Bernd-Christian Althoff

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Bernd-Christian Althoff (* 1983 in Bielefeld ) is a German actor .

Life

Education and theater

Althoff graduated from high school and completed his community service . This was followed by a stay abroad in Australia , where he worked as a dishwasher , gas station attendant and as a worker on a fruit plantation . From 2006 to 2010 Althoff studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and at the Institute for Drama and Drama Directing at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . His teachers included u. a. Michaela Rosen , Markus Schleinzer , Artak Grigorjan , Klaus Maria Brandauer , István Szabó and Markus Kupferblum . He completed his studies with a Magister Artium (MA).

During his studies he already appeared as an actor in Vienna, a. a. at the Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus WUK (2007; as Carl in Gesäubert von Sarah Kane ), at the Schlosstheater Schönbrunn , at the Theater der Jugend Wien (2008; each in The Servant of Two Men ) and in the Salon5 (2008; in Töten by Daniel Kehlmann ). Before completing his training, in 2010, under the direction of Nina C. Gabriel , he played the Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (n) as a guest at the Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz , in a "gay" version of the Shakespeare story with two men in love. He was also engaged as a guest at the Mainz State Theater . There he played Pylades in Iphigenie auf Tauris in 2010 (Director: Niki Stein ) and Brick in The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 2012 (Director: Sarantos Zervoulakos). In the 2012/13 season he had a guest engagement at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. He played Mr. Cecil Graham in the social comedy Lady Windermeres Fächer in a new production with Andrea Jonasson and Sona MacDonald in the leading roles. In the 2013/14 season he was again engaged as a guest at the Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz. He played Inspector Voss in Die Physiker and Ruprecht in Der zerbrochne Krug . In 2015 he played in Hamburg at Kampnagel in the play Juli by Iwan Wyrypajew and in the performance & installation Hamamness . In September 2016 he was a guest at the National Theater Thessaloniki (Theatro Avlaia) with the Greek premiere of Theresia Walser's play Ich bin wie ihr, I love apples ; Directed by Sarantos Zervoulakos.

Movie and TV

Althoff made his cinema debut with a small role in the Austrian film Der Räuber (2010). This is followed by other supporting roles in Christian Schwochow's The Invisible and in Rudolf Thome's film in Ins Blaue (2012).

From 2015 Althoff was regularly seen in TV productions, initially in the TV film Vier kriegen ein Kind (2015) alongside Friederike Kempter and Christina Hecke as the attractive “ sperm donor ” Manuel. This was followed by leading episode roles in the ZDF series SOKO Wismar (2015, as the fraudulent owner of a company for sanitary supplies) and Betty's Diagnose (2016, as the son of a patient suspected of having Capgras syndrome ).

In the ZDF crime series Stralsund (episode: retaliation ; first broadcast: October 2016) he had a supporting role as boarding school teacher Mr. Geiger who was involved in a kidnapping. In the second part of the three-part television series Parents Alone at Home by director Josh Broecker , he played the charming and “sensitive” lawyer Sebastian, the lover of the main female character, the successful manager Tanja ( Susanna Simon ) in the second part, which was first broadcast in March 2017 . In the ZDF “Sunday film” Chaos Queens: A Problem for Every Solution (2017), with Katharina Wackernagel in the lead role, he was the unfaithful fiancé and “blind dater” Patrik. In the 8th season of the ZDF crime series Die Chefin (first broadcast: October 2017), Althoff took on a supporting role as a fitness studio employee and “ loverboy ” Philipp Kessler, who lures a young country girl into a sex trap.

In the Katie Fforde filming Bruderherz (2017), which was broadcast as part of the ZDF “Herzkino” series, Althoff played his first major television leading role as café owner Stephen. In the Inga Lindström television series of the ZDF followed in the television film Das Haus am See (2017) as a horse trainer and " horse whisperer " Birger another major television lead role. In the TV movie Billy Kuckuck - Margot Must Stay! (2018) with Aglaia Szyszkowitz as the bailiff in the lead role, Althoff played the young paramedic Lukas, who met the older main character through an internet date.

In the Dresden Tatort: ​​Who is now alone (first broadcast: May 2018), he embodied the dating portal operator Thomas Frank in a brief appearance, who is himself suspected at times. In the ZDF series “Herzkino.Märchen” he embodied the figure of the “Frog King” in the film Der Froschkönig (first broadcast: December 2018), a modernization of the fairy tale about the Frog King , in his role as window cleaner and diver Jimi. In Billy Kuckuck - Eine gute Mutter (2019), with which the television series about a Mainz bailiff was continued, he was seen again in his role as a medic Lukas. He also had episode roles in the TV series Notruf Hafenkante and Morden im Norden in 2019 . In the 11th season of the ZDF series SOKO Stuttgart (2019), Althoff took on an episode role as Tom Bräuer, the suspect organizer of the Stuttgart skate contest. In the TV trilogy Our wonderful year , in March 2020. The first was broadcast, embodies Althoff, on the side of Anna Maria Mühe the hauptsturmführer and Russia returnees Fritz Nippert.

Others

He is also active as a moderator, u. a. for Viva con agua at the Reeperbahn Festival and the Millerntor Gallery . Althoff lives in Hamburg .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bernd-Christian Althoff ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Vita, official website Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz . Retrieved March 14, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / landestheater.org
  2. ↑ Bernd-Christian Althoff . Profile and vita at Schauspielervideos.de. Retrieved March 14, 2015
  3. ^ "Romeo and Juliet (n)" celebrated their premiere at the Vorarlberger Landestheater . vol.at of January 29, 2010. Retrieved on March 14, 2015
  4. ↑ Almuth Murawski: A family has to go through hell for the truth ( memento of the original from October 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Performance review. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse of April 11, 2012. Accessed October 5, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fnp.de
  5. ^ VIENNA / Theater in der Josefstadt: LADY WINDERMERES FÄCHER by Oscar Wilde . Performance review; The marker . Retrieved March 14, 2015
  6. ↑ LIVE ART FESTIVAL 2015: HAMAMNESS: WELCOME TO THE OSMONIC COMMUNITY . Official website of Kampnagel . Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Winters": Really good ( memento of the original from December 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . TV review. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse from April 1, 2017. Accessed December 16, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fnp.de
  8. ↑ Parents at home alone: ​​The Winters . Plot and cast. Official website of SWR. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  9. ^ Series "Chaos Queens - A Problem for Every Solution" . Criticism at tittelbach.tv . Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  10. ^ "Bruderherz": New "Katie Fforde" film adaptation in the ZDF "Herzkino" . ZDF press release of September 7, 2017. Accessed on September 18, 2017.
  11. ^ "Inga Lindström: Das Haus am See" in the ZDF "Herzkino" . ZDF press release of October 26, 2017. Accessed October 29, 2017.
  12. ↑ TV film "Billy Kuckuck - Margot must stay!" . TV review at Tittelbach.tv . Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  13. ↑ Der gute Mensch von Mainz ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Television review. In: Heilbronner Voice of March 29, 2018. Retrieved on April 29, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stimme.de
  14. ^ "Tatort" Dresden: One of your bird friends . Television review. In: DIE ZEIT of May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  15. ^ Tatort criticism: Dresden Tatort is a handle in the cliché box . Television review. In: Berliner Zeitung of May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  16. ^ "The Frog King" series . TV review. At: Tittelbach.tv . Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  17. ↑ Series "Billy Cuckoo - A Good Mother" . TV review. At: Tittelbach.tv . Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  18. ^ SOKO Stuttgart: Skate or die . Plot and cast. Official website of the ZDF . Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  19. ↑ Multi-part series “Our wonderful years” . TV review at tittelbach.tv . Retrieved March 13, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Althoff, Bernd-Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld