After his studies at
Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich, Arnd Klawitter joined the ensemble of the
Munich Kammerspiele in 1994 for a year. From 1995 until 2001 he was engaged at
Staatstheater Stuttgart, where he mostly played the
leading man, e. g.
Andri in
Max Frisch's
Andorra. Since 2001 he has worked as a freelance artist. As guest he has worked at important theatres like the
Schauspielhaus Zürich and
Bavarian Staatsschauspiel in
Munich. During the
RuhrTriennale 2007 he appeared in the first night of
Juli Zeh's
Corpus delicti. Since leaving acting school he has also worked for both TV and cinema frequently. He appeared next to
Franka Potente in
After Five in the Forest Primeval (1995), and in the 1997 remake of
Es geschah am hellichten Tag (
It Happened in Broad Daylight). In 2000 he played with
Matthew McConaughey and
Jon Bon Jovi in the movie
U-571 as the German
Hydrophone Operator. He also appeared in the German movie '''' in 2005. While in international productions he has only been cast in supporting roles, in his German films he has played leading characters, too. Klawitter is often chosen to play in historical films because of his slightly old fashioned appearance that can be compared to that of
Ralph Fiennes. On television he is frequently cast in crime series like the famous
Tatort-series (
Scene of the Crime) where he has appeared in three episodes so far, or - recently -
Der Bulle von Tölz. His most successful production so far was the leading role in the acclaimed German TV miniseries ''
(The Shop
), where he played next to Adolf-Grimme-Preis-winner Martin Benrath. In 2007 he appeared in , a film inspired by and called after the German constitution (Grundgesetz''). He lives in
Berlin with his partner, actress
Julika Jenkins. ==Selected filmography==