Walter Kreye


Walter Kreye is a German actor.

Biography

Kreye is the son of radio editor and writer Walter A. Kreye. He graduated from Bochum Drama School and then had theater engagements at the Hamburg Schauspielhaus, the Thalia Theater, and the Stuttgart State Theater.
From 1980, he appeared in the television series Ein Fall für zwei, Praxis Bülowbogen, Der Fahnder, and Tatort. In 1990, he won the silver Grimme-Preis for his performance in Reporter.
In 2007, he succeeded Rolf Schimpf in the crime series The Old Fox as chief inspector Rolf Herzog.
In 2017, Kreye appeared in the Netflix series Dark as Tronte Nielsen.
Kreye is married to actress Sabine Wegner and has two daughters and a son from his first marriage.
In 2011, he was diagnosed with colon cancer, which caused him to stop performing until after his recovery.

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989ReporterPit Wilkens9 episodes
1989–1997Ein Fall für zwei6 episodes
1994Adelheid und ihre Mörder1 episode
1996Polizeiruf 110
1997Tatort
1997Polizeiruf 110
1997Doppelter Einsatz
1998Tatort
1998Der Clown
1999–2000Tatort
2000Polizeiruf 110
2005Die Rosenheim-Cops
2005Tatort
2005–2009Der DickeMartin Brüggemann20 episodes
2006Unter weißen Segeln
2006SOKO München
2007K3 – Kripo Hamburg
2007Siska
2008–2012The Old Fox
2012Das Traumschiff
2015Die Chefin
2015Donna Leon
2015Notruf Hafenkante
2017In aller Freundschaft
2017DarkTronte Nielsen7 episodes
2018Stuttgart Homicide

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005Katze im SackBrockmann