Personal Info
Birth date
1965-08-18 (60 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Essen, Germany
Also known as
-Markus Knüfken
Biography
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.
Filmography
Scene of the Crime
6.1
Overview:
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.DAS!
4.2
Overview:
Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
6.5
Overview:
A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.Polizeiruf 110
6.3
Overview:
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.SOKO München
5.5
Overview:
SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.SOKO Stuttgart
6.625
Overview:
The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.Wilsberg
7.881
Overview:
Georg Wilsberg is an antiquarian in Münster. He used to be a lawyer but lost his license. Since then he has been working as a private detective. The always clammy Wilsberg urgently needs this income. In addition, he depends on the support of his friends, especially because of the car.The Perfect Nanny
5.8
Overview:
The ambitious business consultant and single father Edgar Strack is desperately trying to reconcile family and work needs. Alone: He does not succeed. His three adolescent children are frustrated, his new girlfriend Barbara complains, in the company he is betrayed by a competitor. In his distress, Edgar hired the spirited interpreter Ana, whom he had just fired as a colleague, as a new nanny. And lo and behold: Suddenly everything runs like clockwork again.Coast Guard
5.4
Overview:
Küstenwache is a German television series that tells the fictionalized adventures of a unit of Federal Coast Guard officers off the German coast of the Baltic Sea.Gott ist tot
6
Overview:
Heinrich Lutter is unemployed and lives with his two sons Mike and Günni. Both need his full attention: Mike has a criminal record and Günni has been disabled since birth. The only thing that keeps him going is his camper van - his symbol of freedom and a better life in Italy. But his dream on four wheels is confiscated by the authorities. Nevertheless, he refuses to be deterred and continues to hold on to his conviction that he can honestly obtain his rights and realize his visions.Drei Tage im April
8
Overview:
Shortly before the end of the war in 1945, the Allies can already be heard in Nesselbühl in Swabia when three freight cars are uncoupled at the station. The screams of the starving concentration camp prisoners inside can be heard throughout the village, but nobody dares to help them. Only the innkeeper's daughter Anna takes heart...Der Fahnder
6.9
Overview:
Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.Inga Lindström
4.9
Overview:
Series written by Christiane Sadlo about writer and journalist under the pseudonym "Inga Lindström" and her family. Characterized by impressive landscapes, all of which are shot on location in Sweden. Series has no continuous storyline, and each episode is filled with new characters.Bang, Boom, Bang
7.5
Overview:
Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sitting around doing nothing after he just lost all their money. A fast paced comedy from German director Peter Thorwarth.Stürme in Afrika
3
Overview:
The attractive Eva Färber has been the perfect wife for 22 years. However, the calm and steady married life of the mother of two is disrupted when she receives the news that her father is seriously ill and is visiting her sister Hanna in South Africa. Eva anxiously books the next flight to Cape Town and wants to quickly inform her husband Paul about the trip.Bobby
2
Overview:
Bobby Kustermann is a young man with Down syndrome who lives in a loving family until his mother dies unexpectedly, leaving a hefty heritage. There is a dispute between Bobby's two siblings, Nanni and Johannes, as to whom could give Bobby a better home. Nanni and her husband Klaus would offer a “normal” family environment, but Klaus is only after the money. Johannes really wants to take care of Bobby and give him a home for the future. The problem is he is gay and lives with his partner Marc. The responsible offices don't like that at all. Only when the matter goes to court, do the parties to the dispute realize that this is mainly about Bobby's will and that he can actually best decide who he would like to live with in the future.Knockin' on Heaven's Door
7.7
Overview:
Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first fancy car they find, a 60's Mercedes convertible. The car happens to belong to a bunch of gangsters, which immediately start to chase it, since it contains more than the pistol Martin finds in the glove box.In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
7.118
Overview:
The spin-off to the original series 'In aller Freundschaft' focuses on the young doctors in a fictional clinic in Erfurt. In this emotional drama series, hospital staffers and patients navigate life's challenges.Honolulu
4.5
Overview:
Produced and directed by seven Munich Film School students, Honolulu takes place not in Hawaii, but inside of a rural town just outside of Munich, Germany. Several vignettes, lasting approximately 10 to 15 minutes each, are connected by one of the town’s public bus routes, outside of which two men booze the night away while waiting for the bus to make its rounds.Acting
2021The Witch and the Believer as Herbert
2019Rocca Changes the World as Roland Ross
2016Gut zu Vögeln as J.T.
