Markus Knüfken
Markus Knüfken wuchs in Essen auf. Knüfken machte 1985 in Essen-Kettwig sein Abitur und zog dann nach München, um seinen Zivildienst anzutreten. 1987 arbeitete er für sechs Monate im Paketpostamt München, um sich eine halbjährige Reise nach Australien zu finanzieren. Im April 1988 kam er aus Australien zurück. Er machte den Taxischein und arbeitete als Dauerstatist bei der Bavaria Film für die ARD Reihe Rote Erde. Im Sommer 1990 begann er seine Ausbildung als Schauspieler bei der Schauspielschule Schauspiel München. Nach drei Jahren schloss er die Ausbildung ab. Sein Anfänger-Engagement hatte er im Februar 1994 beim Stadttheater Herford. Zuvor drehte er jedoch bereits seine ersten Fernsehproduktionen. Seine erste große Rolle spielt Knüfken im November/Dezember 1993 als rechtsradikaler Skinhead in der Polizeiruf-110-Folge Samstags wenn Krieg ist unter der Regie von Roland Suso Richter. Es folgten Hauptrollen in Krimi-Reihen wie Tatort und Notruf Hafenkante. Im Jahr 1995 etablierte sich Markus Knüfken mit der Hauptrolle des Eddie Velten in der Serie Auf Achse. Seitdem hat er in vielen Fernsehfilmen, Serien aber auch Kinoproduktionen mitgespielt. Als seine persönlichen Lieblingsprojekte nennt Knüfken Bang Boom Bang und Doppelpack. Weitere bekannte Produktionen, an denen Knüfken mitwirkte, waren unter anderem Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit und Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door. Markus Knüfken war mit der niederländischen Schauspielerin Ellen ten Damme verheiratet. Er lebt seit 2003 in Hamburg und ist mit Andrea Lion verheiratet, mit der er ein Kind und eine Stieftochter hat.
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
as Police OfficerTwo young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a...
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Bang, Boom, Bang
as Andreas 'Andy' FinkBank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is...
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No More School
as PolizistThe last three weeks of school life have begun: After the Abitur, Germany's leaving certificate,...
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Radio Silence
as Doc RockHorror involving a serial-killer toying with a Pirate Radio DJ
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Bobby
as JojoBobby Kustermann is a young man with Down syndrome who lives in a loving family until his...
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Rocca Changes the World
as Roland Ross11-year-old Rocca, a clever, creative and brave girl who lives all by herself in defiance of her...
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Gut zu Vögeln
as J.T.After her fiancee cancels the wedding, Merlin's life changes drastically when she moves in with...
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Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller
as Inspector KurzteDirector Rufus Lindner is shooting his first film: " Die Vatikankiller". With audience favorite...
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Love Scenes from Planet Earth
as PeterThe film is a comedy centering on the lives of eight Germans who long for sexual excitement.
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Manatu - Only the truth will save you
as MathiasA boarding game comes alive and drags a family into its world
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Zwei Mädels auf Mallorca - Die heißeste Nacht des Jahres
as Dieter RogallaThe two sales clerks Tanja and Nicole hardly know each other, but they share something: their...
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Honolulu
as EwaldProduced and directed by seven Munich Film School students, Honolulu takes place not in Hawaii,...
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The Perfect Nanny
as Edgar StrackThe ambitious business consultant and single father Edgar Strack is desperately trying to...
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The Witch and the Believer
as HerbertIn a dark world of violence and lies, an assimilated Ottoman frees a sentenced Witch from the...
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Das Mädchen aus dem Totenmoor
as Ulf BaumannThe peat farmer Hannes Gerhards wants his girlfriend Helen Dahms from the city to pull him to...
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Vollweib sucht Halbtagsmann
as ThomasAnna, a lonely mother who runs a party service, lives primarily for Tobi, her little son, whose...
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The Last Blow Job
as MarkAn {explosive} love story, directed by Lutz Lemke.
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Hilfe, meine Schwester kommt
as Felix von BondyLuisa Wagner is a successful event manager. At the same time she also manages to look after her...
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Sog der Gezeiten
as Jonas TjerslandThe construction of the new community center for a town on the Sognefjord could inspire Agnes'...
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Ich schenk dir einen Seitensprung
as Erik KrappThe firefighter Erik wants to make a proposal to his girlfriend Sofie, but at the crucial moment...
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eheExamination
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Scene of the Crime
as Till BornemannTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...
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Scene of the Crime
as Axel NehlsTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...
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Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
as Wolfgang StillerA long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set...
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SOKO 5113
as Sascha EichSOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in...
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Polizeiruf 110
as Dr. Lothar WinterPolizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode...
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Polizeiruf 110
as Siggi SchmidtmüllerPolizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode...
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SOKO Stuttgart
as Jens ZillerThe SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state...
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Hamburg Dockland
as Kai NordenShows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
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In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
as Martin KlausenThe spin-off to the original series 'In aller Freundschaft' focuses on the young doctors in a...
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Der Fahnder
as Jürgen BauerDer Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the...
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Coast Guard
as Doktor PetersKüstenwache is a German television series that tells the fictionalized adventures of a unit of...
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Inga Lindström
as Frans VidmarkSeries written by Christiane Sadlo about writer and journalist under the pseudonym "Inga...
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Wilsberg
as Pfarrer AlbersGeorg Wilsberg is an antiquarian in Münster. He used to be a lawyer but lost his license. Since...
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Auf Achse
as EddiThe adventures of a group of German truckers on jobs all over the world.
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Family Dr. Kleist
as Horst BrinkmannExamining different species of animals as they grow to adulthood and learn life lessons that are...
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Balko
as Heiner LamprechtBalko is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a...
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SK Kölsch
as Willi FuhrmannSK Kölsch is a German television series.
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Die Kommissarin
as uncreditedDie Kommissarin is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from...
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Dr. Klein
as Johannes Gärtner"Dr. Klein" is a medical and family TV series, which moves between great emotion and humor....
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Here Comes Kalle
as Stefan AndresenDa kommt Kalle is a German television series.
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Hallo Robbie!
as Dr. Gunnar HuberHallo Robbie! is a German television series.
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Countdown – Die Jagd beginnt
as Georg GlaserCountdown – Die Jagd beginnt is a German television series.
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Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp
as Thomas Schwellinger
Die Landärztin
as Dominik EngelDie Landärztin is a German television series.
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Kanzleramt
as Stefan OstheimKanzleramt is a German television series based on the template of the American tv series The...
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