Mark Weigel
Mark Weigel (born August 27, 1969 in Ludwigshafen ) is a German actor . His focus is on theater , musicals and comedy . He became known to a wider audience through appearances on the RTL series RTL Saturday Night .
Live and act
As a child, Weigel wanted to be a musical actor. He made his first experiences as an actor at the age of sixteen at the theater in Mannheim . After graduating from high school, she studied acting in Essen at the renowned Folkwang University of the Arts in the field of theater. Since then, numerous engagements have followed on various stages across Germany, where he was employed as a theater actor and musical actor. He was in action in Neuss , Oberhausen , Heidelberg , Meiningen , Essen, Münster , Krefeld , Bonn , Hamburg , Worms and Recklinghausen . He is also active with readings, for example since 2001 together with Ute Maria Lerner in the staged reading “ There is no rest until the end - In the footsteps of Erika and Klaus Mann ”, which is performed nationwide.
The actor can also refer to appearances on television and in films, where he mostly works in the comic field.
Between 1997 and 1998 he played in the fifth season of the comedy series RTL Saturday Night , where he was seen in a good thirty episodes and also presented the news with Esther Schweins . Since 2014 he has played one of the leading roles in the musical Das Wunder von Bern , in which he embodies the footballer Fritz Walter .
Roles in theater and musicals (selection)
- Baldack in Eduard II , after Bertolt Brecht (theater).
- Fritz Walter in the musical The Miracle of Bern (musical).
- Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (musical).
- Georges in A Cage Full of Fools (Musical).
- Tailor Mottel in " Anatevka " (musical).
- Ari Leschnikoff in " The Comedian Harmonists " (musical).
- Sid in "Sid & Nancy, by Ben Becker (theater).
Filmography
- RTL Saturday Night (1997–1998), news anchor.
- No Science Fiction (feature film), 2003.
- The Sport is Murder Show (Comedy, ZDF), 2001.
- Guest appearances in series such as " Das Amt ", " Sterne des Südens " and " Der König ".
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SURNAME | Weigel, Mark |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigshafen , Germany |