2016Das Mädchen aus dem Totenmoor as Ulf Baumann
2015Die Kanzlei (1 Episode) as Frank Bongerts
2015In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte (1 Episode) as Martin Klausen
2015Sibel & Max (1 Episode) as Günther Matuske
2014Dr. Klein (1 Episode) as Johannes Gärtner
2014Tschüss Papa as Papa
2014eheExamination as Uwe
2014Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp (2 Episodes) as Thomas Schwellinger
2014Die dringlichsten Sehnsüchte der Eleonore Schwarz as Roger
2013Kaiserschmarrn as Co-Star
2013Antilopen as Frank
2012Radio Silence as Doc Rock
2012Kommissar Marthaler (1 Episode) as Erich
2012Dora Heldt: Bei Hitze ist es wenigstens nicht kalt as Georg Schmidt
2011The Perfect Nanny as Edgar Strack
2010Sog der Gezeiten as Jonas Tjersland
2010Männer lügen nicht as Sebastian Berling aka Hermann Zeitler
2010Countdown – Die Jagd beginnt (1 Episode) as Georg Glaser
2009SOKO Stuttgart (1 Episode) as Jens Ziller
2009Stürme in Afrika as Alex
2008Lilly Schönauer - Für immer und einen Tag as Fabian Lehner
2008Hilfe, meine Schwester kommt as Felix von Bondy
2008Utta Danella - Das Geheimnis unserer Liebe as Benedict Bordin
2007Hamburg Dockland (25 Episodes) as Kai Norden
2007Manatu as Mathias
2006Here Comes Kalle (12 Episodes) as Stefan Andresen
2006Zwei Millionen suchen einen Vater as Thomas Behrens
2006Das Leben der Philosophen as Matz Säckle
2005Traumschatten as Obdachloser
2005Schneckentempo as Vater
2005Die Landärztin (1 Episode) as Dominik Engel
2005Kanzleramt (1 Episode) as Stefan Ostheim
2005Der Staatsanwalt (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004SOKO Wismar (1 Episode) as Gerd Böckmann
2004Family Dr. Kleist (1 Episode) as Horst Brinkmann
2004Inga Lindström (1 Episode) as Frans Vidmark
2003Gott ist tot as Mike
2003Pfarrer Braun (2 Episodes) as Pastor Karl-Jochen Happe
2002Ich schenk dir einen Seitensprung as Erik Krapp
2002Verhexte Hochzeit as Enno
2002Vollweib sucht Halbtagsmann as Thomas
2002Bobby as Jojo
2001Hallo Robbie! (1 Episode) as Dr. Gunnar Huber
2001Millennium Mann (5 Episodes) as Nicholas Beyer
2001Honolulu as Ewald
2001The Last Blow Job as Mark
2000No More School as Polizist
2000Models as Christian
2000Es geht nicht immer nur um Sex as Caspar 'Kid'
2000Double Pack as Hoffi
2000Zwei Mädels auf Mallorca - Die heißeste Nacht des Jahres as Dieter Rogalla
2000Vola sciusciù as Unknown
1999Hotel Mama - Mama auf der Flucht as Michael
1999Volle Kanne (4 Episodes) as Self
1999Bang, Boom, Bang as Andreas 'Andy' Fink
1999SK Kölsch (1 Episode) as Willi Fuhrmann
1998Herzbeben - Die Nacht, die alles veränderte as Alex
1998Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller as Inspector Kurzte
1998Das Paar des Jahres as Tom
1998Love Scenes from Planet Earth as Peter
1998Callboy as Christoph Tattinger
1998Liebesfeuer as Klaus
1998The Johannes B. Kerner Show (1 Episode) as Self
1997Hotel Mama - Die Rückkehr der Kinder as Micha
1997The German Bronx (1 Episode) as Moritz
1997Coast Guard (1 Episode) as Doktor Peters
1997Tietjen und Bommes (1 Episode) as Self
1997Knockin' on Heaven's Door as Police Officer
1997Sterben ist gesünder as Unknown
1996SK-Babies (1 Episode) as Frank
1996Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1 Episode) as Wolfgang Stiller
1995Zwischen Tag und Nacht (11 Episodes) as Andreas von Thamm
1995Drei Tage im April as Unknown
1995Balko (1 Episode) as Heiner Lamprecht
1995Wilsberg (1 Episode) as Pfarrer Albers
1994Zwei Brüder (1 Episode) as Leonhard Keller
1994Die Kommissarin (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994Die letzte Entscheidung as Unknown
1991DAS! (1 Episode) as Self
1990Fort Boyard (Deutschland) (1 Episode) as himself
1984Der Fahnder (1 Episode) as Jürgen Bauer
1980Auf Achse (2 Episodes) as Eddi
1978SOKO München (1 Episode) as Sascha Eich
1971Polizeiruf 110 (1, 1 Episode) as Dr. Lothar Winter, Siggi Schmidtmüller
1970Scene of the Crime (1, 1 Episode) as Till Bornemann, Axel Nehls