Wolfgang Böck

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Wolfgang Böck (2018)

Wolfgang Böck (born January 14, 1953 in Linz ) is an Austrian actor and theater director .

education

Wolfgang Böck was born in Linz in 1953 as the son of an industrial clerk and a kindergarten teacher . After compulsory school he attended the higher technical institute for mechanical engineering for four years , which he did not graduate. He was school and state school spokesman. He then received his acting training from 1973 to 1976 in Graz at the University of Music and Performing Arts . He completed this in 1976. According to his own statement, the trigger for his way to the theater was a visit to the Linz State Theater and the play Magic Afternoon by Wolfgang Bauer .

Professional background

He received his first theater engagement in Bregenz in Vorarlberg . He attracted attention in plays such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ('Mc Murphy') and as 'Behringer' in The Rhinos . From 1980 to 1983 he played at the Landestheater in Linz a . a. in class enemy next to Wolf Bachofner and in Kasimir and Karoline .

In 1983 Wolfgang Böck played at the Vienna Volkstheater , later roles in Switzerland , at the Schauspielhaus Zürich , such as Mortimer Brewster in Arsen und Spitzenhäubchen and in the Renaissance Theater Berlin , such as 'Der Concentration Camp-Erhardt' in Poland is not lost yet . He also excelled in Alexis Sorbas in the Graz Opera House , at the Salzburg Festival he was 'Lorenz' in Der Bauer als Millionär and 'Guter Gesell' in Jedermann , later in Vienna at the Theater in der Josefstadt he played 'Steißhäuptl' in Der Raspbeerpflücker . Together with his colleague Adi Hirschal , he conceived a musical “Journey through Vienna's suburbs”: “Strizzilieder”, “Oide Hawara” and “Schwoazze Luft - Strizzihimmelfahrt” were also released on CD.

The Linz actor also appeared in numerous film and television roles, such as in Der Nachbar , Kommissar Rex , Die Neue - A woman with caliber , Julia - An unusual woman , and in various episodes of Tatort and many more

He became known throughout Austria primarily through his participation in the Kaisermühlen Blues . Here he was seen as the Viennese policeman Trautmann, the partner of the leading actress Gitti Schimek ( Marianne Mendt ). As this very Trautmann , Wolfgang Böck stood in front of the camera in the spring 2000 crime pilot film Trautmann - He who is tricky remains (directed by Harald SICHERITZ ). In the meantime, another 9 Trautmann thrillers were created under the direction of Thomas Roth .

For his previous portrayal of Inspector Trautmann, Böck - together with the author of Kaisermühlen Blues and Trautmann Ernst Hinterberger - was named "Honorary kiberer " by the Association of Austrian Federal Criminal Police Officers in December 2001 .

In October 2003 he was appointed artistic director of the Castle Games in Kobersdorf in Burgenland . Already in the first season the long-term average of 9000 visitors could be doubled: Intendant Böck could be seen in the Nestroy piece Lumpazivagabundus as shoemaker Knieriem, in 2005 the Ferenc Molnár piece " Liliom " followed with him in the title role.

Wolfgang Böck - "Best of Strizzis " (Vienna 2008)

In autumn 2004 he stood in front of the camera for the ten-part ORF production 11er Haus , a comedy series that was to be broadcast in 2005 on the topic of “50 Years of Television”. From January to mid-February 2005, the Lisa film The Love of a Priest was shot in Prague and Carinthia , in which Böck played the shady underworld boss Pokorny, the owner of a noble brothel. Directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb . In the film, which was broadcast on ORF and ARD on May 19, 2005, Erol Sander played a seminary student and Maximilian Schell played a priest. From March 2005, Wolfgang Böck made two more “Trautmann” films.

Böck about his “Trautmann”: “I have grown dear to him. It's an interesting figure that has made me very popular. ” (Quote from Kronen Zeitung , November 19, 2006) In November 2006, Böck was in front of the camera as Werner Slupetzky in the two-part ORF comedy Die Slupetzkis: Urlaub in Balkonien .

In the MR film series Blaulicht , which the author Peter Mazzuchelli writes ( Julia , Medicopter 117 - Every life counts ), he is supposed to play an ambulance doctor. According to Böck, this would be his first real doctor. As a rescue driver, however, he would have extensive practical experience, as he was doing civilian service in Bregenz as a rescue driver. Since 2007 Wolfgang Böck and Adi Hirschal can be seen again and again on different stages with the Wienerlied program Best of Strizzi .

Furthermore, Wolfgang Böck was engaged several times for guest roles in the Austrian series Schnell , and played in Germany in the movie Unter dir die Stadt , which is part of the banker milieu.

In 2009 Wolfgang Böck was with Gabriela Benesch in their joint cabaret program All You Need Is Love !? on tour, in 2010 he and Brigitte Neumeister performed the program Aus dem Reich der Burenwurst on the stage of the Ybbsiade - cabaret and cabaret festival in Ybbs on the Danube .

