Michael Menzel (actor)

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Michael Menzel (born September 28, 1973 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian actor .

Life

After graduating from high school, Menzel initially studied medicine at the University of Graz for six semesters . He then moved to the University of Salzburg , where he studied law. He completed his law studies in 2003 with the title “Magister Juris”. After completing his university education, Menzel completed an acting training at the Gustav Mahler Conservatory for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna from 2003 to 2005 . In 2005 he passed his state acting diploma in front of the joint examination committee in Vienna's Volkstheater .

During his training in 2004, he received a student contract at the Vienna Theater in der Josefstadt . There he played small roles in Fräulein Else (2004/05 season, as "the youth", directed by Anna Maria Krassnigg ) Kampl (2005, directed by Herbert Föttinger ) and railway marriages of Johann Nestroy (2006; as a baker at Zopak; Director : Christine Wipplinger). In 2007 he appeared at the Clingenburg Festival as Ritchie Valens in the musical Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story and as Prince in Cinderella (fairy tale with music by Irene Budischowsky ). In 2008 and 2009 he had guest engagements at the Neue Bühne Villach, a. a. as "The Assistant" in The Ugly by Marius von Mayenburg .

In addition to his work as a theater actor, Menzel has also worked for film and television since 2007. In the Wiener Tatort: ​​Kinderwunsch (2009) of the ORF he played the role of the criminal assistant Wolfgang Rohrmoser; he was the assistant of the Linz criminal inspector Karin Brandstätter ( Franziska Stavjanik ). In the television film Molly & Mops: Das Leben ist nicht Guglhupf , the second part of the Molly & Mops film series, he played Lucas Varetta, the “attractive” confectioner and competitor in the confectionery competition. In Oskar Roehler's film Quellen des Lebens (2013) he had a small speaking role as a student in Vienna. In the television film Das Assentat - Sarajevo 1914 (2014) he played the secretary Körner.

Menzel had numerous leading episode roles in various television series, including a. in the middle of the 8th - the normal everyday madness (2007, as a computer specialist and internet technician Max), SOKO Kitzbühel (2010; as a former professional snowboarder Patrick Friedl, 2012; as a computer and technology expert Leo Perenz and 2015; as a suspect single club Visitor and gentlemen's outfitter Georg Brändle), SOKO Vienna (2010; as a student and university tutor Oliver Fuchs and 2012; as Manni as barkeeper) and Schnell (2011; as Oliver Dehne, the childhood friend and lover of the murder victim). In December 2017 Menzel was seen in the "Winter Special" of the ZDF series Die Rosenheim-Cops in an episode role as ski instructor Alois "Elvis" Stockhammer; he played the suspect owner of a snow sports school. In the 19th season of the ZDf series Die Rosenheim-Cops (2020) he again took on an episode role, this time as a suspected landscape gardener and lover of a married woman.

Menzel also worked as a radio play speaker , as well as an advertising and voice actor . He also emerged as a reciter. He gave readings and a. with works by Peter Turrini and Leo Tolstoy .

Menzel is a member of the Association of Austrian Film Actors (VÖFS). He is also a certified ski instructor .

Menzel lives in Salzburg and Vienna.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Michael Menzel profile and vita at Schauspielervideos.de. Retrieved September 25, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c d Michael Menzel profile at Castfordward. Retrieved September 25, 2015
  3. ^ Theater in der Josefstadt, Kammerspiele: Eisenbahnmarriaten . Plot, photos and cast. Retrieved September 25, 2015
  4. ↑ Molly & Mops: Two new ORF / ZDF films with Monika Reithofer and her Mops bitch ( memento of the original from July 12, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ORF customer service. Retrieved September 25, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kundendienst.orf.at
  5. ↑ The Rosenheim Cops: The Dead Summer . Plot and cast. Official website of the ZDF . Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  6. ↑ Michael Menzel . Official website of the VÖFS. Retrieved September 25, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Menzel, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg