André Kaczmarczyk
André Kaczmarczyk (left).
Born1986
Suhl, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationActor
Years active2005-present

André Kaczmarczyk (born 1986)[1] is a German actor and director.

Life

Early life and theatre

Kaczmarczyk is from Eisenach.[2] He attended the musical and artistic branch at the local Elisabeth-Gymnasium, where he also did his Abitur.[2] He started acting in theatre as a teenager and was active in various youth theater projects. He was initially a member of the youth club at the "Freien Eisenacher Burgtheater" and, after it closed, in the Landestheater Eisenach.[2][3] In the summer of 2005, after graduating from high school, he played the young Martin Luther in the historical medieval spectacle Luther - the Eisenach open-air stage festival.[2] He also appeared again later at the Luther Festival, in 2007 as Luther's famulus Georg Rörer and in 2009 as the devil.[4][5]

He began his professional theatre career in 2004 at the Landestheater Eisenach, even before he actually trained as an actor, and in 2005 he moved to the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam, where he was a member of the ensemble until 2007. He also completed his voluntary social year at the Hans Otto Theater.[2] There in 2006 he took on the role of the young soldier in the premiere of David Salz, a scenic collage based on an idea by Lea Rosh about the Auschwitz survivor David Salz, directed by Uwe Eric Laufenberg.[6] In September 2006, he also played the role of André, the new partner of the female protagonist, in the German premiere of the play Safety Distance by Franco-Canadian Frédéric Blanchette at the Hans Otto Theater.[7]

André then studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin from 2006 to 2009.[2] Between 2007 and 2010 he appeared regularly at the bat-Studiotheater at the Ernst Busch Academy during his studies, including as a writer in Die Jagdgesellschaft and as Lenz in a stage version of the story Lenz by Georg Büchner. From 2007 he was already working as a freelance actor alongside his training. In 2008 he played Rosencrantz in Hamlet at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin directed by Tilmann Köhler.[8] In 2010 he had an engagement at the Volkstheater Rostock and he also acted in Orfeo – Love will tear us apart, a production of the Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen in Hanover, and in a stage version of the novel Berlin Alexanderplatz at the Berlin Schaubühne, directed by Volker Loesch.

He has worked at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden since 2011, from the 2013/14 season he was also a permanent member of the ensemble there until 2016.[1] There he appeared as Jessica in an all-male cast of Shakespeare's tragic comedy The Merchant of Venice, as Spelunken-Jenny in Brecht/Weill's The Threepenny Opera, as Goylbastard Nerron in the world premiere of the children's and family theater play Reckless II - Vivid Shadows by Cornelia Funke and as Kevin "Princess" Marley in the world premiere of the play Fast ganz nah (euer Krieg ist unser Krieg) by Pamela Carter. In Dresden, he also played "Hallodri" Alfred in Horváth's play Tales from the Vienna Woods, Nikolai in Dostoyevsky's Demons and the fool Touchstone in Shakespeare's As You Like It.[9][10][11]

In the 2014/15 season André took on the title character in Danton's Death in a new production by director Friederike Heller at the Dresden Staatsschauspiel.[12] In the 2015/16 season he played the role of the impoverished Prince Myschkin in a stage version of Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot in a production by the former Burgtheater director Matthias Hartmann.[13][14] In the 2015/16 season, Kaczmarczyk was back on stage in a travesty role as he played the opera diva Ildebranda Cuffari in a stage adaptation of Fellini's And the Ship Sails On.[15] He was also in Dresden for several seasons, alongside Lea Ruckpaul as Isa, as "Tschick" in the stage adaptation of the novel of the same name by Wolfgang Herrndorf. He also played this role in 2015–2016, his last season as a permanent member, at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden.

Since the 2016/17 season he has been a permanent member of the ensemble at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus under the new artistic director Wilfried Schulz.[16] There he played the role of Enkidu in the epic play of Gilgamesh, a stage adaptation by Raoul Schrott in 2016–2017.[17]

Kaczmarczyk also wrote his own pieces, often musical. In the 2016/17 season he staged the ensemble recital Heart of Gold.[18] In 2017/2018 he premiered the production Jeff Koons, a scenic installation based on the play of the same name by Rainald Goetz, which he created together with Felix Krakow.[19] His stage version of Alice based on Lewis Carroll had its premiere as a musical in October 2020 at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus.[20]

Kaczmarczyk lives in Düsseldorf-Flingern.[21]

Film, television and radio

Kaczmarczyk also took part in film and television productions and in several short films. In the episode Ludwig II and the Bavarians (Season 2; Part 8), which was first broadcast on December 4, 2010, as part of the ZDF television documentary series Die Deutschen, he embodied the fairytale king Ludwig II of Bavaria.[2] In 2011 he had a small role (as Titania) in the historical thriller Anonymus by Roland Emmerich. He played the poet Nathanael in the 2010 short film The Sandman, which was based on the story of the same name by E. T. A. Hoffmann and had its TV premiere in April 2012.[22][23]

