

Karl Stepanek
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
27 Oct 1899
Age
127 Years
Born In
Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Total Projects
71
Years Active
72 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.8 ★
Overview
Though born in Czechoslovakia, actor Karel Stepanek was generally regarded as a German actor due to his extensive film work in Germany (as Karl Stepanek) in the years before World War II. Stepanek fled to England in 1940, where, like many European refugee actors, he specialized in portraying Teutonic villains. He tried to stay away from out-and-out Nazi roles, but...
Known For
Filmography

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The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

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The Games
The Games
as Kubitsek

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The File of the Golden Goose
The File of the Golden Goose
as Mueller

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Before Winter Comes
Before Winter Comes
as Count Kerassy

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Murderers Club of Brooklyn
Murderers Club of Brooklyn
as Dyers

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The Frozen Dead
The Frozen Dead
as General Lubeck

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Sperrbezirk
Sperrbezirk
as Inspector Wagner

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The Heroes of Telemark
The Heroes of Telemark
as Hartmuller

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Licensed to Kill
Licensed to Kill
as Henrik Jacobsen

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Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow
as Prof. Hoffer

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Devil Doll
Devil Doll
as Dr. Heller

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Aufstand der Gehorsamen
Aufstand der Gehorsamen
as Jawor Stranski

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Das Kriminalmuseum
Das Kriminalmuseum
as Dr. Robert Großmann

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Brainwashed
Brainwashed
as Baranow

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Sink the Bismarck!
Sink the Bismarck!
as Admiral Lutjens - 'Bismarck'

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Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana
as Dr. Braun

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No Hiding Place
No Hiding Place
as Professor Remi

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Operation Amsterdam
Operation Amsterdam
as Diamond Merchant

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Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Rubici

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West of Suez
West of Suez
as Langford

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The Traitor
The Traitor
as Friederich Suderman

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Anastasia
Anastasia
as Mikhail Vlados

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Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre

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The Man in the Road
The Man in the Road
as Dmitri Balinkev

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Man of the Moment
Man of the Moment
as Lom

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The Cockleshell Heroes
The Cockleshell Heroes
as Assistant Gestapo Officer

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Secret Venture
Secret Venture
as Zelinsky

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A Prize of Gold
A Prize of Gold
as Dr. Zachmann

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Dangerous Cargo
Dangerous Cargo
as Pliny

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Tale of Three Women
Tale of Three Women
as Alfred Dykemann (segment "Final Twist' story)

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City Beneath the Sea
City Beneath the Sea
as Dwight Trevor

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Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot
as Diss

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Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
as Commissar

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Affair in Trinidad
Affair in Trinidad
as Walters

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Walk East on Beacon
Walk East on Beacon
as Alexi Laschenkov / Gregory Anders

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No Highway in the Sky
No Highway in the Sky

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The Third Visitor
The Third Visitor
as Richard Carling

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State Secret
State Secret
as Dr. Revo

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Cairo Road
Cairo Road
as Edouardo Pavlis

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Golden Arrow
Golden Arrow
as Schroeder

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Give Us This Day
Give Us This Day
as Jaroslav

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The Third Man
The Third Man
as Actor at Josefstadt Theater (uncredited)

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Conspirator
Conspirator
as Radek

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The Fallen Idol
The Fallen Idol
as First Secretary

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Counterblast
Counterblast
as Professor Inman

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Broken Journey
Broken Journey
as Swiss Officer (uncredited)

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The Captive Heart
The Captive Heart
as Forster

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Escape to Danger
Escape to Danger
as Franz von Brinkman

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They Met in the Dark
They Met in the Dark
as Riccardo

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Tomorrow We Live
Tomorrow We Live
as Seitz

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Secret Mission
Secret Mission
as Major Lang

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Our Film
Our Film
as Soviet Visitor

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The Leghorn Hat
The Leghorn Hat
as Felix, Diener bei Farina

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Hotel Sacher
Hotel Sacher
as Franz

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War es der im 3. Stock?
War es der im 3. Stock?
as Georg Kilby

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Narren im Schnee
Narren im Schnee
as Rolf Pinkenkötter

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Klatovští dragouni
Klatovští dragouni

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The Bat
The Bat
as Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky

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The Unknown
The Unknown
as Manager at Regina's

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Stronger Than Paragraphs
Stronger Than Paragraphs
as Robert Wendland

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Der Außenseiter
Der Außenseiter
as Otto Burian

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The Grey Pikes Wharf
The Grey Pikes Wharf
as Ladewig

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Pozdní láska
Pozdní láska

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Na růžích ustláno
Na růžích ustláno

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Hermine and the Seven Upright Men
Hermine and the Seven Upright Men
as Ruckstuhl

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Waltz War
Waltz War
as Kellner Leopold

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A Song for You
A Song for You
as Theo Bruckner

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Spione im Savoy-Hotel
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
as Jackson

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Five from the Jazzband
Five from the Jazzband
as Jean

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Here's Berlin
Here's Berlin
as Max

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Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf