Burghart Klaußner (born 13 September 1949) is a German film actor.

[1] He received acting training at the Max-Reinhardt-Schule für Schauspiel [de] in Berlin.

In Hamburg 2006, Klaußner also made his debut as a theater director.

He has also narrated many audiobooks, including Ian McEwan's Solar, and several Ferdinand von Schirach novels.

He is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie[4] and vice-president of the Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg since 2021.