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Christian Oliver(1972-2024)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
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Christian Oliver
A Perfect Marriage. A Perfect Lie. Elisabeth Harnois and Christian Oliver star in Cruel Love, a gripping thriller where passion, deception, and marriage fraud collide in a deadly game of manipulation. A charming and devoted man, stranded in America after a robbery, sweeps an unsuspecting woman into a whirlwind romance. But as love turns to control, deception, and betrayal, she soon realizes she's been lured into a calculated con; one designed to trap her in a fraudulent marriage for money, power, and survival. When the truth surfaces, escaping his grip might cost her more than just her heart ; it might cost her life. Co starring Ricco Ross , Bai Ling, Johnny Ramey, Diamond Buckley, Johnny Pacar and Ken Davitian, Cruel Love unravels the terrifying reality of marriage fraud through the mind of a master manipulator who will stop at nothing to win. Some love stories are real. This one is a nightmare.
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German actor Christian Oliver worked in the entertainment industry for more than 15 years, with, among others, Steven Soderbergh in The Good German; with Brian Singer and Tom Cruise in Valkyrie; and with the Wachowski sisters in Speed Racer. He also starred in Europe's Number One action series Alarm for Cobra 11 (RTL) for two years and had numerous other TV appearances in the US and Germany.
BornMarch 3, 1972
DiedJanuary 4, 2024(51)
BornMarch 3, 1972
DiedJanuary 4, 2024(51)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins total

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Known for

Matthew Fox and Emile Hirsch in Speed Racer (2008)
Speed Racer
6.1
  • Snake Oiler
  • 2008
The Good German (2006)
The Good German
6.0
  • Emil Brandt
  • 2006
Wrong Turn (2021)
Wrong Turn
5.6
  • Producer
  • 2021
Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, Ethann Isidore, Boyd Holbrook, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Shaunette Renée Wilson in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
6.5
  • Additional Crew
  • 2023

Credits

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Actor

  • Bai Ling, Elisabeth Harnois, Christian Oliver, and Johnny Ramey in Cruel Love (2026)
    Cruel Love
    6.4
    • Ivan
    • 2026
  • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Oliver
    • 2025
  • Eternal Blue (2025)
    Eternal Blue
    Short
    • Edward
    • 2025
  • BFFs (2025)
    BFFs
    4.4
    • Detective Dale
    • 2025
  • English Estate (2022)
    English Estate
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Daniel
    • 2022
  • Michael Kessler, Martin Klempnow, Joyce Ilg, Jan van Weyde, and Tahnee Schaffarczyk in Binge Reloaded (2020)
    Binge Reloaded
    4.2
    TV Series
    • Russe
    • 2022
  • Jasmine's Charm (2020)
    Jasmine's Charm
    TV Series
    • Edward
    • 2021
  • SOKO Stuttgart (2009)
    SOKO Stuttgart
    5.6
    TV Series
    • Sven Marquardt
    • Gunnar Zenker
    • Georg Sigl ...
    • 2012–2021
  • Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (2020)
    Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
    6.7
    Video Game
    • Egon
    • 2020
  • Abe (2020)
    Abe
    TV Mini Series
    • Agent Boothe
    • 2020
  • Lena Olin, Carol Kane, Logan Lerman, Louis Ozawa, Jerrika Hinton, Kate Mulvany, and Tiffany Boone in Hunters (2020)
    Hunters
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Wilhelm Zuchs
    • 2020
  • Kristina Klebe in I Am Fear (2020)
    I Am Fear
    3.3
    • Polo
    • 2020
  • Elisabeth Harnois and Christian Oliver in Christmas in Vienna (2019)
    Christmas in Vienna
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • Lukas
    • 2019
  • David Tom, Martin Kove, Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Weston Cage, and Jesse Kove in D-Day: Battle of Omaha Beach (2019)
    D-Day: Battle of Omaha Beach
    3.2
    • Coporal Jurgen
    • 2019
  • Animal Among Us (2019)
    Animal Among Us
    3.5
    • Roland Baumgarner
    • 2019

Producer

  • Bai Ling, Elisabeth Harnois, Christian Oliver, and Johnny Ramey in Cruel Love (2026)
    Cruel Love
    6.4
    • producer
    • 2026
  • Vision Quest (2025)
    Vision Quest
    • producer
    • 2025
  • Wrong Turn (2021)
    Wrong Turn
    5.6
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Abe (2020)
    Abe
    TV Mini Series
    • producer
    • 2020
  • Animal Among Us (2019)
    Animal Among Us
    3.5
    • co-producer
    • 2019
  • Christian Oliver, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Dean Stapleton, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Zach Roerig, Lauren McKnight, and Tory Taranova in The Outer Wild (2018)
    The Outer Wild
    3.6
    • producer
    • 2018
  • A Thousand Kisses (2017)
    A Thousand Kisses
    8.6
    Short
    • executive producer
    • 2017
  • Patrick Wilson in Zipper (2015)
    Zipper
    5.8
    • executive producer
    • 2015
  • House of Good and Evil (2013)
    House of Good and Evil
    4.9
    • producer
    • 2013
  • Christian Oliver in Blow Me (2012)
    Blow Me
    6.6
    Short
    • producer
    • 2012
  • Ready or Not (2009)
    Ready or Not
    4.7
    • producer
    • 2009
  • Christian Oliver in Subject Two (2006)
    Subject Two
    5.4
    • producer
    • 2006

Director

  • Vision Quest (2025)
    Vision Quest
    • Director
    • 2025
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Official Trailer
Trailer #2
Trailer 2:10
Trailer #2
Trailer #2
Trailer 2:10
Trailer #2
Trailer #1
Trailer 1:25
Trailer #1
Animal Among Us
Trailer 1:22
Animal Among Us
House of Good and Evil
Trailer 2:07
House of Good and Evil
Subject Two
Trailer 1:25
Subject Two

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 5′ 9¼″ (1.76 m)
  • Born
    • March 3, 1972
    • Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Died
    • January 4, 2024
    • off the coast of Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines(plane crash)
  • Spouse
    • Jessica Mazur2010 - January 4, 2024 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Annik Klepser
  • Other works
    Advertising for Allianz Insurance in Germany Host of "Starclub LA", a German TV Magazine

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Perished along with his two daughters, Madita and Annik, when a small passenger plane they were on-board crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on January 4, 2024. The plane's pilot also died on impact. The plane took off from Bequia Airport and was en route to the neighboring island of St. Lucia.

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