PETER SIMONISCHEK
For many years Peter Simonischek has been one of the best-known actors in German language theatre. He is also frequently to be seen in movies and television productions. In OCTOBER NOVEMBER he plays the father.
Vita
Studied drama at the University of the Performing Arts in Graz, where he was born. As a student he appeared in productions at the Schauspielhaus Graz, and this was followed by engagements at the Stadttheater St. Gallen, in Bern and Darmstadt, and at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. Starting in 1979 he spent 20 years with the Ensemble of the Berliner Schaubühne, where he mainly worked with Peter Stein but also with other directors such as Luc Bondy, Andrea Breth, Klaus-Michael Grüber and Robert Wilson, appearing in numerous classical and contemporary works. From 2002 to 2009 he played the role of Jedermann at the Salzburger Festspielen one hundred times. Since 1999 he has been appearing at the Wiener Burgtheater, in works by directors including Thomas Langhoff, Peter Zadek, Andrea Breth, Barbara Frey, Alvis Hermanis and Anselm Weber. Since the end of the 1970s he has also made regular appearances in television and cinema films. Peter Simonischek has been honoured with numerous awards, including the German Audio Book Prize and the Grimme Prize.
Films (selected)
2013 OCTOBER NOVEMBER
Director: Götz Spielmann
2011 LUDWIG II.
Director: Peter Sehr, Marie Noëlle
2009 GELIEBTER JOHANN, GELIEBTE ANNA
Director: Julian Roman Pölsler (TV-Film)
2006 EINE FOLGENSCHWERE AFFÄRE
Director: Martin Enlen (TV-Film)
2002 HIERANKL
Director: Hans Steinbichler
2001 GEBÜRTIG
Director: Lukas Stepanik, Robert Schindel
1994 TIEF OBEN
Director: Willy Hengstler
1992 DER VERUNTREUTE HIMMEL
Director: Ottokar Runze
1992 DIE KRÜCKE
Director: Jörg Grünler
1991 DER BERG
Director: Markus Imhof
1989 DER ACHTE TAG
Director: Reinhard Münster
1987 FÜRCHTEN UND LIEBEN
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
1987 DIE PUPPE
Director: Georg Tressler
1984 HERRENJAHRE
Director: Axel Corti (TV-Film)
1980 DAS EIEN GLÜCK UND DAS ANDERE
Director: Axel Corti (TV-Film)
Theatre (selected)
BERLINER SCHAUBÜHNE
Orestie
Drei Schwestern
Von Morgens bis Mitternacht
Der einsame Weg
Ampythrion
SALZBURGER FESTSPIELE
Torquato Tasso
Prometheus
Die Hochzeit
Der Kirschgarten
Jedermann
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
BURGTHEATER WIEN
John Gabriel Borkmann
Fiesco
Der jüngste Tag
Das Käthchen von Heilbronn oder Die Feuerprobe
Die Jungfrau von Orleans
Der letzte Aufruf
Der Unbestechliche
Die Ziege oder Wer ist Sylvia?
Julius Caesar
and many more
SCHAUSPIELHAUS GRAZ
Baumeister Solness
Imperium