On the occasion of his 40th stage anniversary in 2014, the concert program boeck.privat@habtsmigern.ade was created under the musical direction of Andreas Radovan with texts by Klaus Lintschinger. Wolfgang Böck & Band will perform throughout Austria.

In the 19th season of the German TV series Um Himmels Willen (first broadcast in winter / spring 2020) he plays the auxiliary bishop Landkammer.

Castle Games Kobersdorf

Wolfgang Böck has been the artistic director of the Kobersdorf Castle Games since 2004. He put Johann Nestroy's Lumpazivagabundus on the theater bill for the debut . This was followed in 2005 by Liliom by Ferenc Molnár , in 2006 by Brecht's The Threepenny Opera , in 2007 by George Feydeau's Flea in the Ear , in 2008 by Johann Nestroy on the ground floor and first floor . For the Joseph Haydn year 2009, the commissioned work The Head of Joseph Haydn by Michael Korth with its world premiere on Monday, July 6, 2009, proved to be a worthy contribution. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare followed in 2010 , for the 40th anniversary of the Schloss-Spiele Kobersdorf The Imaginary Sick of Molière in 2011 with Fritz Hammel in the lead role and in 2012 the Shakespeare comedy Was ihr wollt . In the tenth year of his directorship, Wolfgang Böck programmed Die Dame vom Maxim by Georges Feydeau (German by Hans Weigel ).

In 2016, Böck's contract as artistic director of the Schloss-Spiele Kobersdorf was extended for another five years until 2021. 2017 he was a judge Adam in The Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist in the direction of Werner Prince to see 2018 as Teddy Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring , 2019 as Schnoferl in the Mädl from the suburbs of Johann Nestroy . In 2020 he will be part of Ray Cooney's Out of Control .

In the last fourteen game seasons , the Schloss-Spiele Kobersdorf has recorded an average total occupancy rate of 96.4% per year.

Others

The enthusiastic motorcyclist Böck has been a freelance actor since 1987 and lives with his wife, the Burgenland architect Sonja Kremsner, whom he married in 2002, partly in Vienna and partly in Burgenland. In 1990 his son was born. Böck has a soft spot for classic cars .

Wolfgang Böck is the speaker of the station announcements on the Vienna bus routes 92A and 92B, whose routes lead through Kaisermühlen .

In 2002 Wolfgang Böck made a guest appearance as Trautmann in the episode Die UFO-Oma in the Austrian children's series Tom Turbo. In this appearance, however, for child-friendly reasons, you never see him with his customary, self-rolled cigarette, but instead often with a Leberkässemmerl - another of Trautmann's vices - within the series.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

Wolfgang Böck at a reading in September 2007

Books

  • with Günther Schatzdorfer: Better. Easy. A culinary and cultural journey through the lagoon to Venice. Carinthia, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85378-616-1 .
  • with Günther Schatzdorfer: 50 years of appetite. A culinary night with Wolfgang Böck and Günther Schatzdorfer. Carinthia, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85378-634-5 .
  • with Günther Schatzdorfer: Preferably real. A culinary and cultural journey into the hinterland of Venice. Amaltea. Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85002-706-9 .
  • Like me: on the road. my life , recorded by Christian Frühwirth, Amalthea Signum, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-99050-117-7 .

Prizes and awards

social commitment

Together with the Society for MucoPolySaccharidosen (MPS) , Wolfgang Böck, in his role as MPS ambassador, has set himself the goal of making this metabolic disease known to the public and raising funds for affected children.

Web links

Commons : Wolfgang Böck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ORF customer service : Hello, how are you? - Wolfgang Böck visits Dagmar Koller ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), August 15, 2008. Retrieved on May 1, 2010.
  2. ↑ Honors: Dear Kriminalist than Professor - Kriminalist Böck , December 2, 2003. Accessed May 1, 2010.
  3. ↑ ORF III: The Slupetzkis: Vacation in Balkonien (accessed on July 21, 2019)
  4. ↑ Oberösterreichische Nachrichten | OÖN of May 23, 2009 The head of Joseph Haydn followed the corpse
  5. ↑ [http://www.kabarett-comedy.com/index.php?id=859 Cabaret-Comedy, programs: '' All you need is love !? ''] (link not available)
  6. ^ Ybbsiade: cabaret and cabaret festival in Ybbs on the Danube. In: ybbsiade.at. October 24, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019 .
  7. ^ Wolfgang Böck new director of the Kobersdorfer Castle Games
  8. ^ Report on Ö1
  9. ↑ [http://www.schlossspiele.com/ schedule of the Schloss-Spiele Kobersdorf] / (link not available)
personal data
SURNAME Böck, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz , Austria