‘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
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