006
Dr. Sommerfeld – Neues vom Bülowbogen is a German television series.
Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen
1997
6.0Helen Dorn is an expert Police Commissioner, who’s years of experience have given her killer instinct when it comes to crime. On the department head’s orders, Helen Dorn become involuntary partners with Detective Chief Superintendent Gregor Georgi, with Helen in the role of Georgi’s superior. After initially ruffling some feathers, as Gregor thought he was about to take over a case as head investigator and not confronted with a new superior, the two prove to be a solid pairing: Helen’s famed intuition is matched by Gregor’s rational analysis and precision. But will he be able to unearth her mysterious past?
Helen Dorn
2014
4.7Faced with staff shortages, the chief of a Cologne police department convinces two retired homicide detectives to come back into the force. As their immediate superior is a young woman, a generational cultural clash is inevitable.
Rentnercops
2015
4.4Hallo Robbie! is a German television series.
Hallo Robbie!
2001
7.6Drei Damen vom Grill is a German television series.
Drei Damen vom Grill
1977
6.2No synopsis available yet.
The Air Rescue Team
1997
6.1Berlin, Berlin is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 6:50PM on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.
Berlin, Berlin
2002
8.0Die Kommissarin is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from 1994 till 2006. The series, which takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is notable as being the first, and as yet one of the few commercially successful, German detective series to have a female lead character. The main character is Inspector Lea Sommer, played by Hannelore Elsner. Sommer is divorced with custody of her teenage son, Daniel. She is looking forward to a new relationship with her new boyfriend, Jonathan. Although Lea and Jonathan telephone each other frequently, he has never actually been seen or heard on screen. Sommer was originally paired with Nick Siegel, but in a 1996 episode, Siegel was shot to death by an escaping criminal. His last words were "Lea, ich fühle mich so kalt". Sommer's current partner officer is Jan Orlop. Die Kommissarin airs on the German Language channel German Kino Plus in the United States. In Finland it airs on YLE TV2 under the title Etsivä Lea Sommer.
Die Kommissarin
1994
No synopsis available yet.
Stadtklinik
1993
7.7A comedy centered around the incompetent boss of a German insurance office.
Stromberg
2004
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Flemming
2009
Der Ermittler is a German television series.
Der Ermittler
2001
