Robert Atzorn
Robert Atzorn grew up in Oldenburg and Hamburg. 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 the Württembergische Landesbühne. Engagements followed at the Schauspielhaus Zürich (1970/1971), at the Theater Münster (1971/1972), at the Bühnen der Stadt Köln (1972/73), at the Theater Dortmund (1973-1975) and at the Residenz Theatre in Munich (1977-1983). 1980 Robert Atzorn played his first film role in From the Life of the Marionettes, directed by Ingmar 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 alongside Maren Kroymann in the family series Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer. For his portrayal of unconventional pastor in 1989, he received the Goldene Kamera. He became a crowd favorite in the title role of the evening series Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht, which was broadcast from 1992 to 1999 in 70 episodes. In 1993 he was honored with the Telestar. Robert Atzorn worked also in various episodes of the television series Forsthaus Falkenau, The Black Forest Clinicand Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP, and the crime series Derrick, Ein Fall für zwei, The Old Fox, Tatort and Die Männer vom K3. As the successor of Manfred Krug and Charles Brauer he investigated from 2001 to 2008 as Tatort-homicide detective Jan Casstorff along with Tilo Prückner as Commissioner Holicek and Julia Schmidt as Jenny Graf for the NDR. The Tatort episode "Und tschüss" in February 2008 also meant the departure of Atzorn's investigator team. He was also seen in 2002 Dieter Wedel's miniseries Die Affäre Semmeling as mayor Klaus Hennig. In the romantic comedy Kiss Me, Chancellor (2004) he slipped into the role of a head of government who falls in love with a maid, played by Andrea Sawatzki. Also in 2004 he was before the camera in Das 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 series Kanzleramt. In the ZDF production Africa, mon amour (2007) he played opposite Iris Berben, as occurred with Matti Geschonneck's Wer liebt, hat Recht and in Das Kommando. In the TV drama Mein Mann, der Trinker he 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 series Der Kapitän, in which he portrayed from 1997 to 2000 already the figure of Captain Frank Harmsen. Robert Atzorn is married since 1976 with Angelika Hartung, both have two adult sons.
Acted in
Das Mädchen aus dem Totenmoor
2016
as Lorenz Keller
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015
as Charlottes Father
Mein vergessenes Leben
2015
as Alexander
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Geld oder Leben
2015
as Professor Brenner
Alles muss raus
2014
as Max Faber
Engel der Gerechtigkeit - Kopfgeld
2013
as Professor Brenner
Engel der Gerechtigkeit: Ärztepfusch
2013
as Professor Brenner
Tod in den Bergen
2013
as Jan Tanner
The Case of Jakob von Metzler
2012
as Wolfgang Daschner
Engel der Gerechtigkeit - Brüder fürs Leben
2012
as Professor Brenner
Engel der Gerechtigkeit
2011
as Professor Julius Brenner
Stilles Tal
2011
as Konrad Huberty
Nord Nord Mord
2011
as Theo Clüver
Zimtstern und Halbmond
2010
as Gottfried Hinrichs
Das Glück ist eine Katze
2010
as Frido Schulz
Until Nothing Remains
2010
as Ludwig Clasen
Im Gehege
2008
as Jon Ewermann
Mein Mann, der Trinker
2008
as Prof. Ludwig Wohlstedt
Afrika, mon amour
2007
as Richard von Strahlberg
Kanzleramt
2005
as Kanzleramtschef
Das Kommando
2004
as Brigadegeneral Heinz Büchner
Die Frau des Architekten
2004
as Arnold Sundstrom
Küss mich, Kanzler!
2004
as Ben Bischof
Wer liebt, hat Recht
2002
as Helmut
Tanners letzte Chance
2002
as Henry Tanner
Die Affäre Semmeling
2002
as Dr. Klaus Hennig
Nicht ohne deine Liebe
2002
as Arthur Boysen
Jenseits der Liebe
2001
as Jan Altenberg
Ein Mann gibt nicht auf
2000
as Schwartz
Ein Mann steht auf
1999
as Anton Stein
Ich bin kein Mann für eine Frau
1999
as Johannes Müller
Freiwild
1998
as David Voss
Der Prinzgemahl
1997
as Jens Morgenroth
Der Kapitän
1997
as Kapitän Frank Harmsen
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
as Klaus Schäfer
Zu Fuß und ohne Geld
1995
as Waldhoff
Ein Herz für Laura
1995
as Robert Reben
Coswig und Sohn
1995
as Frank Coswig
Ein Mann für meine Frau
1993
as Robert Ahlemann
Der Betrogene
1993
as Gerd Winter
Der Bergdoktor
1992
as Benno Eisner
Frikadelle – Tagliatelle
1992
as Detlef Vogel
Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht
1992
as Markus Specht
Insel der Träume
1991
as Achim Langhorn
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster
1991
as Roland Forster
Berlin Lady
1991
Korczak
1990
as German Doctor
Hotel Paradies
1990
as Jonas Rowalt
Ich will leben
1990
as Professor Friedländer
Killer kennen keine Furcht
1989
as Mr. X
Das Milliardenspiel
1989
as Jan-Jakob Schönwald
Forsthaus Falkenau
1989
as Jonas Schermann
Das Nest
1989
as Hansjörg Meyer
Der Spatzenmörder
1989
as Vater
Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer
1988
as Pfarrer Hermann Wiegandt
Die Männer vom K3
1988
as Karl Lindner
Stahlkammer Zürich
1987
as Yves Klein
Die Wächter
1986
as Mr. Knight
Oliver Maass
1985
as Michael Maass
The Black Forest Clinic
1985
as Assistenzarzt Werner Sager
Glücklich geschieden
1985
as Martin Bärwald
Man Under Suspicion
1985
as Oberstaatsanwalt
Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden
1985
as Dr. Andrés Laplana
The Wannsee Conference
1984
as Otto Hofmann
Don Carlos
1984
as Marquis von Posa, ein Malteserritter
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984
Das schöne Ende dieser Welt
1984
as Dr. Dr. Michael Brandt
Tiefe Wasser
1983
as Harald Schreiner
Wie hätten Sie’s denn gern?
1983
as Olaf
Telestar
1983
as Self
Krimistunde
1982
as Ned Murray
Stella
1982
as Fernando
Menschen
1982
as Self
A Case For Two
1981
as Jochen Esswein
A Case For Two
1981
as Ingo Wilhelms
From the Life of the Marionettes
1980
as Peter Egerman
Der Alte
1977
as Erik Ingold
Der Alte
1977
as Uwe Wissmuth
Derrick
1974
as Heinz Engler
Derrick
1974
as Gregor Goos
Derrick
1974
as Rudolf Wiegand
Derrick
1974
as Lehrer
Derrick
1974
as Egon Janson
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Jörg Plessing
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Albrecht Behle
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Hauptkommissar Jan Casstorff
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Jan Casstorff
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Andreas Lutz
Stars in der Manege
1959
as Self