Murali Perumal

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Murali Perumal (born February 28, 1978 in Bonn ) is a German actor of Indian descent.

Life

Murali Perumal grew up in Bonn, where he graduated from high school in 1997. From 1998 to 2002 he studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. During his studies he got his first TV role in the ORF series Dolce Vita & Co , where he played a newspaper seller. This was followed by a role in the movie Anatomy 2 . After completing his studies, he made his theatrical debut at the Magdeburg Theater in the play Heaven and played in the three-man play Maurer in Frankfurt / Oder, both under the direction of Matthias Brenner . This was followed by pieces in Potsdam and roles at the Münchner Kammerspiele and at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz Berlin under the direction of Thomas Ostermeier .

At the same time, Murali Perumal shot television and cinema productions, including Die Musterknaben 3 - 1000 and a night with Oliver Korittke and Jürgen Tarrach and night shift at the side of Armin Rohde and Ulrike Krumbiegel . He also appeared in episodes of the crime scene , including as a villain in the Hamburg crime scene on the side of Mehmet Kurtuluş .

From 2007 to 2011, Murali Perumal was a member of the ensemble at the Schauspiel Köln under the direction of Karin Beier , which was twice named German-speaking “Theater of the Year” during these years. With the play The Dirty, the Ugly and the Common , directed by Karin Beier, which was voted “Production of the Year” in 2010, Murali Perumal appeared in the role of Horst at the Theatertreffen in Berlin.

During these years further film and television productions were made. I.a. Murali Perumal starred in the movie Eden is West , directed by Oscar winner Konstantin Costa-Gavras . He also played the role of the philosophizing taxi driver in the ORF two-part show Aufschneider with Josef Hader in the leading role. Films were also made with Bastian Pastewka , Annette Frier , Matthias Brandt , Christiane Hörbiger , Alexandra Neldel , Christian Tramitz and Ottfried Fischer . So far he has made more than 60 films in Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland and the USA, among others.

Most recently, Murali Perumal played in the Hollywood production Big Game - The Hunt Begins with Samuel L. Jackson in the lead role, a Pentagon analyst alongside Jim Broadbent , Ted Levine , Felicity Huffman and Victor Garber, and took on the role of Driss at Theaterforum K3 (2001) Komödienhaus in Heilbronn in the stage version of the hit movie Pretty Best Friends and the role of the political editor Brand in the play Carambolage at the Nestroyhof Hamakom / Salon 5 theater in Vienna.

Murali Perumal is actively committed to equal rights for actors with a migration background. In an open letter to the Süddeutsche Zeitung , the German-Indian actor criticized z. B. the casting policy in German-speaking theaters. He is a member of the association Das Göthe Protokoll , which is committed to the diversity and integration of minorities in Germany until 2013.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Theater of the year 2010: double victory for Schauspiel Köln. Spiegel Online (Culture), August 26, 2010.
  2. ↑ The dirty, the ugly, and the mean. Entry in the program of the Theatertreffen 2010. Website of the Berliner Festspiele (archive)
  3. ↑ Big Game production details , Internet Movie Database (English)
  4. ↑ Premiere on May 10, 2014, 8 p.m., Komödienhaus - Pretty best friends. ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Event information from the City Theater Heilbronn (theater-heilbronn.de) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theater-heilbronn.de
  5. ↑ Pretty best friends: The comedy based on the eponymous film by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache premiered in Heilbronn - quick dialogues against pity. in: Fränkische Nachrichten , May 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ Family constellation with the goddess and the devil - theater criticism - www.mottingers-meinung.at - the online cultural magazine ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mottingers-meinung.at
  7. ↑ Debate about (post) migrants at German theaters - An open letter from the actor Murali Perumal to the Süddeutsche Zeitung - www.nachtkritik.de
  8. ↑ Cultural Diversity in the Theater ( Memento from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), radio report Bayerischer Rundfunk, January 31, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Perumal, Murali
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn