David-Jonas Frei

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David-Jonas Frei (born September 25, 1985 in Basel ) is a Swiss actor and screenwriter .

life and career

In 2004 Frei played his first role at the Salzburg Festival in the play Edward II by Christopher Marlowe , directed by Sebastian Nübling , after which he played roles in several plays a.o. in the 2004/2005 season at the Basel Theater . a in the rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny . From 2006 to 2009 he completed an acting training at the Michael Chekhov Studio Berlin , after which he played a. a in the 2010/11 season at the Koblenz Theater the title role of Dorian Gray in the play of the same name by Oscar Wilde , Ferdinand in Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich Schiller and Lysander by William Shakespeare in a Midsummer Night's Dream . The latter piece was also premiered open air in Koblenz as part of the Federal Horticultural Show (BUGA 2011) in the Electoral Palace Gardens in Koblenz . In 2014 he played the main episode role of Commissioner Wuttke in the Sat1 crime series In Danger .

He then moved to Great Britain for the 2016/17 season , where he played over 400 performances in London , Belfast and Oxford . In 2018 he returned to German-speaking countries and played Don Pedro in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing in Vienna . He hosted the 14th and 15th editions of the achtung berlin film festival , as well as the 2018 Berlinale . In the summer of 2019 he played in Leipzig Romeo in Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare in the comedy Leipzig . Since the beginning of 2020 he has been touring Germany and Switzerland with the theater production Ein Hauch von Frühling by Samuel A. Taylor with the Tourneetheater Fürth .

Before his time as an actor, Frei worked as a football player and youth coach in Basel . a. 2006 from the current Bundesliga player Breel Embolo , with whom he won all youth games. He was a youth coach in grades D to B.

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personal data
SURNAME Free, David-Jonas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actor and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel