André Meyer (actor)

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André Meyer (born October 26, 1972 in Hamburg ) is a German actor . He was an actor in the castle from 2009 to 2016 .

life and work

Meyer completed his acting training from 1996 to 2000 at the Berlin University of the Arts . During his studies he played in the Berlin bat studio theater, in the Theater in der Fabrik (TIF) of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden , at the Volksbühne on Rosa-Luxemberg-Platz , at the Schaubühne on Lehniner Platz and at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater . From 2000 to 2005 he was a member of the ensemble at the Schauspielhaus Bochum under Matthias Hartmann's direction . Here he played the Mocca in Helge Schneider's Mendy - das Wusical (2003), the Benvolio in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (directed by David Bösch , 2004) and in Zuckmayer's Hauptmann von Köpenick (directed by Matthias Hartmann, 2004). Hartmann also engaged Meyer in 2005 at the Schauspielhaus Zürich , where he worked with directors such as Matthias Fontheim , Niklaus Helbling , Sandra Strunz , Peter Zadek and Jan Stephan Schmieding .

At the Salzburg Festival in 2007 he made a guest appearance in a co-production with the Schauspielhaus Zürich as Schnauz and Wand in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night 's Dream . In autumn 2009 he followed Hartmann to the Burgtheater in Vienna , of which he was a member until 2016. Here he played his way across the classical repertoire - from Shakespeare (Rodrigo in Othello , Fabian in Was Ihr wollt and Benvolio) to Schiller , Hebbel and Jules Verne to Brecht and Camus . But he also appears in works by Nestroy and Schnitzler with a Viennese connotation , plays with passion in children's plays and fairy tales (such as The Wizard of Oz or The Snow Queen ) and takes on tasks in contemporary dramas, such as in Dea Loher's Adam Geist .

Meyer has been a permanent member of the ensemble at Schauspiel Frankfurt since the 2017/2018 season under the direction of Anselm Weber.

In addition to some theater recordings ( Mendy from Bochum, Lumpazivagabundus and Was Ihr wollt from the castle), Meyer was and can be seen in film and television, for example in the films learning to lie down , Venus.de - The Moving Woman , The Wanker and From the Deep des Raum , in the TV series SK Kölsch , Die Sitte , as well as in Tatort: ​​Protégés . But he also took on roles in the short films The Chance and the End by Christian Theede (2000) and On the Line by Reto Caffi (2007).

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personal data
SURNAME Meyer, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg