Gerhard Walter (actor)

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Gerhard Walter (2020)

Gerhard Walter , (born July 10, 1972 in Vienna ) is an Austrian cabaret artist , actor , author and director .

Live and act

Gerhard Walter studied a combination of communication studies , theater studies and business administration at the University of Vienna , which he graduated in 2001. During his studies he took acting lessons with Herwig Seeböck and passed the stage entrance examination in 2002 .

In Herwig Seeböck's drama group, he met the cabaret artist Gery Seidl , with whom he founded the cabaret duo WalterSeidl in 2003 . For their first cabaret program “Why Richard III?” They received the Grazer Kleinkunstvogel , the Kärntner Kleinkunstdrachen and the Munich Cabaret Kaktus . For their second program "Run Taxameta" they were awarded the Austrian Cabaret Prize.

First film and theater engagements followed. Gerhard spent some time in London , Los Angeles , New York and San Francisco , where he took various acting courses. After his return he wrote, produced and played his first piece in English with Christina Scherrer, “Playing Sarah and Paul” .

In 2013 his first cabaret solo program "Happy End" appeared . In 2015 the cabaret program "Heil! Therapie" followed , which he wrote and played with the cabaret artist Jürgen Vogl . Also since 2015 he has been playing the program “Herz & Hirn” together with Günther “Gunkl” Paal , which was continued in 2018 in a new edition “Herz & Hirn II” .

In addition to his work as a cabaret artist and actor, he also works as a writer and director for other cabaret artists.

cabaret

  • 2003: "WalterSeidl" , cabaret duo Gerhard Walter and Gery Seidl
  • 2003: “Why Richard III?” , Cabaret duo Gerhard Walter and Gery Seidl
  • 2005: “Taxameta rennt” , cabaret duo Gerhard Walter and Gery Seidl
  • 2013: "Happy End" , cabaret solo, premiere February 26, 2013
  • 2015: “Always again WalterSeidl” , cabaret duo Gerhard Walter and Gery Seidl
  • 2015: "Herz & Hirn" , cabaret duo Gerhard Walter and Gunkl
  • 2015: "Heil! Therapy" cabaret duo Gerhard Walter and Jürgen Vogl
  • 2015: "The beauty and the beast" , cabaret duo Gerhard Walter and Nadja Maleh
  • 2016: “In the small and whole” , cabaret solo program, premiere on November 10, 2016 at the Niedermair cabaret
  • 2018: "Heart and Brain II" , cabaret duo Gerhard Walter and Gunkl

Film and television (selection)

Theater (excerpt)

Author and co-author

  • 2009: "a life" , cabaret program by Christoph Fälbl , author
  • 2014: “Höhenrausch” , cabaret program by Tanja Ghetta , co-author
  • 2015: “Nice that I exist” , cabaret program by Nina Hartmann , co-author

Director

  • 2014: "New Paths" , cabaret program by Florian Reichl
  • 2015: “Because they don't know what they're doing” , cabaret program by Aschenbrenner.wunderl
  • 2017: "Faith, Love, Rats" , cabaret program by Florian Reichl and Benjamin Müller
  • 2018: “Defiant phase” , cabaret program by Tanja Ghetta

DVD

  • "Taxameta is running"
  • "Why Richard III.?"

Awards

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Walter  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Why Richard III? , on the website geryseidl.at , accessed on April 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Run the taximeter , on the website geryseidl.at , accessed on April 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ Veronika Schmidt: Gerhard Walter: Happy End In: Die Presse from May 23, 2013, accessed on April 16, 2016.
  4. ↑ Cabaret review : is there a happy ending? In: Die Presse on May 6, 2013, accessed on April 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Sabine Hottowy: At Easter: "Heart and Brain" In: Die Presse from March 25, 2015, accessed on April 16, 2016.
  6. ↑ Gerd Kern: Gunkl and Walter with heart and brain ( memento from January 29, 2016 in the web archive archive.today ).
  7. ↑ Veronika Schmidt: Walter and Vogl: "Heil! Therapy" In: Die Presse from May 27, 2015, accessed on April 16, 2016.
  8. ↑ Katrin Nussmayr: Cabaret: A non-aggression pact for the suppression of instincts In: Die Presse of January 22, 2015, accessed on April 16, 2016.
  9. ^ Kalahari Gemsen, Episodes Cast , in the International Movie Database , accessed April 16, 2016.
  10. ↑ To the screamer! - The Komedy Klub ( Memento of March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), on the website servustv.com , accessed on April 16, 2016.
  11. ↑ The twelfth man is a woman , on oliver.drobnik.com , accessed on April 16, 2016.
  12. ↑ Playing Sarah and Paul ( Memento from April 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), on the website kabarett.at , accessed on April 16, 2016.
  13. ↑ Florian Reichl: New Paths ( Memento from April 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), on the diekleinkunst.com website , accessed on April 16, 2016.
  14. ↑ Der Kleinkunstvogel, Die Kleinkunstvogel winner , on the website members.aon.at/hinwider , accessed on April 16, 2016.
  15. ↑ Kärntner Kleinkunstdrache , on the website de.kabarett.wikia.com , accessed on April 16, 2016.
  16. ↑ Kabarett Kaktus, all participants , on the website kabarett-kaktus.de , accessed on April 16, 2016.
  17. ^ Austrian Cabaret Award , accessed on April 16, 2016.
  18. ^ Vogl and Walter nominated for Comedy Cup in Hamburg. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Walter, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian cabaret artist and actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna