Wolf Bachofner is an Austrian stage and film actor.

In Vienna he got private lectures in speaking and studying parts. After this education he was engaged at the Landestheater Linz

Linz

Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...

, in Vienna, Klagenfurt

Klagenfurt

-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...

 and also in Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

 and from 1997 on at the "Deutsches Schauspielhaus" in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

. He played in The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on...

(Der Kirschgarten, Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...

), Athena

Athena

In Greek mythology, Athena, Athenê, or Athene , also referred to as Pallas Athena/Athene , is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, justice, and skill. Minerva, Athena's Roman incarnation, embodies similar attributes. Athena is...

(Pallas Athene, Herbert Achternbusch), Danton's Death

Danton's Death

Danton's Death was the first play written by Georg Büchner, set during the French Revolution.-History:Georg Büchner wrote his works in the period between Romanticism and Realism in the so-called Vormärz era in German history and literature...

(Dantons Tod, Igor Bauersimas) and also in William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William 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"...

's Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Twelfth Night; or, What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season...

(Was ihr wollt).

He got international popularity through his part as criminal detective Peter Höllerer in the Austrian-made (ORF

ORF

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) police television drama Inspector Rex (Kommissar Rex), where he was involved in 59 episodes.

Films and television (selection)

• 1992: Dead Flowers
• 1994-1999: Inspector Rex (Kommissar Rex) (series)
• 1995: Nachtbus (Night Bus, shortfilm)
• 1995: Die Ameisenstraße (Ant Street)
• 1997: Qualtingers Wien
• 1997: Tatort (series, episode Eulenburg)
• 1998: Männer
• 1999: Schlachten!
• 1999: Viehjud Levi (Jew-Boy Levi)
• 2000: Jedermann
• 2002: Ikarus (Icarus)
• 2004: Blond: Eva Blond! (serie, episode Der Zwerg im Schließfach)
• 2005: Ich bin ein Berliner
• 2005: SOKO Wismar (series, episode Notwehr)
• 2005: Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Im Reich der Reblaus
• 2006: Der Winzerkönig (series, episode Blinde Eifersucht)
• 2006: Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – nur keine Wellen

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