In 2012 he had an episode role in the ARD crime series Heiter bis tödlich: Akte Ex as a young artist Tobias Krüger.[24] In the same year, Kaczmarczyk was also seen in two fairy tale films: as the young King Jakob in Allerleirauh (Das Erste, December 2012) and as Prince Markus in The Six Swans (ZDF, December 2012), he gave both roles "complex character traits".[25]

In November 2015, Kaczmarczyk appeared in the ARD serie In aller Freundschaft – Die jungen Ärzte as Heiko "Ralle" Rallburg. He played the criminal best friend of assistant doctor Elias Bähr (Stefan Ruppe) from their school days together.[26] In the ZDF television thriller München Mord: Wo bist Du, Feigling?, first broadcast in September 2016 he was seen in the role of Niklas Bernhard.[27] In the 9th season of the crime serie Die Chefin first broadcast from August 2018 he had a leading role as Anton Berger, he embodied the owner of a Munich software and IT company and brother of a psychopathic multiple murderer alongside Franz Pätzold.

Since January 2022, Vincent Ross, has been the first gender-fluid[28] Polizeiruf 110 commissioner and successor to Maria Simon (Olga Lenski). Together with Lucas Gregorowicz (Adam Raczek), he formed a Polish-German investigative duo until 2022.[29][30]

André Kaczmarczyk has also worked as a radio play speaker in various radio play productions by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Deutschlandfunk Kultur and BBC Radio.

References

  1. 1 2 "André Kaczmarczyk". Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2023-02-19.. Vgl. Vita auf staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Schellbach, Birgit (2010-12-07). "Eisenacher als Märchenkönig Ludwig II". www.thueringer-allgemeine.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  3. ↑ "Maxim Gorki Theater - André Kaczmarczyk". 2016-03-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  4. ↑ ""Geschichte zum Anfassen" - Opel-FAHR lud "Luther-Schauspieler" in Barockstadt ein // Osthessen|News". osthessen-news.de. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  5. ↑ Völker, Sven-Uwe (2011-09-03). "Lutherverein steht im Konflikt um doppeltes Musical". www.thueringer-allgemeine.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  6. ↑ "Does this never stop?". berliner-zeitung.
  7. ↑ "Feelings on the autopsy table". pnn. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  8. ↑ "Hamlet cast list". archive.today. Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  9. ↑ Rasante Orgie. Aufführungskritik. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung 27 February 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Ein Glashaus voller Orientierungsloser. Aufführungskritik. In: Freie Presse 2 June 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Asyl auf der Augenweide. Aufführungskritik. Nachtkritik.de 17 January 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Grau, Toralf. "Tugend, Terror und Lebensgier in Zeiten der Revolution". Meißner Tageblatt (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  13. ↑ "Matthias Hartmann is directing Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot" at the Dresden State Theater: Fool among Fools". lvz.de. Archived from the original on 2016-10-17. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  14. ↑ Zeitung, Süddeutsche (17 January 2016). "Er ist wieder da". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  15. ↑ Grau, Toralf. "Dresdner Abschied mit dem "Schiff der Träume"". Meißner Tageblatt (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  16. ↑ ONLINE, RP (2016-03-01). "Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus: Schulz stellt sein Ensemble vor". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  17. ↑ Hennecke, Günther (2016-09-16). "Grandiose "Gilgamesh"-Inszenierung | NOZ". noz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  18. ↑ ONLINE, RP (2017-03-08). "Düsseldorf: Große Lieder von der Liebe". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  19. ↑ ONLINE, RP (2017-12-09). "Düsseldorf: Wo Koons draufsteht, ist Kunst drin". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  20. ↑ Wilink, Andreas. "Alice – Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus – André Kaczmarczyk inszeniert scheinhaft schönes Musiktheater nach Lewis Carroll". www.nachtkritik.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  21. ↑ Zeitung, Westdeutsche (2016-12-08). "Düsseldorf: André Kaczmarczyk: Bei ihm treffen sich Geld und Liebe". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  22. ↑ Schellbach, Birgit (2010-12-07). "Eisenacher als Märchenkönig Ludwig II". www.thueringer-allgemeine.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  23. ↑ "Livestream, Programm und Sendung verpasst". www.3sat.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  24. ↑ Germany, programm ARD de-ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam. "Heiter bis tödlich - Akte Ex". programm.ARD.de. Retrieved 2023-02-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  25. ↑ Schröder, Elke (2012-12-23). "Sehenswert: Fünf neu verfilmte Grimms Märchen auf ARD und | NOZ". noz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  26. ↑ "Bilder: Alte Bande - In aller Freundschaft – Die jungen Ärzte - ARD | Das Erste". www.daserste.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  27. ↑ "München Mord – Wo bist du, Feigling? – Kritik zum Film bei Tittelbach.tv". tittelbach.tv - der fernsehfilm beobachter. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  28. ↑ Elmar Krekeler (2022-01-30), ""Polizeiruf 110": André Kaczmarczyk, der erste genderfluide Kommissar", Die Welt, retrieved 2022-02-03
  29. ↑ Westdeutsche Zeitung (2020-07-07). "André Kaczmarczyk wird Kommissar im "Polizeiruf 110"" (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  30. ↑ Julia Müller (2020-07-16). "André Kaczmarczyk: Salzburger Festspiele und Polizeiruf 110" (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-09.
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