Films Uwe Ochsenknecht has starred in include Schtonk!, Das Boot and the TV miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune.
Uwe Ochsenknecht is married to Natascha Ochsenknecht and has three children with her: sons Wilson Gonzales Ochsenknecht and Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht, and daughter Cheyenne Savannah Ochsenknecht. His oldest son, named Rocco Stark, is from an earlier girlfriend, lives in Munich, works as a model, and is attending drama school. His two younger sons (Wilson Gonzalez and Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht) acted together with him in the film Die wilden Kerle (English title: The Wild Soccer Bunch) and its four sequels.