Markus John

Markus John (born February 17, 1962 in Duisburg ) is a German theater, film and television actor .

Markus John at Lit.Cologne. 2012

Life

Born in Duisburg in 1962 , John initially trained at the “Zinner-Studio” drama school in Munich. He then signed up at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel , the Stadttheater Bern , Thalia Theater (Hamburg) , the Nationaltheater Mannheim , the Berliner Ensemble and the Deutsches Theater Berlin . From 1997 to 2009 John was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Schauspiel Köln . Since the 2009/2010 season he has been part of the ensemble of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. For his portrayal of the title role of Oedipus there , he was awarded the Rolf Mares Prize in 2013 in the category of outstanding performance actor / singer / dancer . In the 2014/15 season he made a guest appearance at the Hanover Theater, where he participated in Dušan David Pařízek's production of Maria Stuart by Friedrich Schiller .

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

• 1999: The Hitchhiker's Guide
• 2003: fools
• 2003: men like us
• 2017: Summer party

watch TV

• 1995: crime scene - recidivism
• 1999: Balko - inherit first, then die
• 2000: Thrill - game for your life
• 2000: Tatort - Bitter Almonds
• 2000: Tatort Quartet in Leipzig
• 2003: Forever for you
• 2006: Die Wache - colleagues
• 2006: Tatort - The second face
• 2007: SOKO Cologne - hearts in need
• 2007: SOKO Cologne - Everything on one card
• 2008: Stubbe - Case by case
• 2008: Dr. Psycho - The bad guys, the bull
• 2010: Danni Lowinski - full throttle
• 2013: Tatort - Another World
• 2014: Silent Nights
• 2015: Ellerbeck
• 2016: Marija
• 2017: Police call 110 - fear justifies the means

literature

• Angelika Hunziker: Markus John . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 933 f.

Web links

• Mark John in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Markus John . Kulturserver.de. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
2. ↑ winners rolf-mares-preis.de, accessed October 22, 2013.
3. ↑ Jan Fischer: Maria Stuart - Dušan David Pařízek brings an idiosyncratic Schiller to the stage in Hanover. Accessed June 30, 2019 (German).