Theater Kessler had his acting training at the
Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum from 1988 to 1992. Afterwards he began acting roles at
Schauspielhaus Bochum,
Schauspiel Frankfurt,
Nationaltheater Mannheim and
Schauspielhaus Zürich. Between 2005 and 2009 he starred alongside
Christoph Maria Herbst,
Bastian Pastewka, and
Jürgen Tonkel in the play
Männerhort at the
Theater am Kurfürstendamm theater in
Berlin.
Film In 1991, he appeared in the comedy film
Manta, Manta and after that he acted in numerous big screen productions like
Schtonk!,
Little Sharks, and '
. In 2006, he starred in '. In 2015, he starred in
Schmidts Katze.
Short movies In 2002, he had a starring role in the acclaimed film
Zwei Wochen Argentinien ("Two Weeks in Argentina"). Later in 2003, he took part in
Glückstag ("Lucky Day") and
Für gutes Betragen ("For Good Behaviour").
Television in 2009 Kessler has been working for television since 1992. Among the productions he participated are
Siebenbirken,
Schwarz greift ein,
Das Schicksal der Woche,
Hotel Mama 1-3,
Sonntags geöffnet,
The Last Courier,
Sophie,
Callboy,
Kommissare Südwest,
St. Angela,
Ein Fall für zwei,
Großstadtrevier,
Tatort,
Der kleine Mönch,
SK Kölsch,
Das Leben der Philosophen, and
Cologne P.D. He has starred in the comedy series
Kesslers Knigge. Comedy From 1999 to 2000, Kessler was a cast member of
Switch. From 2001 to 2002, he was part of the
Wochenshow cast. Afterwards, he appeared on
Axel!,
Urmel aus dem Eis,
Ladyland, and
Pastewka. He became a regular on
Schillerstraße since its first episode in 2004. Additionally, he took part in the game show
Genial daneben and in
ProSieben Märchenstunde ("ProSieben Fairy Tale Hour") in the episodes
Rotkäppchen ("
Little Red Riding Hood"),
Froschkönig ("
The Frog Prince") and
Aschenputtel ("
Cinderella"). In October 2006 Kessler became the driver and host of
RBB Fernsehen's
Berliner Nacht Taxe ("Berlin Night Taxi"). "I want to have the unaltered stories of the night", he stated. "We're going to meet authentic people. That's no talk theater with cast actors." A total of 42 episodes were broadcast between 2006 and 2009. In 2007 and 2008, he became a cast member of
Switch Reloaded and started working on his own TV show.
Voice acting Kessler has had a couple of voice acting roles. These are Rattlesnake Jake in
Rango and Hackus in
The Smurfs 2. ==References==