Peter Gavajda

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Peter Gavajda , also Pedro Gavajda , (born June 12, 1942 in Preßburg ; † March 9, 2011 in Berlin ) was a German actor .

Life

Gavajda's parents immigrated to Argentina when he was five years old. At the age of 19 he returned to Europe to become an actor. He completed an acting training at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and at the Lee Straßberg Institute in New York . In addition to his acting training, Gavajda also had lessons in singing and dance , particularly in Tango Argentino .

At the beginning of his career as an actor there were theater engagements . Gavajda played at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna, the Schauspielhaus Frankfurt , the Schauspielhaus Bochum , the Hamburger Schauspielhaus , the Schillertheater in Berlin and the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf .

In 1965 he played Stefan in the play Die Flucht by Ernst Waldbrunn at the Theater in der Josefstadt . This production was also recorded by Austrian radio and television and shown on television in 1966 .

From the late 1980s on, Gavajda was seen more often on television . Gavajda took on a few continuous series roles, but mainly episode roles and guest roles. Gavajda was used on German television predominantly in crime series and crime films, where he was often set on the role of the contradicting villain, the psychopathic gangster or the brutal killer. Gavajda was only rarely able to counter this role stereotype with positively designed roles.

Became famous for Gavajda primarily for his continuous series roles as police chief Gabriel Crespo in RTL - TV series S.OS Barracuda and as Helge in the children's film - series The Graslöwen . In the RTL - medical drama OP Dr. calls Bruckner he played the orthopedic surgeon and later chief physician Dr. Weinroth.

Gavajda also took part in a few movies , such as in 1987 in Sierra Leone and 1992 in Mau Mau by Uwe Schrader and in 1997 in Life is a construction site by Tom Tykwer .

Gavajda has also worked as a reciter and speaker for audio books . Among other things, he read novels by Max Aub and Erich Kästner .

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SURNAME Gavajda, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gavajda, Pedro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Pressburg
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 2011
Place of death Berlin