Mario Ramos (actor)

Mario Ramos (born 30 June 1973 in Salamanca) is a Spanish actor, musician and poet.^[1]

Mario Ramos
Born	(1973-06-30) 30 June 1973 (age 52) Salamanca, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993-present

Life and career

Mario Ramos was born in 1973 in Salamanca in Spain and grew up in Germany. He took acting lessons at the theater school Bongôrt van Roy in Bergisch Gladbach. During his training, he played at the Chamber Stage in Bergisch Gladbach in plays like Kiss Me, Kate, Weisman and Rotgesicht or Stella. These roles were followed by productions in Cologne where he played various other roles.

After the study Ramos was active in numerous projects in North Rhine-Westphalia, with several engagements again in Cologne and Bergisch Gladbach. In recent years he played at various local theaters there, such as the Cliff in Cabaret, George Garga in In the Jungle of Cities or the Happy in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.

In the mid-2000s Ramos was seen at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, in Goethe's Faust or in Camelot. As Mordred in Camelot he got the Hersfeld-Preis in 2005.^[2] Since 2009 he played in the Störtebeker Festival on the island of Rügen.^[3] In May 2011, Mario Ramos was seen in the Hamburg musical Revolver im Klavier.^[4]

In the year 2000 his poems were published in the Martin Werhand Verlag anthology Junge Lyrik II.^[5] In 2002 he played his first film role.

Ramos has lived since 2002 with his companion the actress Saskia Fischer in Hamburg, with whom he has a son.

Awards

• 2005: Hersfeld-Preis for his role as Mordred in Camelot

Theater roles (selection)

1993: Kiss Me, Kate: Lucentio/Paul 1994: Weisman und Rotgesicht: Rotgesicht 1994: Kommt so wie ihr seid: John 1995: Preparadise sorry now: Ian 1996: Endspiel: Hamm 1997: Stella: Fernando 1997: Mein Kampf: Hitler 1998: Der Tod und das Mädchen: Gerardo/Roberto 1998: Marat/Sade: Sade 1999: Kuss der Spinnenfrau (Musical): Molina 1999: Straßenhamlet: Hamlet 2000: Wer hat noch nicht...? 2000: Romeo and Juliet: Abram 2001: Vermummte: Naím 2002: Der Besuch der alten Dame: Roby/Reporter 2002: Ist das nicht mein Leben: P.Hill 2003: Bluthochzeit: Mond/Sänger 2003: Der Pelikan: Frederik 2004: Death of a Salesman: Happy 2004: Symphonie der Toten: Aidin 2004: Der Besuch der alten Dame: Loby (Bad Hersfelder Festspiele) 2005: Der Lord von Barmbeck: E. Hannack 2005: Die Affaire in der Rue de Lourcine: Potard

2005: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Demetrius (Bad Hersfelder Festspiele) 2005: Camelot: Mordred (Bad Hersfelder Festspiele) 2005: Cabaret: Cliff 2006: Im Dickicht der Städte: George Garga 2006: Faust: Hexe (Bad Hersfelder Festspiele) 2006: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten: Der Hahn (Bad Hersfelder Festspiele) 2006: Nathan der Weise: Derwisch 2008/2009: Happy End: Governor/Kommissar since 2009: Holms: Vorsicht Baustelle!: Mario 2009: Das Vermächtnis: Marcello da Pinci (Störtebeker Festival) 2010: Der Fluch des Mauren: Baptista de Rocca (Störtebeker Festival) 2011: Revolver im Klavier: Der schöne Hartmut, Erwin & Moses 2011/2012: Anatevka: Perchik 2011: Der Schatz der Templer: Stewart (Störtebeker Festival) 2012: Störtebekers Tod: Simon von Ütrecht (Störtebeker Festival) since 2012: Holms: Stille Nacht!: Herr Sittich 2013: Beginn einer Legende: Henning von Manteufel (Störtebeker Festival) 2014: Gottes Freund: Swarte Skaaning (Störtebeker Festival) 2015: Das Boot: Leitender Ingenieur 2015: Aller Welt Feind: Großfürst Wassili (Störtebeker Festival) 2016: Vor Sonnenuntergang: Lawyer Hanefeldt 2016: Faust 1: Mephisto (Festspiele Wismar)

Filmography (selection)

• 2002: Cafe Schwarz
• 2003: Der letzte Vorhang
• 2004: Das Maß der Dinge
• 2005: Der Lord von Barmbeck (TV Movie)

Literature

• Junge Lyrik II, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2000^[6]

External links

• Mario Ramos at IMDb
• Literature by and about Mario Ramos (actor) in the German National Library catalogue
• Mario Ramos im Webauftritt der Komödie Winterhuder Fährhaus
• Interview with actor Mario Ramos (in German)
• Mario Ramos in: Ostsee-Zeitung (in German)
• Portrait of actor Mario Ramos in: Ostsee-Anzeiger: Der Rüganer (in German)