Wolf Kahler is a German born character actor who, thanks to his height
(6'2") and blue eyes was often cast as a Nazi or unsympathetic German
characters in his career. He has appeared in several successful
franchises (Indiana Jones, The Dirty Dozen), both playing a Nazi
officer named Dietrich, and most recently was cast as Dr. Hoffmanstahl
in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
He played the German Ambassador in the long-running "Ambassador's
Reception" Ferrero Roche advert, uttering the famous line "Excellente!".
His grandfather was Fritz Sachsse, a naval Lieutenant Commander who was captured and kept as a prisoner of war in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England, at the end of the First World War.
In February 2006, he appeared as a famous Germanic architect character in US
TV spots for Kohler (upperscale plumbing & fixtures supplier; ads have
been running for at least a year).