Biography

He and his partner Claudia Amm were severely wounded by a mad gunman in Bad Reichenhall, Germany (altogether there were 6 injured and 4 dead including the 16-year-old amok runner who committed suicide)

The first actor to appear on screen in the long running German police series Tatort (1970).

He was first announced as part of the cast of Remember (2015), but then had to be replaced because of a knee injury. Finally actor Jürgen Prochnow was cast. While Lamprecht had nearly the right age for the part of 'Rudy Kurlander #4', Prochnow was much younger, so extensive special make-up had to be used to make him look older.

Toward the end of World War II, when he was 15, Günter served as a paramedic and buried bodies during the Battle of Berlin.

Before "Berlin Alexanderplatz," Günter Lamprecht appeared in a number of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's films and television series, including the 1973 science-fiction epic "The World on a Wire" and the director's breakthrough international hit, "The Marriage of Maria Braun," in 1979. But it was his herculean performance in "Berlin Alexanderplatz" that won him the greatest praise of his career. Reviewing its United States theatrical release in 1983 Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote: "At the center of the film is the remarkable performance of Günter Lamprecht as Franz. He is a large, doughy-looking fellow with small eyes, a big stomach and a certain sweetness that makes understandable the loyalty he inspires in the series of women who live with him. Mr. Lamprecht must rant, rave, laugh crazily, booze, brawl and never - not for a minute - be ridiculous while behaving in ridiculous ways.".