Matthias Freihof

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Matthias Freihof in the Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin - April 2009

Matthias Freihof (born November 25, 1961 in Plauen ) is a German actor and voice actor .

Life

After graduating from high school and completing his three years of military service in the NVA , Freihof studied at the Ernst Busch drama school in Berlin . He made his debut at the Berlin Maxim Gorki Theater . With the leading role as teacher Philipp Klarmann in Coming Out , the first GDR film with a homosexual content, he achieved his breakthrough in 1989. As a teacher Boris Magnus from 1996 to 1997 in ARD - soap opera Marienhof to see. From 1998 to 2003 he played the role of the assistant Lorenz Wigand of Chief Inspector Siska in the ZDF crime series of the same name . He had guest appearances in, among others, Der Alte , Mona M. - With the weapons of a woman and Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei .

Freihof was also active as a singer. One of his songs is titled Taste your life for chamomile tea (1989). In 1993 he released the album Passions together with the band L'art de passage .

At times he taught as a lecturer at the Ernst Busch Drama School and the Berlin Drama School .

In the movie Operation Walküre - Das Stauffenberg assassination , which reconstructs the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944 and in which Tom Cruise took over the part of Stauffenberg , Freihof played the Reichsführer SS , Heinrich Himmler . However, his two short scenes were cut out so that he could not be seen in the final theatrical version.

Freihof lives in Berlin. He is openly gay .

Theater (selection)

  • 1984: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Director: T. Langhoff
  • 1987 to 1989: My Fair Lady - Director: FC Pemmann
  • 1987 to 1989: Die Herrmannsschlacht - Director: M. Helle
  • 1990 to 1991: Jacques Brel - A Homage - with Gisela May - Director: Uwe Lohse
  • 1990 to 1991: Brecht matinee with Gisela May
  • 1990 to 1991: Romanisches Café - theater revue - director: Frank Lienert / Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg
  • 1991 to 1992: Die Fantasticks - Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin, Kleine Bühne - Director: U. Lohse - Role: Matt
  • 1991 to 1992: Passions - Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin, Kleine Revue - Director: U. Lohse
  • 2005: As in May - Schlosspark Theater - Director: Andreas Gergen - Role: Fritz Jüterbog
  • 2005: The Sweetest Fruits - Comedy Düsseldorf - Director: Andreas Schmidt - Role: Michael
  • 2006: Butterbrot - Theaterproduction Düsseldorf Tournee - Director: Anatol Preissler - Role: Martin
  • 2006: The Sweetest Fruits - Comedy Winterhuder Fährhaus Hamburg
  • 2007: The Sweetest Fruits - Comedy Berlin Tour
  • 2007: Whole Guys - Comedy Düsseldorf (Director)
  • 2008: Ghetto - City Theater Klagenfurt - Role: Gens
  • 2008: Venice in the Snow - Comedy Düsseldorf - Director: Ulf Dietrich - Role: Christoph
  • 2009: Venice in the snow - theater guest performances Kempf tour
  • 2009: Collaboration - Theater im Rathaus Essen - Director: Wolfgang Engel - Role: Stefan Zweig
  • 2015: Fast Normal - Renaissance-Theater Berlin - Role: Dr. Fine / Madden
  • 2016: Pretty Best Friends - Neersen Castle Festival - Director: Jan Bodinus - Role: Philippe
  • 2017: Das Original - Kleines Theater Berlin - Directed by Karin Bares - Role: Lionel
  • 2018: Im Weisses Rössl - Neersen Castle Festival - Director: Lajos Wenzel - Role: Leopold
  • 2019: Three Men in the Snow - Kleines Theater Am Südwestkorso - Director: Karin Bares - Role: Privy Councilor Tobler

Filmography (selection)

Director (theater)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RP Online: "Whole Guys" and "Valkyrie" - From Comedy to Movie from August 17, 2007
  2. ↑ The anniversary of the East Coming-out ; taz. November 9, 2009
  3. ↑ taz.de: The anniversary of the East Coming-out Homosexual proof: The anniversary of the East Coming-out . In: taz of November 9, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Freihof, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Plauen