Rainer Frank (actor)

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Rainer Frank (* 1965 in Berlin ) is a German actor .

Life

Training and beginnings

Rainer Frank completed his acting studies from 1987 to 1991 at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin .

In 1991 he was awarded the Berliner Zeitung prize for his role as Freder in Illness of Youth (director: Angelika Waller ) at the Berliner Ensemble as “Best Young Actor” . He was a co-founder and member of the ensemble of the Theaterhaus Jena (1991–1995). From 1995 he had various theater engagements a. a. at the Wiener Festwochen , at the Schaubühne Lindenfels in Leipzig (as Hamlet), at the Volkstheater Rostock (Jean in Miss Julie and Tiger-Brown in Die Dreigroschenoper ), at the Theater in der Fabrik ( Staatsschauspiel Dresden ) and at the Freie Kammerspiele Magdeburg (among others as Faust in Goethe's Urfaust ). From 1999 to 2001 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich .

Frankfurt theater

In 2002/03 he appeared as a guest at the Schauspiel Frankfurt . From the 2003/04 season he was a permanent member of the Schauspiel Frankfurt until 2009. Here he worked with directors such as Mark Zurmühle , Armin Petras , Andreas Kriegenburg , Peter Kastenmüller , Sebastian Baumgarten , Roger Vontobel , Martin Nimz and several times with Karin Neuhäuser . In 2004 he received the audience award at the Mülheim Theatertage for his role as Ernk in Kränk by Martin Heckmanns , a production by Simone Blattner of the Schauspiel Frankfurt.

His stage roles at the Schauspiel Frankfurt included a. a. Secretary Wurm in Kabale und Liebe (2003/04 season), Templar in Nathan the Wise (2004/05 season), Etienne in the salon comedy Flea in the Ear by Georges Feydeau (2005/06 season), Mayor Stockmann in Ein Volksfeind (2007 season / 08), Pavel Rjumin in summer guests from Maxim Gorki (2007/08), in Schürzinger Casimir and Karoline and Rodrigo / Emilia in Othello (each season 2008/09).

Hanover Theater

From the 2009/10 season until the end of the 2018/19 season he was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Hanover Theater . In the 2013/14 season he was the doctor Tschebtykin in a new production of the Chekhov play Three Sisters , directed by Sascha Hawemann . He also played Oberon in the Shakespeare classic A Midsummer Night's Dream in a production by Florian Fiedler . In the 2014/15 season he took on the role of Lewin in a stage version by Anna Karenina in a production by Sascha Hawemann. In 2017 Frank played the German premiere of the one-person play Abrahams Kinder by the Norwegian actor Svein Tindberg in the Cumberland Gallery . Frank also works as a reciter .

Movie and TV

Frank, who works mainly as a theater actor, has occasionally stood in front of the camera for various film projects. He has taken on roles in feature films, television films, television series, and several documentaries on historical subjects and contemporary history .

On television he initially had episode roles a. a. in the television series Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997–1998; as Daniel Fuchs, the husband of inmate Lollo Fuchs), For all cases Stefanie (2002; as a blind husband Marcel Konrad), In all friendship (2002; as the rebellious son of Jutta Wachowiak ) and SOKO Leipzig (2002; as ex-fiancé of the daughter of a Leipzig fruit seller).

In the 14th season of the ZDF crime series SOKO Leipzig (Air Date: January, 2015), he played alongside Karolina Lodyga as a nurse and "avenging angel" Sophie, an episode starring role as clinician Dr. Peter Richter, whose sister was the victim of illegal drug tests in the GDR . In January 2016, Frank starred in another leading role in the episode; in the 1st season of the doctor series In all friendship - The young doctors , he embodied, at the side of Timmi Trinks , the father of a young, seriously injured patient who is reconciled with his son. In the 1000th episode of the TV series Tatort , Taxi to Leipzig (first broadcast: November 2016), he embodied the lover of Commissioner Charlotte Lindholm ( Maria Furtwängler ) in a short appearance . In 2016 he also had an episode role in the children's series Die Pfefferkörner as Jochen Dreyer, the operator of a forest restaurant and hobby taxidermist.

Private

Rainer Frank grew up in Santiago de Chile , Damascus ( Syria ), Königs Wusterhausen and in his native Berlin. He lives in Hanover .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Rainer Frank at schauspielervideos.de. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c Rainer Frank . Profile and vita at CASTFORWARD. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b Rainer Frank . Vita. Official website of the Lower Saxony Literature Festival. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ To Moscow! . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine from October 2, 2013. Accessed June 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ Performer in the mud bath . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine of January 22, 2014. Retrieved on June 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ The mist of the world . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine from November 5, 2014. Accessed June 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ Rainer Frank plays "Abraham's Children" . In: Hannoversche Allgemeine from May 7, 2017. Accessed June 10, 2018.
  8. ↑ Biblical biography - a conversation with Rainer Frank about "Abraham's children" . Schauspiel Hannover website. Blog post dated May 30, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ Locating Hanover - literary bus expedition in five hours . Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  10. ^ Isabelle Schmid, Rainer Frank, RTL series' Behind bars - Der Frauenknast . Photo. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  11. ^ Just in case Stefanie: Guilt and atonement . Photo. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  12. ^ Rainer Frank in SOKO Leipzig 'Dr. Death '2015 . Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  13. ↑ Stations of the Cross . Picture gallery. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  14. ↑ The peppercorns (161) . Official NDR website . Retrieved June 10, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Frank, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin