Dominic Oley

Dominic Oley (* 1980 in Meerbusch ) is a German actor , theater director and playwright .

Life

Dominic Oley studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna from 2001 , graduating in 2005. He received lessons from Karlheinz Hackl , Klaus Maria Brandauer and Samy Molcho, among others .

He then became a permanent member of the ensemble at the Essen Theater , where he could be seen as Peter Sequence in Midsummer Night's Dream , as Cem in the world premiere of Ehrensache , as Elm in the world premiere of Schlafengehn and as the comedian harmonist Harry . Since 2009 he has lived and worked in Vienna as a freelance writer, director, actor and musician . In May 2010 the world premiere of his play Flaneur of Fear premiered in the Drachengasse theater . As a director, he staged at the Wiener Wortstätten and at the Theater an der Gumpendorfer Straße , and in the 2012/13 season he directed Minus and the crazy hat hunt at the Landestheater Niederösterreich .

As part of the 2013 Nestroy Theater Prize , he was awarded the Best Supporting Role category for his portrayal of Dr. Feldmann in Jägerstätter by Felix Mitterer and Mulholland in Speed by Zach Helm at the Theater in der Josefstadt , where he was seen in the world premiere of Ödön von Horváth's drama Nobody in the role of Klein in 2016 and in Der Gockel by Georges Feydeau as Pontagnac . In the 2017/18 season he was there in the title role of the stage version of Shakespeare in Love alongside Swintha Gersthofer as Viola de Lesseps. In September 2018 he celebrated the world premiere of the comedy Four Star Hours by Daniel Glattauer at the Wiener Kammerspiele in the role of hotelier David-Christian Reichenshoffer.

In 2014 he played a leading role in the film Therapy for a Vampire alongside Cornelia Ivancan and Tobias Moretti as the painter Viktor. In the Arte / ZDF / ORF documentary about Queen Victoria , he played the role of Albert von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha in 2019 , alongside Franziska Singer as Victoria.

At the Salzburg Festival he made his debut in 2019 in summer guests of Maxim Gorky in the role of Nikolai Samyslow.

Filmography (selection)

Dominic Oley (right) with David Bennent , Cornelia Ivancan and Tobias Moretti at the premiere of The Vampire on the Couch (2014)

2004: Lost in Thought (short film)
2004: my father, my wife and my lover
2004: Day without End (short film)
2005: We are getting quieter in a hurry
2009: Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Autobahn Police - The Cartel
2013: Cold rehearsal
2014: The vampire on the couch
2015: Milk & Honey (short film)
2016: Las Meninas (short film)
2016: The Wedding (short film)
2017: SOKO Kitzbühel - Legacy
2018: The dead of Salzburg - regicide
2019: Betty's diagnosis - one with asterisks
2019: Fish learns to fly
2019: SOKO Danube - love service
2019: Universum History - Victoria - Secrets of a Queen of the Century

Plays (text / direction)

2010: Flaneur of Fear (text and direction: Dominic Oley) Theater Drachengasse Vienna
2011: King Liar (text and direction: Dominic Oley) TAG, Theater an der Gumpendorferstraße Vienna
2012: Plotting Psycho (text and direction: Dominic Oley) TAG, Theater an der Gumpendorferstraße Vienna
2012: Minus and the crazy hat hunt (text and direction: Dominic Oley) Landestheater Niederösterreich
2013: Kissing Mister Christo (text and direction: Dominic Oley) TAG, Theater an der Gumpendorferstraße Vienna
2013: Final Girls (text and direction: Dominic Oley) Theater Drachengasse Vienna
2016: Hom (m) e Alone (text and direction: Dominic Oley) Bronski and Grünberg Theater
2017: My Funny Valentino (text and direction: Dominic Oley) Bronski and Grünberg Theater
2017: Titanic (text and direction: Dominic Oley) Bronski and Grünberg Theater
2018: Frankenstein (text and direction: Dominic Oley) Landestheater Niederösterreich, Sankt Pölten
2019: Exorcist (text and direction: Dominic Oley) Bronski and Grünberg Theater
2020: The Red Eyes of London (text and direction: Dominic Oley) Bronski and Grünberg Theater