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Frank Kessler
Ratingen, Germany
Frank Kessler (born December 14, 1961, in Ratingen) is a German actor. Frank Kessler grew up in Berlin-Schöneberg and initially completed an apprenticeship as an electrical machi…
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Frank Kessler (born December 14, 1961, in Ratingen) is a German actor. Frank Kessler grew up in Berlin-Schöneberg and initially completed an apprenticeship as an electrical machine builder. Alongside various professional occupations, he was successfully active in martial arts for many years. Among other achievements, he competed as a member of the national Taekwondo squad and in the Karate Bundesliga, winning numerous national and international titles between 1980 and 1992. In 2004, he attained the rank of Grandmaster (6th Dan) in Taekwondo and founded the first Berlin Taekwondo Association—now known as the TVBB. He also worked as a coach and examiner. Kessler entered the acting profession through his work as a stuntman. He first attracted attention through the "Black Belt Team," which he had founded. In 1994, he began professional acting training under Teelke Langhanke in Berlin, successfully completing the program in 1997. Since then, Kessler has worked regularly in film, television, theater, and commercials. His credits include roles in *Männerpension*, *Das Leben ist eine Baustelle*, *Cobra 11*, *Tatort*, *Wolffs Revier*, *Dreileben*, *Die Päpstin*, and *Henri 4*. He also appeared in the Karl May Festival productions in Bad Segeberg and in the musical *The Beatles – All You Need Is Love*. He has appeared on screen alongside actors such as Sir Peter Ustinov, John Goodman, Heiner Lauterbach, and Til Schweiger, and has collaborated with directors including Detlef Buck, Wolfgang Becker, Sönke Wortmann, and Dominik Graf. Since 2019, Kessler has played the role of "Specki," a garbage collector, in the television series *Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr*. Frank Kessler lives with his wife, Doreen Kessler, in Rostock, where they jointly run a men's fashion boutique called "Männerherz."
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2025
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Schutzgeld
Movie Specki
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2025
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Der Neue
Movie Specki
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2023
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Arbeit am Limit
Movie Specki
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2023
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Altlasten
Movie Specki
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2022
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - (K)eine saubere Sache
Movie Specki
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2022
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Zu gut für die Tonne
Movie Specki
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2021
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Operation Miethai
Movie Specki
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2021
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Die Streunerin
Movie Specki
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2021
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
Movie Boxtrainer Sven König
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2020
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Kassensturz
Movie Specki
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2018
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Movie Raini
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2018
SOKO Hamburg
TV show Rainer Gerhardt
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2017
Barcelona Crime
TV show Anibal Morell
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2016
Secret of the Midwife
Movie
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2015
Mila
TV show Bernd Ritter
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2014
Friesland
TV show Herr Schrödinger
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2012
Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden
TV show Dr. Benjamin Bolt
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2011
Nord Nord Mord
TV show Fred Karlin
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2011
Dreileben: Don’t Follow Me Around
Movie Jürgen
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2011
Dreileben: Beats Being Dead
Movie Jürgen
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2010
Die NDR Quizshow
TV show Self
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2009
SOKO Stuttgart
TV show Matthias Gollhofer
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2005
Der Staatsanwalt
TV show
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2002
Die Rosenheim-Cops
TV show Michael Wending
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2001
SOKO Leipzig
TV show Kevin Marx
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1999
Countdown at Sea
Movie Klein
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1999
Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein
TV show Herr Matthes
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1997
Küstenwache
TV show Wolf
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1996
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
TV show Unger
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1995
Unser Charly
TV show Lutz Grote
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1994
Im Namen des Gesetzes
TV show Geldeintreiber
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1994
Hass im Kopf
Movie Bouncer
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1994
Ein starkes Team
TV show Werner Tankow
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1994
Die Wache
TV show Harry Stahl
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1992
Wolffs Revier
TV show
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1970
Scene of the Crime
TV show Erik Salzmann
