Following that, Liefers appeared in some minor film roles; however, in 1996 he achieved his breakthrough with the Helmut Dietl film Rossini [de]. He received the Bayerischer Filmpreis for his role (Bodo Kriegnitz). As a result of this success, he was awarded roles in several German films. He has been playing a pathologist in the famous serial Tatort since 2002.
Liefers is a keen motorcyclist and in 2007 started on a trip of a lifetime from Quito (Ecuador) to Patagonia in South America. Unfortunately, his trip came to a premature end when he was injured avoiding a collision with a young child who ran out in front of his motorbike. In 2008 a film of the trip called "70° West – Entscheidung in Peru" (Decision in Peru) was shown on German TV channel DMAX.[1]
In April 2021, Liefers was a leading figure of a group of German actors criticizing the coronavirus policies in Germany, with the campaign #Allesdichtmachen (“shut everything down”).[2] The campaign was heavily criticized.[3]
Liefers married actress and singer Anna Loos in 2004. Previously he had been married to Alexandra Tabakova, a Russian actress.
In the German television series Tatort, Liefers plays Professor Dr. Karl Friedrich Boerne, the director of the "Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensics" at the University of Münster. The witty scientist loves his job and enjoys life to the fullest, often without considering the feelings of others. Karl-Friedrich Boerne loves the good things in life, plays golf, fences and is fond of classical music, especially if it's loud. But what he loves most are his luxury cars (Jaguar, Mercedes, Audi, Porsche, etc.), which he drives without worrying too much about wrecking them, and the sound of his own voice. Boerne's irony and intellect make him seem cynical and arrogant at times, but still it's evident that there's a good heart beating inside him. His wife left him and ever since Boerne lives alone in his big city apartment. The much smaller neighbouring apartment he let to inspector Frank Thiel. But not only at home the idiosyncratic, quirky forensic physician and the quiet, down-to-earth police officer share a close partnership.
Tatort – Episodesedit
2002: Der dunkle Fleck
2002: Fakten, Fakten
2003: Dreimal schwarzer Kater
2003: Sag nichts
2004: Mörderspiele
2004: Eine Leiche zuviel
2005: Der Frauenflüsterer
2005: Der doppelte Lott
2006: Das ewig Böse
2006: Das zweite Gesicht
2007: Ruhe sanft
2007: Satisfaktion
2008: Krumme Hunde
2008: Wolfsstunde
2009: Höllenfahrt
2009: Tempelräuber
2010: Der Fluch der Mumie
2010: Spargelzeit
2011: Herrenabend
2011: Zwischen den Ohren [de]
2012: Hinkebein
2012: Das Wunder von Wolbeck
2013: Summ, Summ, Summ
2013: Die chinesische Prinzessin
2014: Der Hammer
2014: Mord ist die beste Medizin
2015: Erkläre Chimäre
2015: Schwanensee
2016: Ein Fuß kommt selten allein
2016: Feierstunde
2017: Fangschuss
2017: Gott Ist Auch Nur Ein Mensch
2018: Schlangengrube
2019: Spieglein, Spieglein
2019: Lakritz
2019: Väterchen Frost
2020: Limbus
2020: Es Lebe Der König
2021: Rhythm And Love
2022: Des Teufels langer Atem
2022: Propheteus
2022: Ein Freund, ein guter Freund
2023: MagicMom
CDsedit
Jack's Baby (1999)
Don't let go (2002)
Oblivion (2002)
Soundtrack meiner Kindheit (2007)
Audio booksedit
2006: Fußball unser – Das Hörbuch
2006: Brigitte Hörbuch-Edition – Starke Stimmen: Die Männer – Der Reinfall
2008: Jan Josef Liefers liest den Tatort Fall `Der dunkle Fleck´
2009: Brigitte Hörbuch-Edition – Starke Stimmen: Die Krimis – Dr. Siri und seine Toten
^"Jan Liefers Trip on DMAX (German)". Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
^"#allesdichtmachen: Jan-Josef Liefers verteidigt Aktion und legt mit Kritik an Regierung nach". Frankfurter Rundschau. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^Jakob, Julia (30 December 2021). ""Alles dicht machen" und Co.: Die Kultur-Aufreger des Jahres". NDR (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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