Matthias Horbelt

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Matthias Horbelt (born June 24, 1968 in Schweinfurt ) is a German actor and filmmaker. Before that he was the singer and guitarist of the punk band Torso .

Live and act

Matthias Horbelt dropped out of school at the Hans Grüninger Gymnasium in Markgröningen at the age of 17 . He founded the punk band Torso in which he acted as singer and guitarist. At the same time, he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter, which he completed with a journeyman's certificate. Later he made up his Abitur at the Technical High School in Stuttgart.

In 1993 he broke up the band for lack of perspective and in the same year began studying drama at the Rostock University of Music and Theater, which he graduated with a diploma in 1997.

From the Schauspielhaus Kiel to the Landesbühne Hannover and the Städtebundtheater Hof, he was then engaged on various stages. He embodied roles such as Shakespeare's Othello, Cheech in Bullets over Broadway and the Duke of Alba in Schiller's Don Carlos . From 2009 to 2018 she was on numerous tours with the piece Endlich frei - the Nelson Mandela Story , which was nominated several times for the Inthega Prize.

In addition, he was in front of the camera for television films such as The Voices and Anniversaries for Margarethe von Trotta , cinema films such as Cypress or Deadline - the film Musikill and series such as Your Order, Pater Castell or SOKO 5113 .

From 2003 to 2004 Matthias Horbelt was the presenter of Morgenwelle on the Munich broadcaster Radio 2Day.

In 2005 he founded the film production company horbelt-film. Since then he has produced over 40 corporate films and short documentaries, as well as short films and web series. In addition to fictional content, he often deals with the topic of environmental protection and renewable energies and has been working with the three-time Olympic luge champion Georg Hackl for many years .

Filmography (selection)

Theater (selection)

  • 1995: " Romeo and Juliet " ( Volkstheater Rostock )
  • 1996: " Othello " (Rostock Volkstheater)
  • 1996: "The Adventures of Santa Claus" (Rostock Volkstheater)
  • 1997: " The Robbers " ( Landesbühne Hannover )
  • 1997: " Piaf " ( City Theater Hof )
  • 1998: " A Midsummer Night's Dream " (Hanover State Theater)
  • 1998: “Fear and misery of the III. Reiches "(Landesbühne Hannover)
  • 1998: "All's well that ends well" (Landesbühne Hannover)
  • 1999: " The imagined sick person " (Landesbühne Hannover)
  • 2000: "The Devil's General" ( Celle Castle Theater )
  • 2000: "Out of Control" (Schauspielhaus Kiel)
  • 2001: "Balls over Broadway" (Schlosstheater Celle)
  • 2002: "Corpus Christi" (Theaterhaus Cologne)
  • 2003: "Shopping and Fucking" (Theaterhaus Cologne)
  • 2008: "King UBU" (Kammerspiele Munich)
  • 2008: "Betty Boop" (Theater Halle 7 Munich)
  • 2008: "Resource Love" (Theater Halle 7 Munich)
  • 2009: "Finally free" (Kempf theater guest performances / tour)
  • 2011: "Bungee Jumping" (Theater Academy Munich)
  • 2012: "Substitute bench" (showcase Puchheim)
  • 2013: " Puss in Boots " (Altmühlsee Festival)
  • 2014: " Don Carlos " (Kempf theater guest performances / tour)
  • 2015: " The owl and the kitten " (Mephisto Theater Konstanz)
  • 2017: "A wimp to fall in love with" ( Theaterschiff Stuttgart / Komödie Wuppertal)
  • 2018: "NippleJesus" (Kulturcentrum Puchheim / Tournee)

Own productions (selection)

  • 2006: Short film in the Secret Annex
  • 2013: Web series Captured in Puchheim
  • 2014: Web series Unterm Birnbaum in Puchheim
  • 2015: Casimir and Karoline web series
  • 2018: Educational film students explain tobogganing legend Georg Hackl about renewable energies

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Horbelt, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweinfurt , Bavaria , Germany