Robert Atzorn

Robert Atzorn grew up inOldenburgandHamburg. He studied graphic design at the Art School Alsterdamm in Hamburg, however, felt drawn to the theater and therefore moved to the Neue Münchner Schauspielschule (1967-1969). In the season 1969/70 he got his first job at theWürttembergische Landesbühne. Engagements followed at theSchauspielhaus Zürich(1970/1971), at theTheater Münster(1971/1972), at theBühnen der Stadt Köln(1972/73), at theTheater Dortmund(1973-1975) and at theResidenz TheatreinMunich(1977-1983). 1980 Robert Atzorn played his first film role inFrom the Life of the Marionettes, directed byIngmar Bergman. After many years in the theater, he worked exclusively since the mid-1980s for television. A wider audience, he was in the late 1980s alongsideMaren Kroymannin the family seriesOh Gott, Herr Pfarrer. For his portrayal of unconventional pastor in 1989, he received theGoldene Kamera. He became a crowd favorite in the title role of the evening seriesUnser Lehrer Doktor Specht, which was broadcast from 1992 to 1999 in 70 episodes. In 1993 he was honored with theTelestar. Robert Atzorn worked also in various episodes of the television seriesForsthaus Falkenau,The Black Forest ClinicandAlphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP, and the crime seriesDerrick,Ein Fall für zwei,The Old Fox,TatortandDie Männer vom K3. As the successor of Manfred Krug and Charles Brauer he investigated from 2001 to 2008 asTatort-homicide detective Jan Casstorff along withTilo Prückneras Commissioner Holicek and Julia Schmidt as Jenny Graf for theNDR. TheTatortepisode "Und tschüss" in February 2008 also meant the departure of Atzorn's investigator team. He was also seen in 2002 Dieter Wedel's miniseriesDie Affäre Semmelingas mayor Klaus Hennig. In the romantic comedyKiss Me, Chancellor(2004) he slipped into the role of a head of government who falls in love with a maid, played byAndrea Sawatzki. Also in 2004 he was before the camera inDas Kommando(de), as the commander of a special unit, with his sons Jens and Daniel, who made his debut in the film as an actor. 2005 Atzorn took over the role of the chancellery chief in the seriesKanzleramt. In the ZDF productionAfrica, mon amour(2007) he played oppositeIris Berben, as occurred with Matti Geschonneck'sWer liebt, hat Rechtand inDas Kommando. In the TV dramaMein Mann, der Trinkerhe played in 2008 with Franziska Walser a couple whose marriage is put to a severe test. 2008 after a long break came with two new episodes of the adventure seriesDer Kapitän, in which he portrayed from 1997 to 2000 already the figure of Captain Frank Harmsen. Robert Atzorn is married since 1976 withAngelika Hartung, both have two adult sons.