Sven Schelker

Sven Schelker (born December 12, 1989 in Basel ) is a Swiss theater and film actor .

Life

Born in Basel, Sven Schelker grew up in the community of Reinach BL . In December 2008 he obtained his Matura at the Gymnasium Münchenstein with a focus on music and in 2009 began studying acting at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich . Schelker received his stage entrance certificate in summer 2013. He played guitar and violin at an early age. He worked in several bands.

Schelker has been a member of the Thalia Theater in Hamburg since 2012 . Here he took part in plays such as Platonov by Anton Pawlowitsch Chekhov or the William Shakespeare plays Macbeth as Macduff or The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet as Sir Paris. In 2015 he was seen at the Thalia Theater in Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera in the lead role of Mackie Messer.

Sven Schelker made his film debut in 2014 in Stefan Haupt's internationally awarded film Der Kreis . For his role as the travesty artist Röbi Rapp , he received the “Shooting Stars Award” from the European Film Promotion (EFP) at the 2015 Berlinale and in March of the same year the Swiss film award for “Best Actor”. In a film that was announced for 2019, Sven Schelker plays the environmental activist Bruno Manser .

Filmography

2014: The circle
2015: Homeland (TV series, 4 episodes)
2016: Crime scene: Borowski and the lost girl
2017: Goliath (cinema)
2019: Police call 110 - ten roses
2019: Die Neue Zeit (TV series)
2019: Auerhaus
2019: Bruno Manser - The Voice of the Rainforest (cinema)

Awards

2015: Berlinale 2015 - European Film Promotion (EFP) - honored with the Shooting Stars Award
2015: Swiss Film Award 2015 for “Best Actor” in the film Der Kreis
2020: Swiss Film Award 2020 in the Best Actor category for " Bruno Manser - The Voice of the Rainforest "

Web links

Sven Schelker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Vita of Sven Schelker on the website of the Lucky Punch agency

Individual evidence

^ Sven Schelker, recipient of the Migros Culture Percentage Award
↑ Sven Schelker on the Thalia Theater website, accessed on March 16, 2015
^ Vita of Sven Schelker on the website of the Lucky Punch agency, accessed on March 16, 2015
↑ NDR: shooting star with ambitions
↑ "The Circle" receives four trophies at the Swiss Film Prize 2015 on the website of the Swiss Confederation, communication dated March 13, 2015
↑ Laszlo Schneider: You can look forward to these Swiss films in 2019. In: srf.ch . December 18, 2018, accessed January 4, 2019 .
↑ Swiss Film Prize 2020: two prizes each for “Le milieu de l'horizon” and “Forever and ever”. In: Federal Office of Culture . March 23, 2020, accessed March 23, 2020 .
↑ Georges Wyrsch: Swiss Film Award 2020: “Le milieu de l'horizon” is the best Swiss film of the year. In: Srf.ch . March 23, 2020, accessed March 23, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schelker, Sven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel

[1] Sven Schelker, recipient of the Migros Culture Percentage Award

[2] Sven Schelker on the Thalia Theater website, accessed on March 16, 2015

[3] Vita of Sven Schelker on the website of the Lucky Punch agency, accessed on March 16, 2015

[4] NDR: shooting star with ambitions

[5] "The Circle" receives four trophies at the Swiss Film Prize 2015 on the website of the Swiss Confederation, communication dated March 13, 2015

[6] Laszlo Schneider: You can look forward to these Swiss films in 2019. In: srf.ch . December 18, 2018, accessed January 4, 2019 .

[bak78530-7] Swiss Film Prize 2020: two prizes each for “Le milieu de l'horizon” and “Forever and ever”. In: Federal Office of Culture . March 23, 2020, accessed March 23, 2020 .

[8] Georges Wyrsch: Swiss Film Award 2020: “Le milieu de l'horizon” is the best Swiss film of the year. In: Srf.ch . March 23, 2020, accessed March 23, 2020 .