Thomas Frey (actor)

Thomas Frey (born August 23, 1944 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actor .

Life

Thomas Frey is the son of the actors Susi Witt and Erik Frey . After his training (high school diploma; Max Reinhardt seminar in Vienna) played at various theaters. He started in Landshut , then played Düsseldorf, Regensburg , Baden-Baden, later in Munich, at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna, at the Schauspielhaus Zurich and in Berlin, there a. a. at the Theater des Westens , at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm and at the Freie Volksbühne Berlin (in Elisabeth von England by Ferdinand Bruckner ; director: Rudolf Noelte ). He has performed repeatedly in Hamburg ( Ernst Deutsch Theater , Hamburger Kammerspiele ), in Düsseldorf, Bonn ( Hamlet ; director: Rudolf Noelte) and Cologne.

He also played in Jedermann at the Heppenheim Festival and performed at the Summer Festival at Liechtenstein Castle . For years he also played in Jedermann in various casts at the Salzburg Festival ; He also appeared in the Games of the Mighty (directed by Giorgio Strehler ) and in Dantons Tod (directed by Rudolf Noelte ). He performed in the chamber music hall of the Philharmonie Berlin and in the Musikverein Vienna .

Since the late 1960s, he has been involved in numerous German television productions and a few movies, for example in the Simmel film God protects the lovers (1973), in Otto - Der Liebesfilm from 1992 or in the ARD series Lindenstrasse ( 1992–1993; in several episodes as the figure of Wolf-Dieter Dabelstein). In the US Mystery - Thriller Appointment with Death in Cairo (1993) by Graeme Clifford , he played as "Bank Teller" a supporting role alongside Liam Neeson and Andie McDowell . He often had guest roles in popular television series such as Der Kommissar , Tatort , Der Havelkaiser , Praxis Bülowbogen , Drei Damen vom Grill , Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast , Wolffs Revier , Liebling Kreuzberg , Unser Charly and Großstadtrevier . He was preferred as a police officer, academic, publisher, forester and other people of respect. In a total of 24 episodes he also played Dirk Losberg in the series The Losbergs .

Since 2006 Thomas Frey has withdrawn into private life for health reasons.

1996: Rolf Schneider : Montezumas Krone (doctor) - Director: Rolf Schneider (detective radio play - MDR / SFB )