Christian Oliver obit

‘Speed Racer’ Actor Christian Oliver & 2 Daughters Killed In Caribbean Plane Crash

 

He was not on the list.

Christian Oliver (real name Christian Klepser), who starred in films including Speed Racer and Valkyrie among others, was killed Thursday along with his two young daughters when their small plane crashed into the sea off a Caribbean island. The owner and pilot of the plane, identified as Robert Sachs, also died in the crash. Oliver was 51.

According to authorities, the single-engine plane took off from F Mitchell Airport in Bequia, a tiny island and part of the Caribbean nations of St. Vincent and Grenadines Thursday afternoon and was headed to nearby St Lucia when it crashed.

Among the dead were Oliver’s daughters, Madita Klepser, 12, and Annik Klepser, 10.

Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft experienced difficulties and nose-dived into the ocean,” the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force said in a statement provided to media outlets. “Fishermen and divers from Paget Farm went to the scene of the incident in their boats to render assistance,” it added. All four bodies have been recovered.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation. According to local reports, the pilot radioed the tower shortly after takeoff reporting he was experiencing trouble and was turning back. That was the last communication from the plane.

The German-born Oliver worked with Steven Soderbergh in The Good German opposite Cate Blanchett and George Clooney, with Brian Singer and Tom Cruise in Valkyrie and the Wachowskis’ 2008’s Speed Racer. He also starred as a detective in the popular German action series Alarm for Cobra 11 (RTL) for two years. His TV credits also included Saved By the Bell: The New Class. His most recent credit the latest Indiana Jones movie Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Oliver had just wrapped his latest movie Forever Hold Your Peace, co-starring Bai Ling and directed by Nick Lyon, filming his final scenes on December 20.

Lyon posted a photo on the final day of film and paid tribute to Oliver with the caption: “We talked about producing a film together for years and finally did it! Thank you for being a great colleague, actor and friend.'”

Filmography

Actor

Forever Hold Your Peace

Ivan

In Production

 

London Blue

Edward

Post-productionVideo

 

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

7.9

TV Series

Oliver

1997

1 episode

 

English Estate (2022)

English Estate

6.0

TV Movie

Daniel

2022

 

Michael Kessler, Martin Klempnow, Joyce Ilg, Jan van Weyde, and Tahnee Schaffarczyk in Binge Reloaded (2020)

Binge Reloaded

4.2

TV Series

Russe

2022

1 episode

 

Jasmine's Charm (2020)

Jasmine's Charm

TV Series

Edward

2021

1 episode

 

SOKO Stuttgart (2009)

SOKO Stuttgart

5.7

TV Series

Peter Schmidt

Georg Sigl

Gunnar Zenker ...

2012–2021

4 episodes

 

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond (2020)

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond

7.3

Video Game

Egon

2020

 

Abe (2020)

Abe

TV Mini Series

Agent Boothe

2020

 

Lena Olin, Carol Kane, Logan Lerman, Louis Ozawa, Jerrika Hinton, Kate Mulvany, and Tiffany Boone in Hunters (2020)

Hunters

7.2

TV Series

Wilhelm Zuchs

2020

5 episodes

 

Kristina Klebe in I Am Fear (2020)

I Am Fear

3.3

Polo

2020

 

Elisabeth Harnois and Christian Oliver in Christmas in Vienna (2019)

Christmas in Vienna

5.9

TV Movie

Lukas

2019

 

David Tom, Martin Kove, Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Weston Cage, and Jesse Kove in D-Day: Battle of Omaha Beach (2019)

D-Day: Battle of Omaha Beach

3.3

Coporal Jurgen

2019

 

Animal Among Us (2019)

Animal Among Us

3.4

Roland Baumgarner

2019

 

Rattlesnakes (2019)

Rattlesnakes

5.5

Jed Ellis

2019

 

Christian Oliver, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Dean Stapleton, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Zach Roerig, Lauren McKnight, and Tory Taranova in The Outer Wild (2018)

The Outer Wild

3.7

Cole

2018

 

Jessica Green in The Outpost (2018)

The Outpost

6.5

TV Series

Durwin

2018

1 episode

 

C L A W

Short

Kristof

2018

 

Call of Duty: WWII (2017)

Call of Duty: WWII

7.7

Video Game

(voice)

2017

 

A Thousand Kisses (2017)

A Thousand Kisses

8.5

Short

Moses (voice)

2017

 

Malcolm Barrett, Abigail Spencer, Goran Visnjic, Matt Lanter, Claudia Doumit, and Sheldon Landry in Timeless (2016)

Timeless

7.6

TV Series

Wernher von Braun

2016

1 episode

 

Dr. Klein (2014)

Dr. Klein

6.1

TV Series

Johannes Zeller

2015

1 episode

 

Meister des Todes (2015)

Meister des Todes

6.4

TV Movie

Ulrich Hemberger

2015

 

Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)

Sense8

8.2

TV Series

Steiner Bogdanow

2015

3 episodes

 

Patrick Wilson in Zipper (2015)

Zipper

5.8

Max (uncredited)

2015

 

Les Brandt in Ninja Apocalypse (2014)

Ninja Apocalypse

3.2

Cage

2014

 

Hercules Reborn (2014)

Hercules Reborn

3.1

Arius

2014

 

Donald Sutherland, William Fichtner, Marc Lavoine, Gabriella Pession, Tom Wlaschiha, Richard Flood, and Lara Rossi in Crossing Lines (2013)

Crossing Lines

7.3

TV Series

Sven Liebig

2013

1 episode

 

