Stefan Suske
Stefan Suske (born August 12, 1958 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actor and theater director .
Life
Stefan Suske completed after graduation the civil service , then he began to study medicine at the University of Graz . From 1978 he studied acting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz , graduating in 1982 with a diploma.
theatre
He had his first permanent engagement from 1982 to 1988 at the Schauspielhaus Graz , then he was until 1991 under the artistic direction of Eike Gramss at the United City Theaters of Krefeld and Mönchengladbach . Together with Gramss, he moved to the Stadttheater Bern in 1991 , where he stayed until 2007 and most recently as acting director from 2004. In 2001 he made his directorial debut at the Stadttheater Bern with the world premiere of Die Liebe neilet never auf von Gerhard Meister. Other of his productions were, among others, Die Arabische Nacht and Push-Up 1-3 by Roland Schimmelpfennig , the Swiss premieres of Lantana by Andrew Bovell and Der Bus by Lukas Bärfuss as well as the world premieres of The Safety Distance by Fréderic Blanchette and Im Herbst by Felix Römer .
From 2007 he worked as a freelance actor and director, from 2010 to 2015 he was again engaged at the Schauspielhaus Graz. At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, Suske and artistic director Anna Badora moved from Graz to the Vienna Volkstheater , where he has been part of the ensemble ever since. 2018 he played at the Schauspielhaus Graz in Outlaw of Ayad Akhtar the role of Afzal. At the Hin & Weg theater festival in Litschau in August 2020 he will perform excerpts from Daniel Kehlmann's play Fear and Misery of the Virus in a staged reading together with Fanny Altenburger .
The roles played by Stefan Suske at the theater include the title role in Molières Tartuffe , Felix in Robert Walser's Felix scenes , Titus Feuerfuchs in the Nestroy posse Der Talisman , Schlomo Herzl in Taboris Mein Kampf , Orestes in Iphigenie auf Tauris , Johannes Vockerat in Lonely People , Puck in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night 's Dream as well as the role of the doctor in The Ignorant and the Mad and the role of the frog in the bat .
Movie and TV
He had leading film roles in the television film In the meantime it will be noon or Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal (1988) and in Pig Money - A Fairy Tale by the Brothers Nimm (1989) by Norbert Kückelmann alongside Armin Mueller-Stahl . In the Swiss films Liebe Lügen (1995) and Grosse Emotions (1999) he was each seen in further leading roles under the direction of Christof Schertenleib, and for his portrayal of Linus in Grosse Emotions he was awarded the Swiss Film Prize in the Best Actor category in 2000 excellent.
Others
From 2004 to 2009 he was a lecturer at the Bern University of the Arts and from 2011 to 2015 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz . Since 2016 he has been teaching drama at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna .
His son is the musician Jacob Suske (* 1980).
Awards
- 2000: Swiss Film Prize in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of Linus in Great Feelings
Filmography (selection)
- 1988: For the time being, it is noon or Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal
- 1989: Pig money - A fairy tale by the Nimm brothers
- 1993: All about love
- 1995: love lies
- 1998: Crime scene: Russian roulette
- 1999: Great feelings
- 2000: Supernova (short film)
- 2001: silent love
- 2004: Bad News (short film)
- 2006: The Miss
- 2009: The Last Snow (short film)
- 2011: Me (short film)
- 2014: Crime scene: Paradise
- 2014: Our child
- 2015: Eternal Life
Audio book
- In the office: little prose by Robert Walser , read by Stefan Suske, Diogenes-Verlag, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-257-80314-3
literature
- Regula Reidhaar: Stefan Suske . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1777 f.
Web links
- Stefan Suske Official Website
- Stefan Suske at schauspielervideos.de
- Stefan Suske in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Stefan Suske at filmportal.de
- Stefan Suske Volkstheater Vienna
- Stefan Suske Schauspielhaus Graz
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Regula Reidhaar: Stefan Suske . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1777 f.
- ^ Stefan Suske: Vita . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ↑ orf.at: 18 new actors at the Volkstheater . Article dated May 7, 2015, accessed June 10, 2016.
- ^ Volkstheater Vienna: Stefan Suske . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ↑ Enlightenment or blasphemy? | European Cultural News . Article dated June 6, 2018, accessed June 7, 2018.
- ^ Theater festival HIN & WEG. In: waldviertel.news. August 13, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Stefan Suske: Theater . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ Stefan Suske: Film . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ↑ Stefan Suske | Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna . Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ↑ diepresse.com: Talent runs in the family . Article dated May 15, 2018, accessed May 15, 2018.
- ↑ Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus: Jacob Suske . Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ↑ Schauspielhaus Wien: Jacob Suske . Retrieved May 15, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suske, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |