In the following years his roles became more and more versatile, comprising diverse characters, such as long distance runner Dieter Baumann in “Ich will laufen – der Fall Dieter Baumann” (English: “I want to run – the case of Dieter Baumann” or the son of a Prussian Officer, Albrecht Sterenberg, who slowly develops insanity in the historical two-part TV production “Der weiße Afrikaner” (English: The white African”).
Dieter Hallervorden | Dieter Bohlen | Herbert Baumann | Dieter Schnebel | Dieter Baumann | Dieter Kindlmann | Hans Dieter Betz | Dieter Zetsche | Rolf-Dieter Heuer | Hans-Dieter Sues | Georg Baumann | Dieter Schulte | Dieter Rams | Dieter Meier | Dieter Hildebrandt | Rolf Dieter Brinkmann | Peter Baumann | Patrik Baumann | Patrick Baumann | Horst H. Baumann | Heinz Baumann | Guido Baumann | Dieter König | Dieter Eckstein | Dieter Brock | Dieter Braun | Wolf-Dieter Storl | Ludwig Baumann | Klaus-Dieter Kurrat | Hermann Baumann |
The latter result places him tenth on the German all-time performers list, behind Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak, Jens-Peter Herold, Dieter Baumann, Rüdiger Stenzel, Jürgen Straub, Willi Wülbeck and Andreas Busse.
Bronze medallist over 3000m at the 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships in La Haye, behind German Dieter Baumann and Spaniard Abel Antón, he got his second podium the following year, in 1990 in Glasgow, beaten in the final by his compatriot Eric Dubus.
This result places him sixth on the German all-time performers list, behind Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak, Jens-Peter Herold, Dieter Baumann and Rüdiger Stenzel.
This result places him fifth on the German all-time performers list, behind Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak, Jens-Peter Herold and Dieter Baumann.