Mathis Künzler
Mathis Künzler (born June 13, 1978 in Basel ) is a Swiss actor .
Life
Mathis Künzler grew up in Münchenstein and played in the children's theater in Basel as a child. After secondary school, he completed an apprenticeship as a metalworker in Muttenz (1995–1999).
After participating in various plays such as Brambilla at the ROXY Theater in Birsfelden in 1999 and Edna Mazya's Swing at the Basel Junge Theater in 2000 , he studied drama at the Zurich University of the Arts (Diploma 2005).
During his studies and afterwards he worked in various short films and plays.
Immediately after graduating from the ZHdK, Mathis Künzler took on his first leading TV role in Sat.1 - Telenovela Verliebt in Berlin (2004–2006).
After this TV engagement, Mathis Künzler returned to the theater stage. At the beginning of 2007 he played the roles of Balzi and Wassilissa in the play Quatemberkinder in a stage version by Jonas Knecht and Anja Horst.
In March 2007, Dinosaurs forever! , a production by “gerber und luz theaterproduktionen”. The play was developed by Markus Gerber and Thom Luz and directed by Heike Marianne Götze. Premiered Dinosaurs forever! in the factory theater Rote Fabrik Zurich . The production was invited to the Zürcher Theater Spektakel 2007. Various guest appearances at home and abroad followed.
Mathis Künzler took on his second television role with the role of forensic technician and terrorism expert Marcus Heuser in the Sat.1 series R.I.S. - The Language of the Dead .
Further theater and film roles followed; The Swiss theatrical release of the film Robbers , directed by Carla Lia Monti, will take place on June 4, 2009.
Mathis Künzler will return to television screens in July 2009 with the weekly ARD production Geld.Macht.Liebe . He lives as a freelance theater, film and television actor in Berlin .
Filmography
TV Shows
- 2005–2006: In love with Berlin
- 2007–2008: RIS - The Language of the Dead
- 2009: Money.Power.Love
Movies
- 2002: Homeland (short film), HGKZ Zurich, director: Simon Jaquemet
- 2002: S 'Nöchschtmol (short film), HGKZ Zurich, book, director: Lawrence Grimm
- 2003: The Essence of Rudy (commercial), Solid & Hallerfilm Zurich
- 2004: Aprex Soleil (short film), voltafilm, written and directed by Mathis Künzler, Steve Walker, directed by Steve Walker
- 2004: Snow White (feature film), Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, director: Samir
- 2005: Fredo- der Held (short film), PanEuropeanPictures, script and director: Cecilia Malmström
- 2006: In love with Berlin - The Yes-Word (feature film)
- 2006: Days of Speki (Theatersoap), Zürcher Theater Spektakel , director: Deborah Neininger
- 2008: Lena does not cry (short film), delidesen, director: Claudia Udenta
- 2008: Robbers (feature film), Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, director: Carla Lia Monti
- 2011: Sven's legacy (feature film), joint production by ZDF and ORF, director: Karola Hattop
- 2012: Night Express (episodic film), Visual Park, directed by Alex Klein Berger
- 2018: Zwingli , C-Films , director: Stefan Haupt
theatre
- 1999: Brambilla , Theater Roxy, Birsfelden
- 2000: The swing , Young Theater Basel
- 2004: KommUtopia Parzivality Show , FAR A DAY CAGE Zurich
- 2004: The wild swans , HMT, Theater an der Sihl Zurich
- 2004: Spring Awakening , HMT, Theater an der Sihl Zurich
- 2007: Quatember children , theater constellations, Grabenhalle St. Gallen, Theater an der Sihl Zurich
- 2007: Dinosaurs forever! , gerber and luz theater productions, factory theater Rote Fabrik Zurich
- 2007: Vrenelis Gärtli - scenic reading, theater constellations, Sophiensaele Berlin
- 2008: Absolut Züri , theater series, guest appearance in episode 4, Theater am Neumarkt Zurich
- 2009: Vrenelis Gärtli - In a theater version by Anita Augustin and Jonas Knecht based on the novel by Tim Krohn, theater konstellationen, Theater Chur, Sophiensaele Berlin and Fabriktheater Zürich
- 2009: The saga of the Stier slaughterhouse, Bern slaughterhouse theater
- 2012: You, You and I , Young Theater Zurich
Audio book
- 2003: Death of a doctor , Swiss radio DRS / Sender Freies Berlin , directed by Margret Nonhoff
Web links
- Mathis Künzler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mathis Künzler on the website of www.schauspieler.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Künzler, Mathis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |