Urs Hefti
Urs Hefti (born July 20, 1944 in Klosters ; † January 20, 2008 in Vienna ) was a Swiss actor and member of the Vienna Burgtheater ensemble .
Career
Urs Hefti completed his acting training at the Zurich Acting Academy . From 1972 to 1977 he played at the State Theater Tübingen , then he moved to the State Theater Stuttgart for two years . Between 1980 and 1986 he was engaged at the Schauspielhaus Bochum , from which he, like many of his colleagues, followed director Claus Peymann to the Burgtheater. In 1993 he left the castle and went to the Berliner Ensemble , but returned to Vienna two years later. Since then he has been a permanent member of the ensemble again. He worked with well-known directors such as Luc Bondy , Andrea Breth , Achim Freyer , Klaus Michael Grüber , Manfred Karge , Alfred Kirchner , Matthias Langhoff , Heiner Müller , Christoph Nel , Peter Palitzsch , Claus Peymann, George Tabori , Jossi Wieler and Peter Zadek together. Between 1993 and 2000 he played at the Salzburg Festival . Often he also took on film roles.
Theater roles
- 1981 Sultan Saladin in Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , directed by Claus Peymann ( Schauspielhaus Bochum )
- 1982: Venitidius in Die Hermannsschlacht by Heinrich von Kleist , directed by Claus Peymann ( Schauspielhaus Bochum )
- 1993: Council servant in Coriolan by William Shakespeare - Director: Deborah Warner ( Salzburg Festival - Felsenreitschule)
- 2004: Milo in The Golden Fleece by Franz Grillparzer , director: Stephan Kimmig
- 2005: Rudi in The Sunken Cathedral by Gert Jonke , director: Christiane Pohle
- 2005: Joker in the power of habit by Thomas Bernhard , director: Philip Tiedemann
- 2006: Pertachichin in Kleinbürger by Maxim Gorki , director: Karin Beier
- 2006: Teddy Brewster in arsenic and lace cap by Joseph Kesselring , directed by Barbara Frey
- 2007: Flaut, der Bälgenflicker (Thisbe) in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Theu Boermans
Theatrical recordings
- 1984: Venitidius in " Die Hermannsschlacht (Kleist) " by Heinrich von Kleist , directed by Claus Peymann ( Schauspielhaus Bochum , ZDF 1984, first broadcast: May 15, 1984)
Film rolls
- 1981: Engel aus Eisen , directed by Thomas Brasch
- 1998: Late Show , directed by Helmut Dietl
- 2002: The Crew , directed by Michael Hirth
- 2002: Haider lives , directed by Peter Kern
- 2006: Sonja's return , director: Tobias Ineichen
- 2007: Marmorera , director: Markus Fischer
Television film roles
- 1990: If the neighbors only knew , ORF, director: Peter Hajek
- 1990: The director , DRS, director: Wolfgang Panzer
- 1998: Kommissar Rex , SAT.1, director: Wolfgang Dickmann
- 2003: Vera , ARD, director: Joseph Vilsmaier
- 2004: Die Heilerin , SAT.1, directed by Holger Barthel
- 2005: Wolf and Lettuce , DRS, Director: Tobias Ineichen
- 2006: Sonja's return , SF1, director: Tobias Ineichen
literature
- Julia Danielczyk: Urs Hefti . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 910.
Web links
- Urs Hefti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Death report with curriculum vitae
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hefti, Urs |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Klosters-Serneus |
DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 2008 |
Place of death | Vienna |