Matthias Günther (actor)
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
- 1973: Eva and Adam or private by appointment (TV)
- 1973: Under the pear tree
- 1974: Hans Röckle and the devil
- 1975: looping
- 1975: Peasants' War
- 1978: The Hero of the Western World (TV studio recording)
- 1979: Stine (TV movie)
- 1980: Poor Knight (theater recording)
- 1981: The colony
- 1983: The stay
- 1983: The Way You Live (TV)
- 1984: The Widow Capet (TV)
- 1985: half of life
- 1987: Wengler & Sons
- 1988: Gamer Stories (TV)
- 1997: The Captain of Köpenick (TV)
- 1998: Runaway (TV)
theatre
- 1985: Wsewolod Wischnewski : Optimistic Tragedy (Heiserer) - Director: Siegfried Höchst / Gert Hof ( Volksbühne Berlin )
Radio plays
- 1986: Dieter Scharfenberg : Petrea and the Flower Empress - Director: Dieter Scharfenberg (children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
Web links
- Matthias Günther in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography of Matthias Günther on the website of the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art in Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ renaissance-theater.de
- ↑ hfs-berlin.de ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2009 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.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Günther, Matthias |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Günter, Matthias |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hall |