Thomas Birnstiel

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Thomas Birnstiel (* 1978 in Munich ) is a German actor .

Life

Thomas Birnstiel, who wanted to become an actor at the age of 14, worked for several years in school theater during his school days at high school. After graduating from high school and doing community service , he completed his acting studies from 1999 to 2003 at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin . First engagements followed at the Staatstheater Braunschweig (2003, as a high school student Georg Zirschnitz in Spring Awakening ) and at the Prinzregententheater (Munich 2003; as a scribe light in Der zerbrochne Krug , director: Michael Lerchenberg ).

From 2003 he was a permanent member of the ensemble of the Wuppertaler Schauspielbühnen , where he a. a. played the title roles in Hamlet and Peer Gynt . At the beginning of the 2007/08 season, he moved to the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe as a permanent member of the ensemble .

From the 2011/12 season to the end of the 2014/15 season, Thomas Birnstiel was part of the acting ensemble of the Regensburg Theater . His stage roles there included u. a. Florian in The Brandner Kaspar and the Eternal Life , Brighella in The Servant of Two Lords , Count Paris in Romeo and Juliet , Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream , Count von Moor / Schwarz in The Robbers , Captain Horster in Ein Volksfeind and the Norman in Ladies' Night . At Theater Regensburg he played the stuttering King Bertie ( Georg VI. ) In the play The King's Speech in the 2013/14 season and (as a guest) in 2016 .

Since 2015 he has been working as a freelancer in the theater, film and television sector. In the 2015/16 season he was a guest at the Regensburg Theater as landowner Timofej Gordejewitsch Bugrow in Platonow .

On television he had numerous supporting roles, mainly in productions of Bavarian TV and ZDF , where he often played characters with a South German , Upper Bavarian or Austrian background.

In the Kommissar Pascha films, which premiered in March 2017, he had a supporting role alongside Tim Seyfi and Michael A. Grimm as Commissioner Herkamer, who was conspicuous by his grumpy, racist remarks. He played u. a. in the series Munich 7 (2014–2015, as specialist Kurt), Die Rosenheim-Cops (2015, as suspect, recently released mechanic Gerhard Windisch), SOKO Kitzbühel (2017, as seedy hotel employee Björn Makat) and Um Himmels Will (2017, as potential heir Norbert Meinhardt, at the side of Janna Striebeck ). In December 2017, Birnstiel was again seen in a supporting role in the ZDF crime series Die Rosenheim-Cops , this time as journeyman Martin Keller, the employee of a master sack maker . In the 19th season of the ZDF series Die Rosenheim-Cops , Birnstiel took over the role of temporary commissioner Theo Aubinger from Berchtesgaden from March 2020 .

In addition to his work as an actor, Birnstiel regularly works as a radio and voiceover speaker for Bayerischer Rundfunk ( Bayern 2 Radio Wissen), Sky and other companies . Occasionally he also works as a voice actor . He is also a lecturer for the subjects “Improvisation, Role and Ensemble” at the Academy for Performing Arts Bavaria .

Birnstiel lives in Munich.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Thomas Birnstiel at schauspielervideos.de. Vita. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Thomas Birnstiel . Vita and list of roles at E-TALENTA. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Jörg Degenkolb: Thomas Birnstiel on new paths: "Peer Gynt" goes to Karlsruhe . In: Westdeutsche Zeitung of July 29, 2007. Retrieved on December 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c THOMAS BIRNSTIEL ( Memento of the original dated December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Vita. Official website of the Academy for Performing Arts Bavaria. Retrieved December 19, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adk-bayern.com
  5. ^ Heinrich von Kleist on television . Cast and production details. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  6. ↑ a b THOMAS BIRNSTIEL . Vita. Official website of Theater Regensburg . Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  7. ↑ The production doesn't stutter: "The King's Speech" at the theater ... Even more haunting than the film . Performance review. Oberpfalznetz.de. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  8. ↑ The Rosenheim Cops: Don't worry . Plot and cast. Official website of the ZDF . Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  9. ↑ The Rosenheim Cops Series - Season 19, Episode 23 . Oddsmeter.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Birnstiel, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and speaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich