Dominic Raacke

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Dominic Raacke
Frankfurter Buchmesse 2011 - Dominic Raacke.JPG
Raacke in 2011
Born (1958-12-11) 11 December 1958 (age 64)
Hanau, West Germany
(now Germany)
OccupationActor
Years active1981–present

Dominic Raacke (born 11 December 1958) is a German actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his performance as Till Ritter in Tatort . [1] He appeared in more than seventy films since 1981.

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Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Cannibal Ferox Tim Barret
1983 Rote Erde Karl BoetzkesTV series
1985Tango im BauchLenzi
1986Bibos MännerProfessor
The Lenz Papers  [ de ]HeiligTV miniseries
1987 Gambit  [ de ]Georg DreibrodtTV film
1988 The Curse Father
1989 With the Next Man Everything Will Be Different  [ de ]Albert Auerbach
1991 Babylon Lothar
1992 The First Circle Nikolai ShagovTV film
The Parrot  [ de ]Rainer Towa
1995 Um die 30  [ de ]Frank SchottTV series
1996The TouristRobert LanzTV film
Deathline  [ de ]Gregor
1998 Assignment Berlin  [ de ]Kommissar Eric GlintTV film
1999 Men and Other Catastrophes  [ de ]Leo PalewskiTV film
Don't Look Behind You  [ it ]Eric LoftinTV film
2001Love TripDavid WernerTV film
2004 EuroTrip Trucker
2005 Der Todestunnel Simon RothTV film
2006 Blackout – Die Erinnerung ist tödlich  [ de ]Christoph DermühlTV miniseries
2007The Unknown GuestMaximilian KemperTV film
Sweet Like Chocolate  [ it ]Pit OpitzTV film
2012 Passion J.J. Koch

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References

  1. "Berliner "Tatort"-Kommissar: Dominic Raacke hört vorzeitig auf". Der Spiegel. 27 September 2013.