Gunther Gillian

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Gunther Gillian (born December 9, 1969 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actor .

Life

Gillian completed his acting training with Larry Moss, Michelle Danner and Bernard Hiller in Los Angeles . In Vienna he also had private acting lessons.

At the beginning of his career as an actor there were theater engagements . From 1995 he played at the Theater in der Josefstadt , the Ensembletheater Wien , the Vienna's English Theater and the Stadttheater Klagenfurt .

He made his film debut in 1997 under the direction of Oliver Hirschbiegel in the TV film Trickser . In 2001 he played the leading role in the film Hainburg - Love and Resistance by Wolfgang Murnberger . In 2005 he appeared in the international co-production D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires , directed by Pierre Aknine . The television production Der Todestunnel - Only the truth counts followed in 2005 . In 2005, Gillian also starred in the two-parter Vera - Die Frau des Sicilianers, directed by Joseph Vilsmaier . At the side of Veronica Ferres and John Malkovich , he impressed in 2006 in the role of the film pioneer Georges Méliès in the international cinema production Klimt .

From the late 1990s, Gillian also played in numerous television series . Gillian took on continuous series roles, but especially episode lead roles and guest roles in various television series. In the Austrian television series Dolce Vita & Co , he took on the continuous serial role of Ötschi. Gillian was also seen as Richter Flusser in several episodes of the SAT1 television series Edel & Starck . Gillian most recently played a continuous series role as Martine La Rocca in the ARD series Geld.Macht.Liebe in 2009 .

Due to his southern appearance on television, Gillian was often used in the role of the attractive exotic lover, often also the easy-going handsome and gigolos.

In 2008 Gillian was seen in the movie Against the Current and in the short film Der Extrakt .

Filmography (selection)

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