Michael Brandner (actor)

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{{Short description|German actor (born 1951)}}

{{expand German|topic=bio|date=January 2023|Michael Brandner (Schauspieler)}}

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| image = 2019 BR Filmbrunch - Michael Brandner - by 2eight - DSC6389.jpg

| caption = Brandner in 2019

| name = Michael Brandner

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Augsburg, West Germany

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| occupation = Actor

| years active = 1988–present

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Michael Brandner (born 22 November 1951) is a German actor.{{cite web | title=Michael Brandner: George Clooney tanzte nach seiner Pfeife | website=Abendzeitung München | date=24 February 2014 | url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/promis/michael-brandner-george-clooney-tanzte-nach-seiner-pfeife-art-227528 | language=de | access-date=25 May 2022}} He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1988. He is co-founder and 1st chairman of the Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen based in Munich and Cologne.{{cite web | url=https://daff.tv/bundesverdienstkreuz-fuer-michael-brandner/ | title=Bundesverdienstkreuz für Michael Brandner | author= | date=6 March 2020 | website= | publisher=Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen | language=German | accessdate=17 July 2020}}