Jörg Pfennigwerth has appeared in several cinema and television films by renowned German directors since 1980. Jörg Pfennigwerth even appeared in front of the camera three times for two filmmakers. He appeared in Christel Buschmann's Gibbi – Westgermany, Comeback and Ballhaus Barmbeck and in Lars Becker's Kalte Sonne, Schattenboxer and Kanak Attack. Jörg Pfennigwerth also founded the blues, R&B, and rock ‘n’ roll band Dead On Arrival with Welsh musician Granville Jones, serving as its singer and guitarist. The Hamburg native performed regularly with his band in his adopted home of Munich.