Reinhard Friedrich (actor)

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Reinhard Friedrich (* 1957 ; † April 21, 2016 in Erfurt ) was a German theater and film actor .

Life

Friedrich studied acting at the “Hans Otto” theater school in Leipzig and at the Dresden State Theater , where he completed his acting studies in 1981. In the same year, at the beginning of the 1981/82 season, he received a permanent engagement at the Erfurt Municipal Theaters . He made his debut there as Ferdinand in Shakespeare's late work The Tempest . As a theater actor, Friedrich interpreted a broad repertoire , which, in addition to Shakespeare, included German authors of the Classical and Romantic periods , turn-of- the- century theater , but also modern pieces , plays by Bertolt Brecht and contemporary theater.

Friedrich performed at the Erfurt Theater as Edgar in King Lear , Antonio in The Merchant of Venice , Philinte in Molières Der Misanthrope, Harpagon in Der Geizige , Secretary Wurm in Kabale und Liebe , von Wehrhahn in Der Biberpelz , Lopachin in Der Kirschgarten (new production 1999), McMurphy in One flew over the cuckoo's nest Vladimir in waiting for Godot (new production in 2002), Clov in Endgame , Mordred in Christoph Hein spectacle the Knights of the round table , Artur in Sławomir Mrozek play tango and as Michel Houill in carnage on . In 2003 his contract at the Erfurt Theater ended with the closure and liquidation of the Erfurt Theater.

From then on, Reinhard Friedrich worked as a freelance actor, but continued to work on drama projects for the New Theater Erfurt in the Barfüßerkirche , at the DomStufen Festival for children (in August 2010 as Larsson / Blom in Pippi Longstocking ) and in numerous summer theaters, so in performances in Waren an der Müritz at the Müritz saga or in the Köstritzer Spiegelzelt in Weimar , where he played the main role of Sganarelle in the Molière comedy The Doctor Against Will .

Since 2009/10 Friedrich has been part of the new mini drama ensemble at the Erfurt Theater, which consists of five permanent actors. In the 2009/10 season he took over Mephisto in Goethe's Urfaust at the Erfurt Theater , the first production of the new drama division. In 2011 he was the grand vizier in the children's fairy tale Kalif Storch . His later roles at Theater Erfurt included the roles of Dr. Diaforius / Dr. Purgon / Herr von Bonnefoi in The Imaginary Ill (2009/10 season), the linguist and Professor Zoltan Karpathy in the musical My fair Lady (January 2009 to June 2012), Professor Hinzelmann in the operetta Im Weisse Rößl (2010/11 season), Leopold Maria Fürst von und zu Lippert-Weylersheim in the operetta Die Csárdásfürstin (2010/11 season), the valet Penižek in the operetta Gräfin Mariza (2012/13 season; 2013/14 season), Harry Trevor in the musical Kiss Me, Kate ( 2014/15 season) and the news anchor in Evita (2015/16 season).

In November / December 2015 Reinhard Friedrich was also on the studio stage in the Christmas fairy tale production of the Erfurt Theater; he played the emperor in the emperor's new clothes .

In addition to his theater work, he appeared as a reciter and with his own reading evenings.

Reinhard Friedrich was also seen in some, mostly smaller, film and television roles. In the GDR television film Berlin, Here I Am (1982) he played Detlef "Detti" Kallinger, a locksmith from the Harz region . He also had roles in the television film Three Days in April (1995) and, under director Volker Schlöndorff, in the movie The Silence after the Shot , which premiered in February 2000 at the Berlin International Film Festival . In 2015, Friedrich was also seen in the multi-part TV series Deutschland 83 .

Friedrich died in April 2016 at the age of 59. According to the Erfurt Theater, he succumbed to a serious illness.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhard Friedrich's biography at Audible.com : Quote: “The actor Reinhard Friedrich, born in 1957, studied at the 'Hans Otto' theater school in Leipzig and completed his training at the Dresden State Theater. He not only appears as an actor at the Erfurt Municipal Theaters, but also takes part in numerous readings every year. As an actor, he was not only active on the stage, but also in the film, among other things, he shot with Oliver Stone and Volker Schlöndorff.
  2. ↑ a b c Obituary on the death of Reinhard Friedrich . Theaterkompass.de from April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016
  3. ^ A b c d Henryk Goldberg: Obituary for the actor Reinhard Friedrich in: Thüringer Allgemeine from April 22, 2016. Accessed on April 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b Urfaust - With Erfurt's new ensemble, Frank Voigtmann tries to pimp Goethe: Older men with shaved heads ; Performance review. Nachtkritik.de, September 30, 2009. Accessed April 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ Classic: My Fair Lady. It's green so green ... Cast at musicalzentrale.de. Retrieved April 25, 2016
  6. ↑ BERLIN, HERE I AM (1982) . Television of the GDR. Online lexicon of GDR television films, television games and TV productions. Retrieved April 25, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Friedrich, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2016
Place of death Erfurt