Erwin Leder

Actor

1951-07-30 · St. Pölten, Austria

Erwin Alois Robert Leder (born 30 July 1951 in St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria) is an Austrian actor. He is best known for his role as Chief Mechanic Johann in Das Boot, a 1981 feature film directed by Wolfgang Petersen about a mission of one World War II U-boat and its crew.

In 2003, Leder appeared as the lycan scientist Singe in the gothic horror/action film Underworld. He reprised his role in the sequel in a brief cameo as a corpse.

• Schindler's List (1993) — SS Waffen Officer
• Underworld (2003) — Singe
• Das Boot (1981) — Johann 'Das Gespenst'
• The Three Musketeers (1993) — Peasant
• Angst (1983) — Psychopath
• Taxidermia (2006) — Krisztián
• Klimt (2006) — Male Nurse
• Trick or Treaters (2007) — Coachman (voice)
• The Legacy of the Siren (2012) — Diener Hettenheim
• Goliath96 (2019) — Straßenprediger
• The Chronicles of Melanie (2016) — Jakob
• The Unfish (1997) — Gendarm Hermann
• The Burrow (2014) — Penner
• The White Snake (2015) — Friedrich
• First Snow of Summer (2023) — Herr Schwab
• Happy End. (2005) — Vater
• The Last Revenge (1982) — Weltkenner
• Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross (2007) — Soldat
• The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave (1994) — Rudolfo Conté
• Schande (1999)
• Der Wannsee-Mörder (2002) — Kalle
• Prisoners (2006) — Tankwart
• Der Einstand (1977) — Fritz Berger
• Der Atem des Himmels (2010) — Ernas Vater