Niklas Kohrt
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Niklas Kohrt is a German
actor
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. In 1999 he got his "Abitur" (A-Levels) at the Karl-Schiller-Oberschule and began his one year civil service in a hospital.
In October 2000 he started studying culture-, politics- and theater science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin first. After two years he stopped his studies to study at the renomated Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ Berlin. During his studies for acting he was engaged for the role of Keith in Lars Noren
s play Kälte in 2004, which played at the Deutschen Theater in Berlin. In the season 2005/2006 Niklas Kohrt became member of the theater ensemble at the Deutsches Theater and has been acting in several plays so far. He also acted in several films for cinema (recently Teenage Angst).
In 2008 he received the Alfred-Kerr-Darstellerpreis des Berliner Theatertreffen
s for his performance in Gerhart Hauptmanns Die Ratten
as Bruno Mechelke. A little later he was chosen as best newcomer ( bester Nachwuchsschauspieler) by the committee of the magazine Theater heute for the same role.
Beginning with season 2009/2010 Niklas Kohrt became member of the theater ensemble at the das Schauspielhaus Zürich
, as guest actor he was taking part in several plays at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
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Leben
Niklas Kohrt spent his childhood and youth in BerlinBerlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. In 1999 he got his "Abitur" (A-Levels) at the Karl-Schiller-Oberschule and began his one year civil service in a hospital.
In October 2000 he started studying culture-, politics- and theater science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin first. After two years he stopped his studies to study at the renomated Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ Berlin. During his studies for acting he was engaged for the role of Keith in Lars Noren
Lars Norén
Lars Norén is a Swedish playwright, novelist and poet. He is considered Sweden's most prominent contemporary playwright of today.Born in Stockholm, Norén wrote his first play at age 19...
s play Kälte in 2004, which played at the Deutschen Theater in Berlin. In the season 2005/2006 Niklas Kohrt became member of the theater ensemble at the Deutsches Theater and has been acting in several plays so far. He also acted in several films for cinema (recently Teenage Angst).
In 2008 he received the Alfred-Kerr-Darstellerpreis des Berliner Theatertreffen
Berliner Theatertreffen
Berliner Theatertreffen is a theatre festival in Berlin, Germany....
s for his performance in Gerhart Hauptmanns Die Ratten
Die Ratten
Die Ratten is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. It is an adaptation of the play by Gerhart Hauptmann which transferred the story in the early fifties, shortly after the Second World War...
as Bruno Mechelke. A little later he was chosen as best newcomer ( bester Nachwuchsschauspieler) by the committee of the magazine Theater heute for the same role.
Beginning with season 2009/2010 Niklas Kohrt became member of the theater ensemble at the das Schauspielhaus Zürich
Schauspielhaus Zürich
The Schauspielhaus Zürich is one of the most prominent and important theatres in the German-speaking world. It is also known as "Pfauenbühne" after its location on the Pfauen Square in Zürich, Switzerland. The large theatre has 750 seats...
, as guest actor he was taking part in several plays at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.
Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2004: Kälte (Lars NorenLars NorénLars Norén is a Swedish playwright, novelist and poet. He is considered Sweden's most prominent contemporary playwright of today.Born in Stockholm, Norén wrote his first play at age 19...
/ director: Robert Schuster / role: Keith) - 2005: The Confusions of Young TörlessThe Confusions of Young TörlessThe Confusions of Young Törless , the title of the novel is sometimes translated as Young Törless or Young Torless, is the literary debut of the Austrian novelist and essayist Robert Musil, first published in 1906.-Plot introduction:Musil's novel is ostensibly a Bildungsroman, a story of a young...
(Robert MusilRobert MusilRobert Musil was an Austrian writer. His unfinished long novel The Man Without Qualities is generally considered to be one of the most important modernist novels...
/ director: Dušan David Parizek / role: Reiting) - 2005: TartuffeTartuffeTartuffe is a comedy by Molière. It is one of his most famous plays.-History:Molière wrote Tartuffe in 1664...
(MolièreMolièreJean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
/ director: Robert Schuster / role: Damis) - 2006: Auf der Greifswalder Straße (Roland Schimmelpfennig / director: Jürgen Gosch / role: Fritz)
- 2006: Schlaf (Jon FosseJon FosseJon Fosse is a Norwegian author and dramatist.Fosse was born in Haugesund, Norway and currently lives in Bergen. He debuted in 1983 with the novel Raudt, svart . His first play, Og aldri skal vi skiljast, was performed and published in 1994. Jon Fosse has written novels, short stories, poetry,...
/ director: Michael Thalheimer / role: erster junger Mann) - 2007: Das Reich der Tiere (Roland Schimmelpfennig / director: Jürgen Gosch / role: Chris)
- 2007: A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
(Ein Sommernachtstraum, German version) (William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
/ director: Jürgen Gosch / role: Lysander) - 2007: Die RattenDie RattenDie Ratten is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak. It is an adaptation of the play by Gerhart Hauptmann which transferred the story in the early fifties, shortly after the Second World War...
(Gerhart HauptmannGerhart HauptmannGerhart Hauptmann was a German dramatist and novelist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912.-Life and work:...
/ director: Michael Thalheimer / role: Bruno Mechelke) - 2007: Triumph der Liebe (Pierre Carlet de Marivaux / director: Barbara Frey / role: Gärtner)
- 2008: Roberto Zucco (Bernard-Marie KoltèsBernard-Marie KoltèsBernard-Marie Koltès was a French playwright and director.-Life:Born in 1948 to a middle-class family in Metz, his life was violent and anchored in revolt. He tried his hand at writing at a very young age but later renounced it, and didn't take to the stage until the age of twenty...
/ director: Jakob Fedler / role: Zucco) - 2008: Was ihr wollt (William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
/ director: Michael Thalheimer / role: Sir Andrew Bleichenwang) - 2008: My Own Private Germany (director: Robert Borgmann / role: Christian)
- 2009: True WestTrue WestDepending on the context, True West refers to:*True West , Paisley Underground band which flourished in the early 1980s.*True West Magazine, which began publication in 1953.*True West written by Sam Shepard....
(Sam ShepardSam ShepardSam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...
/ director: Sabine Auf der Heyde / role: Austin) - 2009: IdomeneusIdomeneusIn Greek mythology, Idomeneus , "strength of Ida") was a Cretan warrior, father of Orsilochus and Chalkiope, son of Deucalion, grandson of Minos and king of Crete. He led the Cretan armies to the Trojan War and was also one of Helen's suitors. Meriones was his charioteer and brother-in-arms...
(Roland Schimmelpfennig / director: Jürgen Gosch)
Schauspielhaus Zürich
- 2009: Martin Salander (Thomas Jonigk after the novel by Gottfried KellerGottfried KellerGottfried Keller , a Swiss writer of German-language literature, was best known for his novel Green Henry .- Life and work :...
/ director: Stefan Bachmann / role: Arnold) - 2009: Triumph der Liebe (Pierre Carlet de Marivaux / Regie: Barbara Frey / role: Gärtner)
- 2009: Der Revisor (Nikolaj Gogol / Regie: Sebastian Nübling / role: police man)
- 2010: Der Hofmeister (Jakob Michael Reinhold LenzJakob Michael Reinhold LenzJakob Michael Reinhold Lenz was a Baltic German writer of the Sturm und Drang movement.-Life:...
/ director: Frank CastorfFrank CastorfFrank Castorf is a German theater director and since 1992 the artistic director of the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz...
/ role: Läuffer)
Television
- 1992: Achterbahn – Unter Verdacht (Rollercoaster - Under Suspicion) (ZDFZDFZweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
/ director: Gabi Degener)
Cinema
- 1995: Das Versteck (The Hiding Place) (dffbDeutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie BerlinThe Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin is a film school in Berlin, Germany.In the German film school ranking of FOCUS , the dffb - together with the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and the international filmschool cologne - were ranked as 2nd after the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg...
-short film / Regie: Saskia Kuipers) - 2003: Ganga Guest House (dffb-short film / director: David Sieveking)
- 2004: MuxmäuschenstillMuxmäuschenstillMuxmäuschenstill is a 2004 German mockumentary film directed by Marcus Mittermeier, written by Jan Henrik Stahlberg. The film follows a vigilante named Mux , who lives in Berlin and used to study philosophy...
(director: Marcus Mittermeier) - 2005: Mein ganz gewöhnliches Leben (My ordinary life) (director: Dominik Bechtel)
- 2006: KnallhartKnallhartTough Enough is a German movie, directed by Detlev Buck, released in 2006. Main actors are David Kross and Jenny Elvers.-Plot summary:...
(director: Detlev BuckDetlev BuckDetlev Buck is a German film director and actor.-Life and work:From his first short film at the age of 21 in 1982, Erst die Arbeit und dann?, he has remained one of the most important filmmakers working in Germany...
) - 2008: Teenage Angst (director: Thomas Stuber)
Awards
- 2008: Alfred-Kerr-Darstellerpreis of the "Berliner Theatertreffen" for the role of Bruno Mechelke in Die Ratten
- 2008: Nachwuchsschauspieler des Jahres, chosen by the Jury of the magazine Theater heute