Christoph Zadra

Christoph Zadra (* 1965 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actor .

Life

Training and initial engagements

Christoph Zadra comes from Vienna. In 1987 he completed his acting training with an acting diploma from the Joint Stage Commission in Vienna. In January 2002 he was awarded the Karl Skraup Prize for outstanding young talent in the 2000/01 theater season.

During and after his training, Zadra had theater engagements at the Theater an der Wien (1985/86 season), the Regensburg Municipal Theaters (1988/89 season), the Lucerne City Theater (1990–1993), the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden (1993–1996) , at the Volkstheater Wien (1999–2005) and at the Stadttheater Koblenz (first time in 2002).

His stage roles during this time included the title role in Don Karlos (Stadttheater Luzern), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Stadttheater Luzern), Fritz in Liebelei (Stadttheater Luzern), Oswald in Gespenster (Staatstheater Wiesbaden), Merkur in Amphitryon (season 1993/94, Staatstheater Wiesbaden) and Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew (Staatstheater Wiesbaden).

Volkstheater Vienna

In 1999 he was engaged at the Volkstheater Wien under the direction of Emmy Werner . In June 2000 he was part of the premiere cast of the German-language premiere of the play Das Blut by the Catalan author Sergi Belbel . Zadra's other roles at the Vienna Volkstheater were: Nick in Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , Policeman in The Good Man of Sezuan , the young Mehrenberg in King Ottokar's Glück und Ende , Dromio von Syrakus in Komödie der Errungen , Secretary Wurm in Kabale und Liebe , Andres in Woyzeck , Schreiber Licht in Der zerbrochne Krug (Director: Georg Schmiedleitner , 2002/03 season), Kreon in Antigone and the valet Lorenz in Das Mädchen aus der Feenwelt or Der Bauer als Millionär (directed by Stephan Bruckmeier , 2003/04 season).

Theater stations

In the 2005/06 season he played Police Commissioner Bridois in the comedy How to hunt rabbits by Georges Feydeau and Lieutenant Lukasch in The Story of the Good Soldier Schwejk at the Wiener Kammerspiele of the Theater in der Josefstadt . In the 2006/07 season he was a guest at the Landestheater Niederösterreich as Philinte in Der Menschenfeind .

In 2007 he appeared in Annegret Ritzel's Maria Stuart production at the Koblenz Theater as Count Leicester with Madeleine Niesche as a partner. In the 2007/08 season he played Stanley Kowalski in Endstation Sehnsucht at the Koblenz Theater , also alongside Madeleine Niesche . In the 2014/15 season he was the Brazilian fiancé José in a stage version of Breakfast at Tiffany's (Austrian premiere) in the Kammerspiele of the theater in der Josefstadt.

Summer theater

Zadra has also appeared at Austrian summer theaters, such as the Stockerau Festival . In 2010 he played the gangster King Marchan at the side of Alfons Haider in the musical Victor / Victoria .

Since 2011 he has appeared at the Reichenau Festival every year . In 2011 he was Count Lelio Spannocchi in Colonel Redl . In 2012 he played one of Hofmiller's fellow officers there in impatience . In 2013 he was the amusing and ironic lover in Nestroys He wants to make a joke , in 2014 he stood on stage as servant Anton in the Nestroy Posse Unverhofft (with Brigitte Swoboda as a partner). In 2015 and 2016 he appeared as Sophie's brother in Der Alpenkönig und der misanthrope and as a cartoonist Imre Gyurkicz in Doderer's adaptation The Demons 2017, he played one of Clifford's friends in Lady Chatterley at the Reichenauer Festival . In the summer of 2019 he appears there as Mr. Bloekman in The Beautiful and Damned after F. Scott Fitzgerald .

Movie and TV

Zadra has also been in front of the camera for various cinema and TV productions. He has worked in international productions with directors such as Damiano Damiani and Fernando Meirelles . He took part in Austrian and German television productions, where he had several episode roles in various television series ( Commissioner Rex , Julia - An Unusual Woman , Der Winzerkönig ). In the 10th season of the Austrian TV series SOKO Kitzbühel (2011), Zadra played one of the main roles in the episode as the caretaker of a 17-year-old murdered girl.

Others

Christoph Zadra also worked as a radio play speaker . He lives in Vienna.

Filmography (selection)

• 1988: The Train (TV movie)
• 1997: City Clinic : The Last Call (TV series, an episode)
• 1998: Police call 110: Red is a beautiful color (TV series)
• 2000: Take it easy (TV movie)
• 2003: Wild Angels : Bankruptcy (TV series, episode)
• 2006: The Vintner King : Blind Jealousy (TV series, an episode)
• 2010: Silent Murders (TV movie)
• 2011: SOKO Kitzbühel : A boy named Nono (TV series, one episode)
• 2011: 360 - Every encounter has consequences (movie)

Radio plays (selection)

• 2002: Wolfgang Schmid , Martin Schulze : Schlachtenbummler ( original radio play ) - Director: Wolfgang Schmid; Martin Schulze
• 2007: Heimito von Doderer : The Strudlhofstiege or Melzer and the depth of the years (1st part) - Director: Robert Matejka

Web links

• Christoph Zadra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Christoph Zadra at filmmakers.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Christoph Zadra at schauspielervideos.de. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Christoph Zadra . Vita and profile at Cast Forward. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Christoph Zadra . Official website of Theater in der Josefstadt , Vienna; accessed on January 20, 2019.
4. ^ Karl Skraup Prize 2000/2001 . Press release of January 24, 2002. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
5. ↑ Christoph Zadra . Vita. Volkstheater Vienna . Retrieved January 20, 2019.
6. ↑ The blood . Cast list. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
7. ↑ The Broken Jug . Cast and performance reviews. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
8. ↑ The girl from the fairy world or The farmer as a millionaire . Cast and performance reviews. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
9. ↑ The story of the good soldier Schwejk . Cast and performance reviews. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
10. ↑ The misanthrope, his disgust and displeasure . Performance review. In: Der Standard of March 11, 2007. Accessed on January 20, 2019.
11. ↑ Two queens swap positions . Performance review. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
12. ↑ Koblenz City Theater: Many longings and a final destination . Rehearsal report. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
13. ↑ The great anger at the "end of the line longing" . Performance review. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
14. ↑ Breakfast at Tiffany's . Cast and performance reviews. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
15. ^ Victor / Victoria . Production details at united musicals. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
16. ^ Colonel Redl . Cast list. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
17. ^ Reichenau: Magic Mountain of the Traditionalists . Performance review in Die Presse on July 7, 2012. Accessed on January 20, 2019.
18. ↑ Lower Austria / Reichenau Festival: HE WANTS TO MAKE A JUX . Performance review. In: Der Neue Merker from July 5, 2013. Retrieved on January 20, 2019.
19. ↑ When the laughing muscles are strained violently . Performance review. In: Der Kurier of July 6, 2014. Accessed on January 20, 2019.
20. ↑ The Alpine King and the Misanthrope . Cast list. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
21. ↑ The demons . Cast list. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
22. ↑ Sex and emotions . Performance review. In: Wiener Zeitung of July 4, 2017. Retrieved on January 20, 2019.
23. ↑ The beautiful and damned . Cast list. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
24. ↑ SOKO Kitzbühel | A boy named Nono . Plot and cast. Retrieved January 20, 2019.