Lorenz Claussen

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Lorenz Claussen 11/2015

Lorenz Claussen (* 1955 in Kiel ) is a German actor .

Life

After graduating from high school in Flensburg in 1974 , Lorenz Claussen studied mathematics and computer science in Braunschweig and Munich . In Munich he also worked as an actor, first in the play Bavaria Loas by Philip Arp (Theater am Sozialamt ( TamS )), the festival production of the Munich Theater Festival 1979. This was followed by further work in the independent Munich theater scene. From 1979 to 1981 Claussen took acting lessons, for example with Susan Batson from the Actors Studio . In addition, he trained as a puppeteer , and until 1994, while working in the theater, he was involved in the shooting of 75 episodes of the NDR puppet series Hallo Spencer (text and direction: Peter Podehl and others).

In 1981 he took an engagement as an actor at the theater Die Tonne in Reutlingen , 1983 at the Zimmertheater Tübingen . From 1984 to 1988 Lorenz Claussen was a member of the ensemble at the United City Theaters of Krefeld-Mönchengladbach and from 1988 to 1992 he was a permanent member of the Mannheim National Theater ; from 1992 freelance at the Staatstheater Stuttgart , the Schauspiel Bonn and the Theater Essen . From 1993 to 2002 Claussen worked at the Schauspielhaus Zurich and from 2002 to 2005 at the Theater Aachen .

Since 2005 he is u. a. at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden and at the TamS-Theater Munich, 2012 at the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz , Berlin. In his theater work, Claussen u. a. worked with the directors Anette Spola, Siegfried Bühr , Gerardjan Rijnders, Hans Peter Cloos, Jörg Hube , Nicolas Brieger , Uwe Eric Laufenberg , Dieter Giesing , David Mouchtar-Samorai and Ruedi Häusermann . Since 1983 he has also taken on assignments for film and television, some of which were nominated at international film festivals (including: Locarno 1996, 2014; Berlin 2005 (First Steps); Cannes 2006).

Theater roles (selection)

Lorenz Claussen 10/2015
  • 1983 as Alceste in Der Menschenfeind , directed by Siegfried Bühr, at the Zimmertheater Tübingen
  • 1984 as Faust in Faust III , directed by Siegfried Bühr, at the Zimmertheater Tübingen
  • 1986 as Graf Wetter vom Strahl in Das Käthchen von Heilbronn , directed by Gerardjan Rijnders, at Theater Krefeld and Mönchengladbach
  • 1988 as Bruno Mechelke in Die Ratten , directed by Bruno Klimek , at Theater Krefeld and Mönchengladbach
  • 1988 as Hans in Allesklar , directed by Jörg Hube, at the TamS-Theater, Munich
  • 1991 as Hans Freiberger in The Minors , directed by Nicolas Brieger, at the Nationaltheater Mannheim
  • 1992 as Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet , directed by Gerd Böckmann , at the Stuttgart State Theater
  • 1993 as Swiss in Die Räuber , directed by Uwe Eric Laufenberg, at the Schauspielhaus Zurich
  • 1994 as Jimmy Porter in Blick zurück im Zorn , directed by Hans Escher, at the Schauspielhaus Zurich
  • 1995 as Otto Holdenrieder in Der Drang , director: Uwe Eric Laufenberg, at the Schauspielhaus Zurich
  • 1996 as Orsino in Was ihr wollt , directed by Klaus Weise , at the Schauspielhaus Zurich
  • 1996 as husband in The lovely dance , directed by Rüdiger Burbach, at the Schauspielhaus Zurich
  • 1998 as Newton in Best of Physiker , directed by Katja Früh , at the Schauspielhaus Zurich
  • 1999 as John of Gaunt , Bardolph , Edward IV and others in royal dramas , directed by Rüdiger Burbach, at the Schauspielhaus Zurich
  • 2001 as Hans in Der Junge Luther , directed by Fernando Scarpa , at the St. Marien church, Lutherstadt Wittenberg
  • 2002 as consul in Graf Öderland , director: David Mouchtar-Samorai, at the Stadttheater Bern
  • 2002 as a resident in Canon for a private society , director: Ruedi Häusermann, at the Cuvillies-Theater, Munich
  • 2002 as Sir Toby in Was ihr wollt , directed by Michael Helle, at the Theater Aachen
  • 2003 as Pandion in The Three Birds , directed by Michael Helle, at the Theater Aachen
  • 2004 as Pozzo in Waiting for Godot , directed by Barbara Beyer , at the Theater Aachen
  • 2004 as Der Mann in Antilopen , directed by Peter Carp , at Theater Aachen
  • 2004 as Thoas in Iphigenie auf Tauris , directed by Sascha Bunge , at the Theater Aachen
  • 2005 as Stephano in Der Sturm , directed by András Fricsay , at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden
  • Married in 2009 as Ernst in Sofort , directed by Cornelius Gohlke, at the TamS Theater, Munich
  • 2009 as Schiller in Kabale, Liebe und miraculous Luisen , directed by Anette Spola / Burchard Dabinnus, at the TamS-Theater, Munich
  • 2010 as Er in Virgin Wool , directed by Hilde Schneider, at the TamS-Theater, Munich
  • 2011 Reading from Thomas Bernhard's The Voice Imitator in From the worst the best , directed by Lorenz Seib, at the TamS-Theater, Munich
  • 2012 as Karl Bunzenberger in Birnbaum so blau juchhe , directed by Anton Prestele, at the TamS-Theater, Munich
  • 2015 as Uncle Hubsi in Die Traumbürgerhochzeit , director: Anette Spola, at the TamS-Theater, Munich
  • 2020 as King Lear in Despite the great success - a revue of failure , directed by Anette Spola and Lorenz Seib, at the TamS-Theater, Munich

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Personal data at crew-united
personal data
SURNAME Claussen, Lorenz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel