Member of the 'Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel' since 1977.
He dubbed leading actor Peter Falk in the late episodes of the US crime series "Columbo" and voiced Professor Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter films.
In 1977, Horst Sachtleben was named "Bayerischer Staatsschauspieler" by the state of Bavaria, a distinction reserved for very few.
Horst Sachtleben was one of the most familiar faces on German television.
Sachtleben had various engagements at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin, Schauspielhaus in Zürich, Bayerischen Staatsschauspiel in Munich and many more.
In 2004 Sachtleben shot the filmlet Vorletzter Abschied (Heiko Hahn), which was shown on several festivals and won the German filmlet award 2005.
In 2010 he won the Hersfeld Prize ("Großer Hersfeld-Preis") of the theater festival in Bad Hersfeld, Germany.
Horst Sachtleben studied drama, German literature (philology) and art history before taking up acting.
He had around 800 different speaking roles listed as a voice actor.
He retired from acting in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Voiced Daisuke Jigen (whose name was Anglicized to Dan Dee) in the 1984 German dub of 'The Castle of Cagliostro'.