{{Short description|German actor (born 1965)}} {{Expand German|Rainer Strecker|date=April 2025|topic=bio}} {{Infobox person | name = Reiner Strecker | birth_name = Reiner Strecker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|10|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = West Berlin, West Germany | occupation = Actor, director, voice actor | years_active = 1985–present }}
'''Rainer Strecker''' (born 25 October 1965) is a German actor.<ref name="buecher">{{cite news |last=Bärmann |first=Christian |url=https://www.buecher-magazin.de/magazin/gesichter-und-geschichten/reportage/leben-im-hier-und-jetzt |title=Rainer Strecker |language=German |work=Bücher |date=2008 }}</ref> He is best known as the voice of the audiobooks of the Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke.<ref name="oetinger">{{cite web |url=https://www.oetinger.de/person/rainer-strecker |title=Rainer Strecker |language=German |publisher=Oetinger }}</ref><ref name="lit">{{cite news |last=Haan |first=Wolfgang |url=https://literaturkritik.de/id/9020 |title=Schreckliche Wunderjahre, Rainer Strecker liest "Tintenblut" von Cornelia Funke |language=German |work=Literaturkritik |date=2006-01-18 }}</ref>
==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1985 |''Westler'' | Thomas | |- | 1988 |''{{ill|Linie 1 (film)|de|3=Linie 1 (Film)|lt=Linie 1}}'' | Kleister | |- | 1996 |''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' | Ingo Fischer | TV series, episode 1 and 2 |- | 2003 |''{{Ill|They've Got Knut|de|Sie haben Knut}}'' | Michael | |}
==Theatre== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2016 | ''Keinort.Finsternis''<ref>{{cite web|title=Lichthof-Theater: Events|url=http://www.lichthof-theater.de/event-reader/events/kein-ort-finsternis.htmlwhen |accessdate=30 March 2017 }}</ref> | Kleist | Director: Anne Schneider |- | 2015 | ''Die Sterntaler'' after the story by Brothers Grimm<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.rainerstrecker.de/about-me.html |title=Reiner Strecker's official homepage; |date= |accessdate=30 March 2017 |archive-date=31 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331114121/http://www.rainerstrecker.de/about-me.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Various roles | Director: Nina Kupczyk |- | 2008 | ''Tintentod'' by Cornelia Funke<ref name="auto"/> | Orpheus | Director: Heidelinde Leutgöb |- | 1997 | ''Beijing Lan''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rainerstrecker.de/about-me.html |title=Reiner Strecker's official homepage; |date= |accessdate=30 March 2017 |archive-date=31 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331114121/http://www.rainerstrecker.de/about-me.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | | Director: Martin Gruber (choreographer) |- |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|834037}} * {{Official website|http://www.rainerstrecker.de}} * [http://www.agentur-velvet.de/vita.php?name=rainer_strecker Agency Velvet] {{in lang|de}} * [http://www.vip.de/vips/rainer-strecker-t9884.html Vip.de] {{in lang|de}}
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