House of Good and Evil (2013)

House of Good and Evil

5.2

Chris Conley

2013

 

Blow Me (2012)

Blow Me

7.2

Short

Gunnar

2012

 

Milla Jovovich, Orlando Bloom, Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Mads Mikkelsen, Ray Stevenson, Christoph Waltz, and Luke Evans in The Three Musketeers (2011)

The Three Musketeers

5.7

Venetian Nobleman

2011

 

Der Bergdoktor (2008)

Der Bergdoktor

6.4

TV Series

Peter Leißner

2011

1 episode

 

A Case for Two (1981)

A Case for Two

6.4

TV Series

Simon Beck

2011

1 episode

 

Acholiland (2009)

Acholiland

5.8

Short

Kohl

2009

 

Ready or Not (2009)

Ready or Not

4.6

Chris

2009

 

Brittany Murphy and Jason Lewis in Tribute (2009)

Tribute

5.4

TV Movie

Steve Chensky

2009

 

Tom Cruise in Valkyrie (2008)

Valkyrie

7.1

Sergeant-Major Arthur Adam

2008

 

Immer Wirbel um Marie (2008)

Immer Wirbel um Marie

4.7

TV Movie

Nico Bluhm

2008

 

Lee Ingleby and Martin Shaw in Inspector George Gently (2007)

Inspector George Gently

8.1

TV Series

Wilhelm Schmeikel

2008

1 episode

 

Graphic design by John Lezcano

Watercolors

6.4

High School Student

2008

 

Matthew Fox and Emile Hirsch in Speed Racer (2008)

Speed Racer

6.1

Snake Oiler

2008

 

Blazing Angels 2 (2007)

Blazing Angels 2

7.0

Video Game

Max Wurmheller (voice)

2007

 

The Good German (2006)

The Good German

6.0

Emil Brandt

2006

 

Christian Oliver in Subject Two (2006)

Subject Two

5.4

Adam Schmidt

2006

 

Lisa Kudrow in The Comeback (2005)

The Comeback

8.1

TV Series

Hotel Greeter

2005

1 episode

 

Frostbite (2005)

Frostbite

3.0

Video

Hans

2005

 

Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996)

Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei

6.3

TV Series

Jan Richter

2003–2004

28 episodes

 

Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, and Elisabeth Röhm in Law & Order: Justice Is Served (2004)

Law & Order: Justice Is Served

6.3

Video Game

Oliver Christian (voice)

2004

 

A Light in the Forest (2003)

A Light in the Forest

4.0

Gabriel Brown

2003

 

Ablaze (2001)

Ablaze

3.4

Tim Vester

2001

 

Ice-T, Michelle von Flotow, and Christian Oliver in Kept (2001)

Kept

4.2

Kyle

2001

 

Schlaf mit meinem Mann

5.0

TV Movie

Benny

2001

 

Medal of Honor: Underground (2000)

Medal of Honor: Underground

8.1

Video Game

(voice)

2000

 

Undressed (1999)

Undressed

6.3

TV Series

Wendell (2001: Season 4)

1999

 

Romantic Fighter (1999)

Romantic Fighter

5.8

Dennis

1999

 

V.I.P. (1998)

V.I.P.

4.2

TV Series

Volker Helmstadt

1999

1 episode

 

Götterdämmerung - Morgen stirbt Berlin (1999)

Götterdämmerung - Morgen stirbt Berlin

5.6

TV Movie

Kalle

1999

 

Sabrina Lloyd, Jerry O'Connell, Cleavant Derricks, and John Rhys-Davies in Sliders (1995)

Sliders

7.4

TV Series

Rick Montana

1999

1 episode

 

First Love - Die große Liebe

4.3

TV Series

Gunnar

1997

 

Eat Your Heart Out (1997)

Eat Your Heart Out

5.6

Daniel Haus

1997

 

Rosamunde Pilcher (1993)

Rosamunde Pilcher

3.7

TV Series

Tim

1997

1 episode

 

Rachael Leigh Cook, Schuyler Fisk, Bre Blair, Zelda Harris, Tricia Joe, Larisa Oleynik, and Stacy Linn Ramsower in The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)

The Baby-Sitters Club

5.7

Luca

1995

 

Jonathan Angel, Natalia Cigliuti, Dustin Diamond, Dennis Haskins, Sarah Lancaster, Bianca Lawson, Christian Oliver, and Spankee Rodgers in Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993)

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

3.9

TV Series

Brian Keller

1994

26 episodes

 

Producer

Forever Hold Your Peace

producer

In Production

 

Wrong Turn (2021)

Wrong Turn

5.5

executive producer

2021

 

Abe (2020)

Abe

TV Mini Series

producer

2020

 

Animal Among Us (2019)

Animal Among Us

3.4

co-producer

2019

 

Christian Oliver, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Dean Stapleton, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Zach Roerig, Lauren McKnight, and Tory Taranova in The Outer Wild (2018)

The Outer Wild

3.7

producer

2018

 

A Thousand Kisses (2017)

A Thousand Kisses

8.5

Short

executive producer

2017

 

Patrick Wilson in Zipper (2015)

Zipper

5.8

executive producer

2015

 

House of Good and Evil (2013)

House of Good and Evil

5.2

producer

2013

 

Blow Me (2012)

Blow Me

7.2

Short

producer

2012

 

Ready or Not (2009)

Ready or Not

4.6

producer

2009

 

Christian Oliver in Subject Two (2006)

Subject Two

5.4

producer

2006

 

Writer

Ready or Not (2009)

Ready or Not

4.6

story

2009