Fritz Karl

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Fritz Karl in 2014 while filming The best piece of roast
Fritz Karl ( Romy Awards 2011 in Vienna)

Fritz Karl (* 21st December 1967 as Karl Friedrich in Gmunden , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian theater, film and television actor .

Career

After Fritz Karl completed his training with the Vienna Boys' Choir , he attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna for two semesters . From 1986 he had engagements mainly at the Vienna theater, the Volkstheater and for five years at the Theater in der Josefstadt .

The director Dieter Berner first used Karl on television in 1988 in the workers' saga Die Verlockung . In the entire German-speaking area he became known as Sebastian Reidinger in the series Julia - An Unusual Woman , whom he played in the first three seasons. In 1994 Karl played the young Mario in Houchang Allahyari's fear of heights , who, released from prison, found a job as a farmhand in a village and settled in well there. With the appearance of the father who wants to bring him back, Mario catches up with his past. For this role he was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize in 1995 as the best young actor . In 2001 he played the leading role as a young kuk officer in the film adaptation of the tragic Schnitzler novella Spiel im Dawn .

In 2002, he played Joe Müller in the romantic pre-Christmas comedy Schneemann sucht Snowwoman . In 2003 he played alongside August Schmölzer and Christoph Waltz in the television drama Jennerwein , which received a nomination for the German TV Prize, the Upper Bavarian poacher Georg Jennerwein . Due to the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death and above all due to a gunshot wound in the back, the poacher became a legend and a symbol of rebellion against the authorities.

In 2006, Karl played in the award-winning comedy film by Marcus H. Rosenmüller Who dies earlier is longer dead the "Kandlerwirt" and widower on the lookout for a bride, Lorenz Schneider. In the same year Fritz Karl was seen in the Belgian production Henry Dunant: Du rouge sur la croix , a biographical history film about the life of the initiator of the Red Cross , in the role of the French officer Colonel Delaroche. Also in 2006, alongside Heino Ferch , he took on the role of passionate Gregor Luckner in the story of a life friendship for ever and one day , who, torn between greed for life and self-doubt, is in danger of being broken by the immovable cold rejection of his own father. In 2006 he also worked with Stars in the Manege in a Shaolin number of Circus Krone , in which he had to jump through the middle of a sword-studded tire.

In 2007, Karl embodied the character of Commissioner Benno Söder in A Serious Affair , a psychological thriller about murder, betrayal and guilt among colleagues. For this role, Fritz Karl was nominated for the Bavarian TV Prize for Best Actor in a TV Movie in 2008 . In 2008 Fritz Karl played the role of a divorced father, Oskar, in the coming-of-age drama Die Zeit, which one calls life with Kostja Ullmann , Jan Niklas and Billie Zöckler , who has to cope with the difficult life situation with his accident-traumatized son Luca. In 2009 Fritz Karl founded the Academy of Austrian Films together with other Austrian filmmakers .

Karl also made guest appearances in the TV series SOKO Kitzbühel , Polizeiruf 110 , Tatort , Kommissar Rex (1998; 2002; 2008) and in the night shift episode Bloody City .

Private life

Fritz Karl lives with his colleague Elena Uhlig , whom he met in 2006, on Lake Traunsee . With her he has two sons and two daughters (* 2007, 2010, 2015, 2018), as well as three children from a previous marriage who grew up with their mother, including the actors Valerian Karl (* 1988) and Aaron Karl (* 1990).

Awards

In 1995, Karl was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize as the best young actor for his role as the young criminal Mario in Houchang Allahyari's fear of heights . In 1998 he received the Austrian Shooting Star award in European film.

In 2008 he was nominated for a momentous affair (2007) as best actor in the television drama / television film category for the Bavarian television award. In 2011 and 2020 , Karl was awarded the Austrian TV Prize Romy as the most popular actor .

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

Web links

Commons : Fritz Karl  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elena Uhlig and Fritz Karl: Secret revealed! That's baby number four . In: BUNTE.de . March 25, 2018 ( Bunte.de [accessed March 25, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Karl, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Gmunden , Upper Austria, Austria