Markus Graf

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Markus Graf (* 1953 in Zurich ) is a Swiss actor .

Life

Graf completed an acting training at the Zurich Acting Academy from 1978 to 1981 , from which he graduated with an acting diploma. Since the early 1980s he has worked as a theater actor , with various permanent and guest engagements, at various theaters in Germany and Switzerland.

He had permanent engagements at the Stadttheater Basel (1982–1983), at the Stadttheater Konstanz (1983–1993; there, among others, as Danton in Danton's death ) and at the State Theater in Hanover (1993–2000). There he appeared in Die Räuber (directed by Armin Petras ) and, under the direction of Andreas Kriegenburg , in the world premieres of the plays Fremdes Haus (1995) and Adams Geist (1998) by Dea Loher .

From 2000 to 2009 he was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Hamburg Thalia Theater , where he was often seen in productions by Michael Thalheimer . In his theater works he played the role of Liliom's friend Fiscur in Liliom (2000), Hofmarschall von Kalb in Kabale und Liebe , Schigolch in Lulu (2004-2007), the judge in Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti (2006 / 2007) and the ghost of Hamlet's father in Hamlet (2008). In 2009 he was the soldier in Arthur Schnitzler's play Der Reigen under Thalheimer's direction .

Graf has been part of the ensemble of the German Theater in Berlin since the 2009/10 season . There he played the roles of Ausrufer / Karl in Woyzeck (2009, director: Jette Steckel ), again the judge in Mr Puntila and his servant Matti (2009, takeover of the Thalia Theater), Werbel in Die Nibelungen (2010, director: Michael Thalheimer ), Yegor in Children of the Sun by Maxim Gorki (2010, director: Stephan Kimmig ) and the Weber Heiber in Die Weber (2011, director: Michael Thalheimer).

Graf also took on roles in film and television. In the cinema he was seen in the Swiss youth film Breakout . In 2008, he starred in the German television film Ein Job , alongside Vanessa Redgrave . He had episode roles in the television series Großstadtrevier (2007), Doppelter Einsatz (2007), Notruf Hafenkante (2009) and Mord mit Aussicht (2010). In 2010/11 he had a recurring series role in the ARD series Rote Rosen ; he played Nikos Saravakos, the stubborn patriarch of a Greek family and the father of the character Carla. He had other guest appearances in his role in 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2019.

In the Swiss Tatort: ​​Zwei Leben (first broadcast: September 2017) count was the builder Jakob “Jacki” Conti, who allegedly died in the tsunami in Thailand . In March 2018 Graf was seen in the ARD series In All Friendship - The Young Doctors in a leading role in the episode, as the gardener René Schmidt, who tries to drive moles away from the clinic and contracted smoke inhalation.

He also played in several short films .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Markus Graf ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Vita on the website of the Deutsches Theater @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutschestheater.de
  2. ↑ Even the dead Hamlet has strength in Hamburg . Performance review in: DIE WELT from April 6, 2008
  3. ↑ Thalheimer's "Reigen" - naked in one act . Performance review in: DIE WELT from March 9, 2009
  4. ↑ Role and actor portraits ( memento of the original from July 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at DasErste.de , accessed on July 16, 2018 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.daserste.de
  5. ↑ Episode 133: Orbits . Plot and cast. Official website Das Erste. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Count, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich