Jan Josef Liefers (born August 8, 1964 in Dresden), is a German actor, producer, director and musician.
Life
Liefers is the son of director Karlheinz Liefers and actress Brigitte Liefers-Wähner. After his apprenticeship he studied at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin. From 1987 until 1990 he acted at the Deutsches Theater Berlin; after this he moved over to the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. His first role in cinema was Alexander von Humboldt in the German film Die Besteigung des Chimborazo.
Following that he played in some minor film roles however, in 1996, he achieved his breakthrough with the Helmut Dietl film Rossini – oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief. 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.
Jan 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 hurt himself 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.
Podcasts:
Jan Josef Liefers
ALBUMS
- We Love Lovesongs released: 2011
- Alles rot released: 2010
- Soundtrack meiner Kindheit released: 2009
- Sounds, Volume 7: Alles nur geklaut! 10 deutsche Klassiker - neu interpretiert released: 2009
- Edgar Allan Poe: Visionen released: 2006
- RTL Megastars released: 2002
- Hitbreaker 2002: Die Dritte released: 2002
- Hitbreaker 2000: Die Zweite released: 2000
- Jack's Baby released: 1999
- Bild Hits 2000 released: 1999
- Bravo: The Hits 99 released: 1999
We Love Lovesongs
Released 2011- All Good Things (Come to an End)
- Apologize
- Shape
- When You Say Nothing at All
- Running Scared
- Big Girls Don't Cry
- The Closest Thing to Crazy
- Und wenn ein Lied
- Willst du bei mir bleiben
- Stark
- Bitte hör nicht auf zu träumen
- Dilemma
- Down on My Knees
- Cry Cry
- Tanz
- Wie konntest du nur
- Stickwitu
- Save the Best for Last
- A Thousand Miles
- I'll Make Love to You
Hitbreaker 2002: Die Dritte
Released 2002- I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
- Time to Wonder (radio edit)
- So, I Begin (radio edit)
- Let's Stay Together (Horny United radio mix) (feat. Mossee)
- Love Should Be a Crime
- Saturday Night (radio cut)
- Hard to Say I'm Sorry (radio edit)
- Angels & Saints (radio edit)
- Children (club radio edit)
- Everybody (single edit)
- Geisha Dreams
- In Your Eyes
- Yesterday (Sillence) (Airplay mix) (feat. Alaska)
- Turn the Page (album version)
- Let the Music Play (radio edit)
- Don't Let Go (radio edit)
- Hardcore Vibes (video mix)
- Gotte Get Through This
- Free (radio edit)
- Celebration
Hitbreaker 2000: Die Zweite
Released 2000- When the Heartache Is Over
- Salvation
- Not Over You Yet
- Tricky, Tricky
- Europa
- Hooray! Hooray! It’s a Holi-Holiday
- Only Love
- Who’s the Other Woman
- Escuchame
- Jack’s Baby
- Don’t Break My Heart
- Dinosaurs
- Hands Up
- All I Really Want
- Sorry, Sorry, Sorry
- Fundamentum
- Ichi ni san… Go!
- Love Game
- Per sempre tu
- Freak Me
Bild Hits 2000
Released 1999- Maschendrahtzaun
- Immer wieder
- Ain't That a Lot of Love
- L'eternità
- When I Think of You
- Salvadore Dali
- Different roads
- I Feel Lonely
- Sexy Sexy Lover
- Larger Than Life
- You Get What You Give
- She's the One
- C'est la vie Always 21
- For All That You Want
- Staying Power
- Sweet Like Chocolate
- Fire & Run
- New Times Square
- Şıkıdım (Hepsi Senin mi?)
- Ö la Palöma
Bravo: The Hits 99
Released 1999- Larger Than Life
- Livin' La Vida Loca
- I Feel Lonely
- ...Baby One More Time
- Changes
- Sie sieht mich nicht
- Big Big World
- Jack's Baby
- The Last Unicorn (feat. Juliette)
- How Do I Live
- All Out of Love
- Westside
- Ich leb' für Dich
- Du trägst keine Liebe in Dir
- Kiss Me
- New Millenium (What Cha Wanna Do)
- It Takes Two (Deeper Love)
- You Are Not Alone
- MfG (Mit freundlichen Grüßen)
- Maria
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by Jan Josef Liefers
Jack's Baby
by: Jan Josef LiefersWas like fallin'from heaven
on un-known ground.
Like the key for the backdoor
that never was found.
Like a spring in the desert,
like snow in July.
Wakin'up in the morning
with a lullabye...
Refrain:
That's why I'm never gonna be
Jack's Baby,
that's why I'm never gonna see
Jack's Baby.
We'll grow older every day,
hearts get colder,anyway...
...wanna be Jack's Baby...
Why you've made it all past
before it began?
Let the king of the world be
a begger again.
A fragment relingers
through time and space.
Let it run through your fingers
with a smile on your face...
Refrain:
That's why I'm never gonna be
Jack's Baby,
that's why I'm never gonna see
Jack's Baby.
We'll grow older every day,
hearts get colder,anyway...
Refrain:
That's why I'm never gonna be
Jack's Baby,
that's why I'm never gonna see
Jack's Baby.
We'll gorw older every day,
hearts get colder,anyway...
...wanna be Jack's Baby...
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