Johann Adam Oest

Johann Adam Oest with the Nestroy Theater Prize 2010 as best supporting actor

Johann Adam Oest (born June 24, 1946 in Babenhausen , Hesse ; † April 30, 2019 in Vienna ) was a German actor who belonged to the Burgtheater ensemble.

Life

Oest trained as an actor at the Hamburg School of Drama . He then played at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and at the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen. Oest was a stage actor, but also worked in numerous films and TV series. He began his career at the Theater am Neumarkt in Zurich . Later he worked at the Grillo-Theater Essen and the Schauspielhaus Bochum as well as at the Salzburg Festival . From 1986 to 1999 and again since 2002 he was a member of the Burgtheater ensemble, where he took part in 68 productions in countless roles and worked with Claus Peymann , Andrea Breth , Luc Bondy , Manfred Karge , Michael Thalheimer and Herbert Fritsch , among others . On his 70th birthday, he was appointed chamber actor .

Johann Adam Oest last lived in Vienna , where he died at the end of April 2019 at the age of 72 after a long and serious illness.

1992: Kainz Medal
2004: Nestroy Theater Prize for the best supporting role as Ross in Die Ziege or Wer ist Sylvia? at the Vienna Academy Theater
2005: Hessian television award as a member of the ensemble in the film Die Konferenz
2010: Nestroy Theater Prize for the best supporting role, in several roles, in The Golden Dragon at the Vienna Academy Theater

^ Chamber actor Johann Adam Oest died. In: Wiener Zeitung , April 30, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
↑ Johann Adam Oest died: "All-player and deep-thinking humorist" , nachtkritik.de of April 30, 2019, accessed May 2, 2019
↑ Burgtheater actor Johann Adam Oest is dead , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on April 30, 2019.