Thomas Ziesch

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Thomas Ziesch (born April 11, 1971 in Hoyerswerda , Hoyerswerda district ) is a German actor .

Life

Family and education

Thomas Ziesch comes from a German- Sorbian family and grew up in a small town near Bautzen . The family did not speak Sorbian at home , but Ziesch learned the language in kindergarten and school, where he had two or three language lessons a week. At the age of eleven he was a member of the “AK11 National Football Team ”. However, his parents were against admission to a sports school, so that Ziesch finally trained as a hotel specialist (catering specialist ) from 1987 to 1989 .

At the age of 13/14 he was on stage for the first time at the German-Sorbian People's Theater and gained his first theater experience. A lecturer at the “Hans Otto” Leipzig Theater Academy , who worked as a talent scout, discovered him there and put him in touch. In 1987 he successfully passed the entrance examination at the Leipzig Theater School, but initially did his training and completed his basic military service as a soldier in the National People's Army , which he was able to finish early after twelve months due to the political change .

From 1990 to 1994 Ziesch completed his acting studies at the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig , which he completed with a degree as a "graduate actor".

theatre

After completing his studies, he was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Schauspiel Leipzig from 1994 to 1997 . From 1997 to 2007 he was a permanent member of the theater ensemble at Theater Bremen . He has been working as a freelance actor since 2007.

Ziesch played over 80 roles at the theater under the direction a. a. by Johanna Schall , Armin Petras , Konstanze Lauterbach , Uwe Wand , Horst Ruprecht , Johann Kresnik , Thomas Bischoff , David Mouchtar-Samorai , Lukas Langhoff , Andrej Woron , Karin Henkel and Thirza Bruncken . Directed by Konstanze Lauterbach, he starred in the production The Obsessed , which was invited to the 1993 Berlin Theatertreffen and the “Heidelberger Stückemarkt”. In 1995 he appeared in Lauterbach's production of Brecht's Arturo Ui at the Wiener Festwochen .

Ziesch was a guest a. at the Staatstheater Oldenburg , the Theater Bonn , the Schlosstheater Celle , the Theater Heidelberg , the Bremer Shakespeare Company and the Grenzlandtheater Aachen (2019, as Cyrano de Bergerac ). In 2018 he appeared as a mentally handicapped Hauke ​​in Ruf der Freiheit at the Störtebeker Festival . In 2019 the mercenary Arne followed in the oath of the righteous .

In addition to his work as an actor, Ziesch, who learned fencing with Klaus Grosser in Leipzig, with Klaus Figge and in seminars with Bret Yount , the choreographer from Troy , works as a stage battle choreographer.

He choreographed fight scenes to now more than 20 German theaters (u. A. Frankfurt Opera , the Salzburg Easter Festival , Cologne Opera , Störtebeker festival, Thalia Theater Hamburg , State Theater Meiningen , Castle Festival Heidelberg, Rococo Theater Schwetzingen, Dresden State Theater , Theater Bremen, Brunswick State Theater , Theater Magdeburg , Palace Theater Celle, Landesbühne Sachsen-Anhalt , Oper Leipzig , Burgbühne Dilsberg).

He also worked as a stunt choreographer for the American film Morris from America (2016). Ziesch is a lecturer for "scenic stage combat" at the University of the Arts Bremen and at the University of Music and Theater Hanover .

Film, television, dubbing

Ziesch also stood in front of the camera for several film and TV productions. For the cinema he shot a. a. with Christian Alvart . He had episode roles in the ZDF series Notruf Hafenkante (2009, as a suspect in a double role), SOKO Wismar (2009, alongside Brigitte Böttrich as the suspected brother of a slain organic farmer) and Ein Fall für Zwei (2010, as a purchased Witness who comes under pressure).

In the short film #Wannadie (2018), of the Bremen Film Prize won in 2018 and a nomination in the category "Best Film" at the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival in Saarbruecken got played Ziesch, alongside Frank Rafael bosses and Andreas Christ , one of the Leading roles as a "nerdy dress designer in Kaiser Franz costume with a broken heart". In the 10th film of the ARD - crime film series Nord bei Nordwest , Nord bei Nordwest - Ein Killer und ein Halber (2020), Ziesch took on a supporting role as a shepherd .

Ziesch is also active as a speaker for radio and dubbing, u. a. at Studio Hamburg , Radio Bremen and Synchron Leipzig.

Private

Ziesch is married and has a family man. He lives in Bremen .

Filmography (selection)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Thomas Ziesch at schauspielervideos.de. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c Thomas Ziesch . Vita and profile at CASTFORWARD. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Störtebeker Festival - Behind the scenes: Mercenary Arne invented the battle scenes at Störtebeker . In: Ostsee-Zeitung of July 26, 2019. Retrieved on March 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Thomas Ziesch . Vita. Program of the Störtebeker Festival 2018. Accessed on March 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Thomas Ziesch . Vita. Official website of Theater Heidelberg . Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  6. ↑ Störtebeker Festival 2018 - Interview with Thomas Ziesch. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  7. ↑ INTERVIEW with Thomas Ziesch . Störtebeker Festival. Call of Freedom 2018. Accessed March 9, 2020.
  8. ↑ Thomas Ziesch . Official website of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden . Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ #WANNADIE . Nordmedia production mirror. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  10. ↑ #WANNADIE . Official website of the Max Ophüls Preis film festival . Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  11. Jump up ↑ North by Northwest - A killer and a half . Plot, cast and picture gallery. Official website Das Erste . Retrieved March 9, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Ziesch, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Hoyerswerda , Hoyerswerda district