Markus Meyer
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
- Aumerle in Richard II by William Shakespeare (D: Claus Peymann, 2000)
- Templar in Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (D: Claus Peymann, 2002)
- Mr. Martin in The Madness of Words / The Bald Singer by Eugène Ionesco (D: Philip Tiedemann, 2002)
- Pawel Wlassow in The Mother of Bertolt Brecht (D: Claus Peymann, 2003)
- Leonce in Leonce and Lena by Georg Büchner (D: Robert Wilson, 2003)
Burgtheater Vienna
- Brick in The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (D: Andrea Breth 2004)
- Hamlet3 by William Shakespeare (D: Árpád Schilling 2005)
- Just in Minna by Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (D: Andrea Breth 2005)
- Lev in Boulevard Sevastopol by Igor Bauersima and Réjane Desvignes (D: Igor Bauersima 2006)
- Karl-Heinz Lutz in The Unreasonable Die Out by Peter Handke (D: Frederike Heller 2006, Salzburg Festival in cooperation with the Vienna Burgtheater)
- Franz Flaut in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (D: Theu Boermans 2007, Burgtheater)
- Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (D: Sebastian Hartmann 2007, Burgtheater)
- Richard in The Lion in Winter by James Goldman (D: Grzegorz Jarzyna 2007, Burgtheater)
- Lee in Motortown by Simon Stephens (D: Andrea Breth ) 2008, Akademietheater
- Solo program Mein Arm by Tim Crouch (D: Anik Moussakhanian 2008)
- Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (D: Jan Bosse 2008, Burgtheater)
- Felix Krull in Beautiful lies - Confessing impostors (D: Bastian Kraft 2008, Burgtheater)
- Malcolm in Macbeth (D: Stephan Kimmig 2008)
- The son in How we live and always say goodbye to Franz Wittenbrink (D: Franz Wittenbrink / Stephanie Mohr ), Burgtheater 2009
- Cassio in Othello by William Shakespeare, (D: Jan Bosse ), Burgtheater 2009
- Aumerle in Richard II by William Shakespeare, (D: Claus Peymann ), Burgtheater 2010
- Dorian Gray in Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde , (D: Bastian Kraft), Burgtheater (Vestibül) 2010, then also in Academy and Burgtheater
- Various roles in incidents , scenes by Daniil Charms , Georges Courteline and Pierre Cami, (D: Andrea Breth ), Akademietheater 2011
- Peter Pan, Burgtheater 2011
- Composer Philippe in Peter Turrinis At Nightfall , Burgtheater 2014
- Justin in Eugène Labiches The Affair Rue de Lourcine , Burgtheater 2015
- Toinette, Argand's maid, in Molière's The Imaginary Sick , Burgtheater 2015
- Truffaldino in Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters , Burgtheater 2016
- Ludwig II in Ludwig II, based on a film by Luchino Visconti , Akademietheater 2017
- Fog in love stories and marriage matters , Burgtheater 2017
Reichenau Festival
- Painter Schwarz in Lulu by Frank Wedekind (D: Maria Happel 2006)
- Vershinin in Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (D: Maria Happel 2011)
Salzburg Festival
- Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz in Lenz by Georg Büchner, directed by Cornelia Rainer , 2012
- Puck and Robin Goodfellow in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, music: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , translation and direction: Henry Mason , 2013
Movies
- 2001: A Millionaire For Breakfast - Directed by Josh Broecker
- 2003: Lotto ticket into happiness - Director: Dirk Regel
- 2005: Karo und der Liebe Gott - Director: Danielle Proskar
- 2007: Capri, you love?
- 2007: Just a little pregnant - Director: Lars Montag
- 2008: Inga Lindström: Summer in Norrsunda - Director: Thomas Hermann
- 2010: The inherited family - Director: Christine Kabisch
Series
- Alarm for Cobra 11 (suicide mission)
Radio plays and features (selection)
- 2003: Karla Krause : Love who knows goodbye - Director: Robert Matejka ( Radio Feature - DLR Berlin / BR )
- 2008: John von Düffel : cry of the geese . Director: Christiane Ohaus ( Radio-Tatort - Radio Bremen )
- 2008: Adolf Schröder : Mother Hamburg - Director: Heinz von Cramer (radio play - DKultur)
- 2009; John von Düffel: The Invisible One . Director: Christiane Ohaus, (Radio-Tatort - Radio Bremen)
- 2011: John von Düffel: Who turns around or laughs ... Director: Christiane Ohaus (Radio-Tatort - Radio Bremen)
- 2011: Hanns Heinz Ewers : Clarimonde (based on the story "Die Spinne") - Director: Uwe Schareck (radio play - DKultur )
- 2011: Klaudia Ruschkowski / Giuseppe Maio : sink into the picture. Zigaina and Pasolini - Director: Giuseppe Maio (radio play - DKultur)
- 2012: Aravind Adiga : The White Tiger - adaptation and direction: Beate Andres (radio play - DKultur / NDR)
- 2012: John von Düffel: A clear case . Director: Christiane Ohaus, (Radio-Tatort - Radio Bremen)
- 2013: Normand Chaurette : Provincetown Playhouse, July 1919, I was 19 (radio play - SR )
- 2013: petschinka : Chatroomdreams - composition and direction: petschinka (radio play - SRF )
- 2013: Mathieu Beurton : Three people and the salt in the sea - Director: Marguerite Gateau (radio play - DKultur / SR )
- 2014: John von Düffel: The Lebanese Cat Director: Christiane Ohaus (Radio-Tatort - Radio Bremen)
- 2014: Andra Joeckle : The tango animal or friction creates warmth - Director: Alexander Schuhmacher (radio play - DKultur)
- 2014: Joy Markert : Der Mendelssohnriss - Director: Alexander Schuhmacher (radio play - DKultur)
- 2014: Esther Dischereit : The walls were thick here - (author's production)
- 2014: Joy Markert : Der Mendelssohnriss - Director: Alexander Schuhmacher (crime radio play - DKultur)
- 2015: David Vogel : Eine Wiener Romance - Director: Harald Krewer (radio play, 2 parts - ORF / DKultur)
- 2015: John von Düffel: The Dead Rest (Public Prosecutor Dr. Kurt Gröninger) - Director: Christiane Ohaus (Radio-Tatort - RB)
- 2015: Petros Markaris : Sokrates sends greetings - Director: Christoph Dietrich (crime radio play - DKultur)
Award
- 2016: Actor of the year , awarded by the ORF radio play jury
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Der Standard : ORF radio play jury names Markus Meyer "Actor of the Year" , January 26, 2016
Web links
- Media from and about Markus Meyer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Markus Meyer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Meyer, Markus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cloppenburg |