Frank Kessler
Biography
Frank Kessler (born December 14, 1961, in Ratingen) is a German actor. Frank Kessler grew up in Berlin-Schöneberg and initially completed an apprenticeship as an electrical machine builder. Alongside various professional occupations, he was successfully active in martial arts for many years. Among other achievements, he competed as a member of the national Taekwondo squad and in the Karate Bundesliga, winning numerous national and international titles between 1980 and 1992. In 2004, he attained the rank of Grandmaster (6th Dan) in Taekwondo and founded the first Berlin Taekwondo Association—now known as the TVBB. He also worked as a coach and examiner. Kessler entered the acting profession through his work as a stuntman. He first attracted attention through the "Black Belt Team," which he had founded. In 1994, he began professional acting training under Teelke Langhanke in Berlin, successfully completing the program in 1997. Since then, Kessler has worked regularly in film, television, theater, and commercials. His credits include roles in *Männerpension*, *Das Leben ist eine Baustelle*, *Cobra 11*, *Tatort*, *Wolffs Revier*, *Dreileben*, *Die Päpstin*, and *Henri 4*. He also appeared in the Karl May Festival productions in Bad Segeberg and in the musical *The Beatles – All You Need Is Love*. He has appeared on screen alongside actors such as Sir Peter Ustinov, John Goodman, Heiner Lauterbach, and Til Schweiger, and has collaborated with directors including Detlef Buck, Wolfgang Becker, Sönke Wortmann, and Dominik Graf. Since 2019, Kessler has played the role of "Specki," a garbage collector, in the television series *Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr*. Frank Kessler lives with his wife, Doreen Kessler, in Rostock, where they jointly run a men's fashion boutique called "Männerherz."
Known For

Scene of the Crime

Die Rosenheim-Cops

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

SOKO Leipzig

SOKO Stuttgart

Küstenwache

Küstenwache
All Movies (16)
- Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Schutzgeld2025 · as Specki
- Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Der Neue2025 · as Specki
- Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Arbeit am Limit2023 · as Specki
- Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Altlasten2023 · as Specki
- Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - (K)eine saubere Sache2022 · as Specki
- Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Zu gut für die Tonne2022 · as Specki
- Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Operation Miethai2021 · as Specki
- Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Die Streunerin2021 · as Specki
- Sportabzeichen für Anfänger2021 · as Boxtrainer Sven König
- Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Kassensturz2020 · as Specki
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World2018 · as Raini
- Secret of the Midwife2016
- Dreileben: Don’t Follow Me Around2011 · as Jürgen
- Dreileben: Beats Being Dead2011 · as Jürgen
- Countdown at Sea1999 · as Klein
- Hass im Kopf1994 · as Bouncer
All TV Shows (22)
- SOKO Hamburg2018 · as Rainer Gerhardt
- Barcelona Crime2017 · as Anibal Morell
- Mila2015 · as Bernd Ritter
- Friesland2014 · as Herr Schrödinger
- Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden2012 · as Dr. Benjamin Bolt
- Nord Nord Mord2011 · as Fred Karlin
- Die NDR Quizshow2010 · as Self
- SOKO Stuttgart2009 · as Matthias Gollhofer
- Der Staatsanwalt2005
- Die Rosenheim-Cops2002 · as Michael Wending
- SOKO Leipzig2001 · as Kevin Marx
- Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein1999 · as Herr Matthes
- Küstenwache1997 · as Wolf
- Küstenwache1997 · as Herbert Pollinger
- Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police1996 · as Unger
- Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police1996 · as Robert Weiss
- Unser Charly1995 · as Lutz Grote
- Im Namen des Gesetzes1994 · as Geldeintreiber
- Ein starkes Team1994 · as Werner Tankow
- Die Wache1994 · as Harry Stahl
- Wolffs Revier1992
- Scene of the Crime1970 · as Erik Salzmann