Christian Oliver

Christian Oliver
Oliver at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008
Born	Christian Klepser (1972-03-03)3 March 1972 Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Died	4 January 2024(2024-01-04) (aged 51) Caribbean Sea (off the coast of Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
Years active	1994–2024
Spouse	Jessica Mazur (m. 2010; div. 2021)
Children	2 (both deceased)

Christian Oliver (3 March 1972 – 4 January 2024) was a German actor who was mainly known for his role in the Cobra 11 television series.

Biography

Born Christian Klepser^[1] on 3 March 1972^[2] in Celle, Oliver grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.^[3] He relocated to the United States to work as a model and subsequently took acting lessons in New York and Los Angeles.^[4] From 2002 until 2004, Oliver co-starred in 28 episodes of the German action TV series Alarm für Cobra 11.

Death

Oliver and his two daughters, Madita and Annik, were in a four-seater Bellanca Viking plane on 4 January 2024, when it crashed off the coast of Bequia, a Caribbean island in the Grenadines.^[1]^[5] Everyone on board, including the American pilot, Robert Sachs, was killed on impact.^[6] The crash is under investigation by the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force.^[7]

Filmography

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Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1994–1995) — Brian Keller
The Baby Sitters Club (1995) — Luca
Two Sisters (1997) — Tim
Eat Your Heart Out (1997) — Daniel Haus
Bombs Under Berlin [de] (1999) — Kalle
Romantic Fighter (1999) — Dennis
Schlaf mit meinem Mann (2001) — Benny
Kept (2001) — Kyle
Ablaze (2001) — Tim Vester
A Light in the Forest (2002) — Gabriel Brown
Frostbite (2004) — Hans
Alarm für Cobra 11 — Die Autobahnpolizei (2002–2004) — Jan Richter
Subject Two (2005) — Adam Schmidt
The Good German (2006) — Emil Brandt
Speed Racer (2008) — Snake Oiler
Watercolors (2008) — High School Student
Valkyrie (2009) — Sergeant-Major Adam
Ready or Not (2009) — Chris
Tribute (2009) — Steve Chensky (based on the novel by Nora Roberts)
The Three Musketeers (2011) — Venetian Nobleman
House of Good and Evil (2013) — Chris Conley
Ninja Apocalypse (2014) — Cage
Hercules Reborn (2014) — Arius
Zipper (2015) — Max (uncredited)
Sense8 (2015) — Steiner
Master of Death [de] (2015) — Ulrich Hemberger
Timeless (2016) — Wernher von Braun
Best Christmas Ball Ever (2019) — Lukas
Hunters (2020) — Wilhelm Zuchs
I Am Fear (2020) — Polo
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) — Voice actor

References

^ ^a ^b Moreau, Justin (5 January 2024). "'Speed Racer' Actor Christian Oliver and His Two Young Daughters Killed in Caribbean Plane Crash". Variety. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ Ragusa, Paolo (5 January 2024). "Actor Christian Oliver and Two Daughters Killed in Plane Crash". Consequence. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
^ Farberov, Snejana (5 January 2024). "Actor Christian Oliver, two daughters killed in plane crash". New York Post. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
^ Perry, Kevin E.G. (5 January 2024). "Speed Racer star Christian Oliver and two daughters killed in plane crash". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
^ Petski, Denise (5 January 2024). "'Speed Racer Actor Christian Oliver & 2 Daughters Killed Caribbean Plane Crash". Deadline. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ Chance, Kenton X. (5 January 2024). "Plane 'exploded' after plunging into water off Bequia, witness says – iWitness News". iWitness News. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ Breen, Kerry (5 January 2024). "Actor Christian Oliver and 2 young daughters killed in Caribbean plane crash". CBS News. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

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