Matthias Günther (actor)

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Matthias Günther (* 1947 in Halle ) is a German actor and university professor.

Life

Matthias Günther grew up in Halle, initially worked as a puppeteer and then studied from 1969 to 1972 at the State Drama School in Berlin in Niederschöneweide . From 1973 to the early 1980s he was engaged at the Städtische Bühnen Karl-Marx-Stadt , where he played Mephisto in Faust I and Faust II . In 1984 Günther played at the Volksbühne Berlin , later at the Staatstheater Dresden . Since the early 1970s he has appeared on television (mostly in theater recordings) and in DEFA feature films.

Günther left the GDR in 1986 . This was followed by engagements at the Theater am Neumarkt Zurich , the Schauspiel Köln , the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg , the Schauspiel Bonn and the Volkstheater Vienna .

After the fall of the Wall , Günther played at the Hans Otto Theater Potsdam and from 1996 to 2004 at the Renaissance Theater Berlin .

Günther has been teaching drama at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin (HFS) since 1998. In 2005 he was appointed professor of acting there.

Filmography

theatre

Radio plays

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ renaissance-theater.de
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personal data
SURNAME Günther, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Günter, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Hall