Roland Bonjour

Roland Bonjour (born September 30, 1980 in Dotzigen ) is a Swiss actor .

Life

Roland Bonjour grew up in Dotzigen and, after graduating from high school, studied biochemistry for three semesters at the EPF Lausanne before he began his acting studies at the Bern University of the Arts , which he graduated with a diploma in 2007. From 2007 to 2009 Roland Bonjour was a member of the permanent ensemble of the German theater in Göttingen. Roland Bonjour has been working as a freelance actor for theater, film and television since 2009.

In 2006 Roland Bonjour played his first leading role in the short film Frohe Ostern by Ulrich Schaffner, which was nominated for the Swiss Film Award, and in 2008 he was seen in On the Line by (Reto Caffi) alongside Roeland Wiesnekker . In 2011, Roland Bonjour was seen in (Father Our Will be done) by Robert Ralston for the first time in a leading role on Swiss television . At the theater, Bonjour's works include directors Robert Borgmann , Alexander Riemenschneider, Mark Zurmühle, Antje Thoms, Tillmann Gersch and Hannes Weiler. Engagements have taken him to the Deutsches Theater Göttingen , Hans Otto Theater Potsdam , Theater an der Winkelwiese , Schauspielhaus Hamburg and the Theaterhaus Jena, among others . At the 2006 theater meeting of German-speaking acting students, he was awarded the 1st ensemble and audience award for his production LIVING IN OBLIVION.

Filmography (selection)

• 2005: Happy Easter (Director: Ulrich Schaffner )
• 2005: Cannabis (Director: Niklaus Hilber )
• 2006: Question of trust (Director: Ben von Grafenstein )
• 2007: On the Line (Director: Reto Caffi )
• 2010: Father Our Will Be Done (TV movie, director: Robert Ralston )
• 2012: Am Hang (Director: Markus Imboden )
• 2012: The Last Mentsch (Direction: Piere Henry Salfati )
• 2013: Mordsfreunde - Ein Taunuskrimi (TV film, director: Marcus O. Rosenmüller )
• 2016: Notruf Hafenkante - Elbnixe (TV series, director: Marian Westholzer)
• 2017: Crime scene: traffic jam
• 2017: Tatort: ​​Two Lives
• 2018: In all friendship - The young doctors (TV series, episode Glücksspiel )
• 2018: War of Dreams (documentary series)
• 2019: Systemsprenger , director: Nora Fingscheidt
• 2020: Tatort: ​​The golden age

Theater (selection)

• 2005: Living in Oblivion (Director: Johannes Mager)
• 2006: Decalogue (Director: Robert Borgmann )
• 2007: The Merchant of Venice (Director: Mark Zurmühle)
• 2007: The Auditor (Director: Tillmann Gersch)
• 2008: Waiting for Godot (Director: Jaspar Brandis)
• 2008: Dantons Tod (Direction: Tillmann Gersch)
• 2009: Measuring the World (Director: Mark Zurmühle)
• 2009: The marriage of Maria Braun (Director: Alexander Riemenschneider)
• 2010: The killer in me is the killer in you (Director: Alexander Riemenschneider)
• 2011: Macbeth (Director: Mark Zurmühle)
• 2012: What you want (Director: Mark Zurmühle)
• 2013: Don't worry about anything or the legend of the rest (Director: Antje Thoms)
• 2014: Game of Life (Director: Prinzip Gonzo)
• 2014: Kohlhaas (Director: Hannes Weiler)

Web links

• Roland Bonjour in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Roland Bonjour at filmmakers.de