Christian Higer

Christian Higer (born June 9, 1966 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian actor .

Life

Christian Higer studied law in Salzburg from 1985 to 1989 . He then went to the Vienna Conservatory and completed his acting training in 1992. He made his debut in 1992 as Ferdinand in Kabale und Liebe at the Landestheater Memmingen . He was engaged at this theater until 1994. This was followed by engagements at the Landestheater Linz , in the Stadttheater Konstanz , in Würzburg , Düsseldorf , at the Schlosstheater Moers , in Dortmund , Munich , Vienna , at the Theater Hagen , in 2013 he played in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Salzburg Festival , played from 2013 to 2014 at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern and has been a permanent member of the Saarbrücken State Theater since 2013 .

Roles (selection)

• Ferdinand in Kabale und Liebe , Landestheater Memmingen 1992
• Romeo in Romeo and Juliet , Landestheater Linz 1995
• Clavigo in Clavigo , Landestheater Linz 1996
• Peer Gynt in Peer Gynt , Landestheater Linz 1998
• Kasimir in Kasimir and Karoline , Landestheater Linz 1999
• Orest in Orestie , Theater Konstanz 2001
• Mortimer in arsenic and lace cap , Theater Konstanz 2005
• Alfons Klostermeier in Faith Love Hope , Mainfranken Theater Würzburg 2006
• Truffaldino in servant of two masters , Mainfranken Theater Würzburg
• Macheath in Die Dreigroschenoper , Theater Hagen 2013
• Egeus , old elf in A Midsummer Night's Dream , Salzburg Festival 2013
• Scrooge in A Christmas Story , Saarland State Theater 2014
• Wladimir in Waiting for Godot , Saarland State Theater 2015
• Boanlkramer in The Brandner Kaspar and the Eternal Life , Landestheater Linz 2018

Film and television roles

• L'École du diable , 2005
• Crime scene Saarbrücken: Christmas bonus , 2014

Audio books and radio plays

• As if the silent doors had doors , 2006 (novel by Urs Faes )
• Ickelsamers Alphabet , 2014 (ARD - Radio Play of the Year 2014 and Radio Play Award of the War Blind 2015)

Awards

• 1994: Audience Award of the Bavarian Theater Days for Voll auf der Rolle ( Leonie Ossowski )
• 1994: Ensemble Prize of the Bavarian Theater Days for Nathan the Wise ( Gotthold Ephraim Lessing )
• 2006: Award for the best actor of the Bavarian Theater Days for the solo evening Chief Evening Wind or The Greyish Feast ( Johann Nestroy )

Web links

• Christian Higer on the website of the Salzburg Festival
• Christian Higer homepage