Alfons Haider

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Alfons Haider (2015)

Alfons Haider (born November 24, 1957 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actor , singer , television presenter , cabaret artist and entertainer .

Professional background

Haider began his acting and musical training in Vienna in 1976 and continued it at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in Los Angeles ( California ).

He played at various Viennese theaters such as the Vienna Volkstheater , the Theater in der Josefstadt , the Tribüne , the Kammerspiele , the Theater der Jugend and the Vienna's English Theater (1990 and 2014). In between major tours took him through German-speaking Europe. Finally, Alfons Haider was also active in film and television, not only working for German-language television, but also in various international productions. Alfons Haider was for six years - from 1985 to 1991 - the voice of the traffic advisor for children on ORF , Helmi . In 1989 he began his career as a presenter at ORF, which continues to this day and which has an annual climax with the presentation of the Vienna Opera Ball (together with Arabella Kiesbauer ). In addition, he also played roles in world literature (e.g. Hamlet , Dorian Gray , Heinrich II. , Anatol ).

In 2003 he returned as Jeff Zodiak in the musical Wake up ! Written by Rainhard Fendrich and Harold Faltermeyer . back to the Raimund Theater in Vienna . In 1995 he presented his first cabaret program Haiderkeit knows no borders . His eighth program to power Haider was again a great success.

Alfons Haider with Dita von Teese ( Life Ball 2010)

Alfons Haider has been closely associated with the Stockerau Festival since he made his debut here at the age of 23 in Skup, the miser of Ragusa . In 1998 he took over the artistic direction of the Open Air Festival and in its opening season with The King and I ensured the greatest success in the history of the festival to date. In 2003 this success could be surpassed with Sag beim Abschied… (Haider in the role of Willi Forst ). In the summer of 2007 he was on this stage from July in the world premiere of the musical C'est la vie , the socially critical play about the rise and fall of an idol. In autumn 2014 he was on stage at the world premiere of the English version of the comedy Butterbrot by Gabriel Barylli at Vienna's English Theater.

On January 30, 2006, Alfons Haider and his show Entertainer were for the first time in New York's Carnegie Hall . On March 2nd, 2006 the new Musical Hall F in the Wiener Stadthalle was opened with the musical classic The King and I by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (text, book). Haider was seen in the role of the King of Siam .

Haider presented Dancing Stars on ORF 1 , for the second season he received the Golden Romy in 2006 . Together with Mirjam Weichselbraun , he also presented the third season of Dancing Stars from March 9, 2007. He was also in the fourth season, but Klaus Eberhartinger replaced him as a presenter, and Haider was the fourth juror. In the fifth season of 2009 he took on the role of moderator again, Klaus Eberhartinger switched to the jury. In the 6th season of Dancing Stars, Alfons Haider was the first same-sex couple to be seen with professional dancer Vadim Garbuzow. The dancing couple reached 4th place this season.

From November 23, 2007, Haider presented the ORF show Musical! The show , in which ten young people tried for eight weeks to convince the audience of their talent in singing, dancing and acting.

Since April 8, 2016, he has moderated the weekly magazine Österreich Blick of the television broadcaster and marketer R9 as the successor to Eva Pölzl , who switched to the ORF breakfast television station Guten Morgen Österreich .

Private life

Haider, as a well-known television presenter and actor, came out as a homosexual in 1997 in order, as he said, to anticipate a planned outing . Today he does not regret this, but would no longer do it, especially to protect his family and partner (Haider's mother was abused by a stranger because of his homosexuality).

Haider had a twin sister who has since passed away.

social commitment

Haider with Fran Drescher ( Dancer against Cancer 2010)

Haider has been supporting Arnold Pollak , the head of the University Clinic for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Vienna General Hospital , for years , and in particular the work with “ premature babies ”. After each performance, Alfons Haider, his mother Anna and his stage colleagues collect for the “Our Child” campaign.

Since autumn 2014 he has also been an ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation® Austria. The Make-A-Wish Foundation® Austria was founded in 1997 and fulfills the heartfelt wishes of seriously ill children between 3 and 18 years of age. Since the establishment of the Make-A-Wish Foundation® Austria, the team of volunteers has already been able to fulfill more than 1,000 wishes.

theatre

  • 1974 The bird dealer / extra - Volksoper
  • 1975 The Gypsy Baron / Extra - Mörbisch Lake Festival
  • 1975 The Nightingale / Soldier - Theater of Youth
  • 1976 The Canterville Ghost / Young Earl - Theater of Youth
  • 1977 The Hungarian Wedding / Arpad - State Theater Innsbruck
  • 1977 The Madness of Chaillot / Piccolo - Theater in der Josefstadt
  • 1977 Pension Schöller / youth. Lovers - Kammerspiele Vienna
  • 1978 Everyone / table company - Salzburg Festival
  • 1979 Fritzchen / Fritz von Drosse - Tribune Vienna
  • 1979 Councilor Geiger / Hans - Kammerspiele
  • 1980 The sleeping prince / prince tour
  • 1980 Sissy / Kaiser Franz Joseph - Bad Ischl
  • 1981 Lady in the Dark / Student - Raimundtheater
  • 1981 The Count of Monte Christo / Viconte de Montcerf - Popular Theater
  • 1981 The Insignificant / Noble - Volkstheater
  • 1981 Scup, the miser from Ragusa / young suitor - Stockerau Festival
  • 1981 Figaros Hochzeit / Cherubin - Volkstheater
  • 1981 The Alpine King and the Misanthrope / Lover - Volkstheater
  • 1982 Much Ado About Nothing / Claudio - Melker Festival
  • 1982 Ghost Sonata / Student Archenholz tour
  • 1982 Cyrano de Bergerac / Kadett - Popular Theater
  • 1983 The merry women of Windsor / Fenton, Henry IV - Stockerau Festival
  • 1983 Sissy / Kaiser Franz Joseph - Raimundtheater
  • 1983 Citizen Schippel / Young Prince - Volkstheater
  • 1984 Merlin / Sir Beauface - Volkstheater
  • 1984 School of Women / Horace - Theater in the Josefstadt
  • 1985 The Glass of Water / Masham - Stockerau Festival
  • 1985 Madame Celine / Piere - Kammerspiele
  • 1986 The Portrait of Dorian Gray / Dorian Gray - Tour
  • 1986 How to hunt rabbits / Gontran - Stockerau Festival
  • 1987 Hamlet / Prince of Denmark - tour
  • 1987 Sissy / Kaiser Franz Joseph - Bad Ischl
  • 1987 protection? / Doctor - Volkstheater
  • 1988 Helden / Bluntschli - Stockerau Festival
  • 1989 Liebelei / Lieutenant Fritz tour
  • 1989 Comedy of Errors / Antipholus - Stockerau Festival
  • 1990 Butterflies are free / Don Baker - Vienna´s English Theater
  • 1990 The Romanticker / Narrator - Stockerau Festival
  • 1992 Sissi / Kaiser Franz Joseph - Bad Ischl
  • 1992 Boeing Boeing / Pilot Berhard - Stockerau Festival
  • 1993 A question of honor / Daniel Kaffee - Volkstheater
  • 1993 Helden / Bluntschli - Stockerau Festival
  • 1993 / 94/95 Soirée with Prince Orlofski / Orlofski - Schönbrunner Schlosstheater
  • 1994 Ein Volksfreund / Volksfreund - Volkstheater
  • 1994 Much Ado About Nothing / Benedict - Stockerau Festival
  • 1994–1997 A question of honor / Daniel Kaffee - Tour
  • 1995 Thamos, King of Egypt / Thamos - Salzbg. Easter Festival
  • 1995 Servant of two masters / Trufaldino - Stockerau Festival
  • 1996 What you want / Junker Bleichenwang - Stockerau Festival
  • 1996/97 Sissy / Kaiser Franz Joseph - Schönbrunn Palace Theater
  • 1997 The funny pranks of Scapins / Scapin - Stockerau Festival
  • 1998–2000 / 2005 The King and I / König– Stockerau Festival
  • 1998 A question of honor / Daniel Kaffee - Stockerau Festival
  • 1998 Sissy / Kaiser Franz Joseph tour
  • 1998 In the white Rößl / Leopold, Kaiser - Landestheater St. Pölten
  • 1999 Anatol / Anatol tour
  • 1999 Hamlet / Prince of Denmark - Stockerau Festival
  • 2000 The King and I / König - Ronacher / Deutsches Theater Munich
  • 2000 Becket / Heinrich II - Stockerau Festival / Tour
  • 2001/02 Time out! / Scott - Stockerau Festival
  • 2003 Say goodbye ... / Willi Forst - Stockerau Festival / Wiener Metropol
  • 2003 Wake Up / Jeff - Raimundtheater
  • 2004 Grillparzer slightly shortened / Grillparzer - Stockerau Festival / Wiener Metropol
  • 2005 Bel Ami / Willi Forst tour
  • 2006 The King and I / König - Wiener Stadthalle
  • 2006 Schani - more than a life / Johann Strauss - Stockerau Festival / Vienna Metropol
  • 2007 C'est la vie / Mazarin - Stockerau Festival
  • 2008 Joseph / Pharao - Wiener Stadthalle
  • 2008 The King and I / König - Tiroler Landestheater
  • 2009 Butterbrot / Martin - Kammerspiele
  • 2008/09 La Cage Aux Folles / Albin - Stockerau Festival
  • 2010 Victor / Victoria / Toddy - Stockerauer Festival
  • 2011 You play our song - Stockerauer Festival
  • 2012 A Chorus Line - Stockerau Festival
  • 2012 Butterbrot / Stefan - Salzburg State Theater
  • 2014 Showtime / Roland - Altes Schauspielhaus Stuttgart
  • 2014 Chickenshit (Engl. Butterbrot) / Peter - Vienna English Theater + New York
  • 2018 Heidi , MuseumsQuartier , Vienna

Movies

TV Shows

CDs

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Bel Ami
  AT 19th 04/07/2006 (3 weeks)
  • 2002: I am you
  • 2004: Entertainer - This is my day
  • 2005: Christmas Entertainer
  • 2006: Bel Ami
  • 2007: For Once In My Life

Audio books

Awards

literature

Web links

Commons : Alfons Haider  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Social criticism with a wink: C'est La Vie - Jeanne d´Arc is back!
  2. ↑ a b Kronen Zeitung : 50 years and not a bit quiet ... , November 25, 2007
  3. ↑ Chart sources: AT
personal data
SURNAME Haider, Alfons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria