Johannes Franke (actor)

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Johannes Franke (born August 18, 1983 in Leipzig ) is a German actor .

Life

In 1991 Franke became a member of the children's department of the Leipzig “World Family”, which performed dance and song shows across the world with cross-cultural and cross-generational shows. This was followed by joining a children's theater group in Leipzig. His first film role was in the movie Franke Forget America by Vanessa Jopp . In 1999 he moved to Berlin to attend the artist school, which he dropped out shortly before graduation. For many years he then worked as a cabaret artist in variety shows . Incidentally came smaller roles, such as in summer storm of Kreuzpaintner , and various touring theater roles to.

From 2009 he played roles in television series and series such as Polizeiruf 110 , GZSZ , In allerfreund , Tatort or Der Bergdoktor , where he played Paul Ebert, who is suffering from cancer and who has actually already finished his life.

In 2013, artistic director Uwe Brandt brought him to the Grenzlandtheater in Aachen for the role of Harold in Harold and Maude . For this he received the Karl Heinz Walther Prize for the best young actor.

In Godless - Why Kill People , he came back to television in his most brutal role to date. This was followed by other television series and the role of Tobias in the US television film Genius about Albert Einstein . He played Jan Keplitz as a management consultant in the Swiss television film Die Einzigen , his first major leading role in an evening television film.

Franke has also been playing theater for children since 2007 and occasionally appears as a cabaret artist and presenter.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart, Germany: "Der Bergdoktor" on ZDF: A story of biblical force . ( stuttgarter-zeitung.de [accessed on February 7, 2017]).
  2. ^ Grit Schorn: Karl Heinz Walter Prize awarded to Johannes Franke . In: Aachener Zeitung . ( aachener-zeitung.de [accessed on February 7, 2017]).
  3. ↑ a b schwyzkultur: SRF film “The Only One ” takes place in the Muotathal. Retrieved February 16, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart, Germany: New "Soko Stuttgart" episode: Camera is running: Film off at the Kings Club . In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de . ( stuttgarter-zeitung.de [accessed on February 24, 2017]).
  5. ^ The only ones - SRF Swiss film premiere. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, December 13, 2017, accessed on February 16, 2018 (Swiss Standard German).
personal data
SURNAME Franke, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig