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Oliver Kniffki(I)

  • Actor
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Oliver Kniffki
After finishing high school in Wuerzburg / Germany Oliver Kniffki moved to Munich and started a successful career in Television Production. He worked for all the mayor german TV stations as a writer and producer. Most notably was his time at MTV Central in Hamburg and London from 1996 to 1998. Oliver Kniffki then decided to pursue acting full time and moved to New York where he studied acting for two years at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and dancing at the Broadway Dance Center. He studied with such acclaimed acting teachers as Michael Margotta, Robert Castle and Dan Grimaldi. It was Michael Margotta who got Oliver Kniffki a one year internship at the Actors Studio where he could learn and develop his skills among some of the greatest actors of our time. In September 2000 Oliver moved to London and continued his acting studies at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). In 2002 Oliver Kniffki moved to Berlin / Germany where he continues to work as an actor in Film, Television and Commercials.
BornAugust 12, 1973
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  • Known for

    Das geheime Leben der Spielerfrauen (2005)
    Das geheime Leben der Spielerfrauen
    3.4
    TV Series
    • Torsten Bader
    Lammbock (2001)
    Lammbock
    7.2
    • Polizist # 2
    • 2001
    Manolo (2010)
    Manolo
    6.0
    Short
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2010
    Silhouettes (2011)
    Silhouettes
    6.7
    • German actor Gustav
    • 2011

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    • Silhouettes (2011)
      Silhouettes
      6.7
      • German actor Gustav
      • 2011
    • MPU - Medizinisch Psychologische Untersuchung (2011)
      MPU - Medizinisch Psychologische Untersuchung
      6.6
      Short
      • Fromm
      • 2011
    • Rote Rosen (2006)
      Rote Rosen
      3.0
      TV Series
      • Kai Maiwald
      • 2011
    • Die Eylandt Recherche (2008)
      Die Eylandt Recherche
      5.5
      • Stendahl
      • 2008
    • Doppelter Einsatz (1994)
      Doppelter Einsatz
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Max Long
      • 2007
    • A Case for Two (1981)
      A Case for Two
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Ullrich
      • 2007
    • Paul Panzer präsentiert die unglaublichsten Geschichten (2007)
      Paul Panzer präsentiert die unglaublichsten Geschichten
      TV Series
      • Arno (2008)
      • 2007
    • Das Übliche
      7.2
      Short
      • Der Jüngere
      • 2005
    • Das geheime Leben der Spielerfrauen (2005)
      Das geheime Leben der Spielerfrauen
      3.4
      TV Series
      • Torsten Bader
      • 2005
    • Abschnitt 40 (2001)
      Abschnitt 40
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Erste Bomberjacke
      • 2002
    • Lammbock (2001)
      Lammbock
      7.2
      • Polizist # 2
      • 2001
    • Petra Schürmann in Verkehrsgericht (1983)
      Verkehrsgericht
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Volker Westemeyer
      • 1999

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Manolo (2010)
      Manolo
      6.0
      Short
      • second unit director
      • 2010

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Manolo (2010)
      Manolo
      6.0
      Short
      • second unit camera
      • 2010

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 6′ 1¼″ (1.86 m)
    • Born
      • August 12, 1973
      • Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany

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