Markus Meyer

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Markus Meyer (2015)

Markus Meyer (born May 11, 1971 in Cloppenburg ) is a German actor and member of the Vienna Burgtheater ensemble .

Life

Meyer first studied biochemistry at the University of Hanover . After completing this degree, he suddenly changed his career aspirations and began training as an actor at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin , which he successfully completed in 2000. While still studying acting, he performed several times in Berlin at the Deutsche Oper , the Volksbühne and the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam , and after completing his acting training he was immediately engaged by the Berliner Ensemble , where he worked with Claus Peymann , George Tabori and Philip Tiedemann worked together. He played Aumerle in Shakespeare's Richard II , A Young Templar in Lessing's Nathan the Wise , Mr. Martin in Ionesco's The Madness of Words / The Bald Singer and Pawel Vlasow in Brecht's The Mother . In 2004 Andrea Breth brought him to Vienna for her production The Cat on the Hot Tin Roof , where he has been permanently engaged at the Burgtheater since 2005.

In Vienna he quickly established himself with different character roles in both modern and classical pieces. He was also given the opportunity to present solo programs or one-person pieces such as Mein Arm or Dorian Gray . In addition to acting, Meyer is also a tournament dancer in the fields of standard and Latin as well as an accomplished chanson singer. He has also been able to demonstrate these talents several times in Burgtheater productions. B. in Franz Wittenbrink 's How we live and always say goodbye , in which he impressed with performances from Elvis Presley to Franz Schubert , or in Andrea Breth's production of incidents , in which the dance solo by Markus Meyer was one of the highlights of the performance .

After 2006, when he appeared as the painter Schwarz in Wedekinds Erdgeist / Lulu at the Reichenau Festival under the direction of Maria Happel , Meyer was also on stage in the summer of 2011 as Werschinin in Three Sisters , also under the direction of Maria Happel, in Reichenau .

In addition, Markus Meyer is an accomplished radio play speaker, e.g. B. for the Austrian radio or the Hessian radio . In addition to numerous individual productions, he took part in the radio play series Outland or in the episodes of ARD Radio Tatort produced by Radio Bremen , in which he met investigator Dr. Kurt Gröninger speaks to a public prosecutor.

He can be seen as a film actor in Josh Broecker's film A Millionaire for Breakfast and as Max in Danielle Proskar's family film Karo und der Liebe Gott . On television he was seen in a guest role in the television series Die Cleveren .

Stage roles

Berlin Ensemble

Burgtheater Vienna

Reichenau Festival

Salzburg Festival

Movies

Series

  • Alarm for Cobra 11 (suicide mission)

Radio plays and features (selection)

Award

  • 2016: Actor of the year , awarded by the ORF radio play jury

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Kurt Gröninger alias Markus Meyer on www.radiotatort.ard.de ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2011 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. (Accessed January 11, 2010). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ard.de
  2. ↑ Der Standard : ORF radio play jury names Markus Meyer "Actor of the Year" , January 26, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Cloppenburg