According to his family, the actor Uwe Bohm, known from the “crime scene”, among other things, died at the age of 60.
"It is with infinite sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, husband, son and amazing actor Uwe Bohm," his wife Ninon Bohm wrote in an email on Saturday.
"He died suddenly and unexpectedly." The family asked for privacy.
Bohm's adoptive mother, Natalia Bowakow-Bohm, confirmed when asked that she had also received the news of the death.
Uwe Bohm, the adoptive son of director Hark Bohm, is best known for his roles as a villain in crime novels.
The actor, born in Hamburg in 1962 as Uwe Grossmann, began his career as a teenager in 1976 in Hark Bohm's film "Nordsee ist Mordsee".
Later he played at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, among others.
He also starred in the 2016 film Tchick by director Fatih Akin, which was Ver