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Philipp Hochmair (German: [ˈfɪǀɪp ˈhoːxmɑɪɐ]); born 16 October 1973) is an Austrian theater, film and television actor.
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Philipp Hochmair | |
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| Born | October 16, 1973 Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Awards | Diagonale 2017
Romy 2019 and 2022 Grimme-Preis 2023 Austrian Music Theater Prize 2024 |
| Website | philipphochmair.com |
Hochmair grew up in Vienna (Austria) where he discovered his passion for literature, film and theater. He studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna in the master class of Klaus Maria Brandauer and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris.[1][2]
From 2003 to 2009 Hochmair was engaged at the Viennese Burgtheater (admitted in the gallery of honor).[3] When he left the Burgtheater in 2009, he worked at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg until 2016.[4] Apart from this, he had engagements at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Staatstheater Hannover, Volksbühne Berlin and at the Zürich Schauspielhaus.[5]
In November 2023, it was announced that Hochmair would take on the role of Jedermann (Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Jedermann) at the 2024 Salzburg Festival.[6][7][8]
He has played in Austrian and German movies, TV-films and television series, including Die Manns – ein Jahrhundertroman (directed by Heinrich Breloer: 30th International Emmy Awards), The Shine of the Day (by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel),[9] Die Auslöschung (director: Nicholas Leytner),[10] Tomcat (by Händl Klaus)[11] and Animals (directed by Greg Zglinksi).[12]
Candelaria - Ein kubanischer Sommer (2017) is one of his first international productions, directed by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza. Shot in Cuba in 2016.[13]
In the series Vorstadtweiber (2015-2022), he embodies a corrupt and cynical homosexual politician, who loses his mind and becomes a murderer.[14]
In the third season of Charité (German-Netflix-Production, 2020), Hochmair stars as Professor Otto Prokop, an Austrian forensic pathologist who was internationally recognized for his influence on forensic medicine and research policy during German Democratic Republic.[15]
Blind ermittelt (since 2018) centers around Hochmair's character Alexander Haller, a blind ex-commissioner.[16][17][18]
In the Netflix-Series Freud (2019), he plays an evil count, obsessed by dark powers.[19]
Die Wannseekonferenz (2022, directed by Matti Geschonneck) is a multi-award winning[20] German TV docudrama:[21][22] On January 20, 1942, leading representatives of the Nazi Regime meet at Wannsee in Berlin at the invitation of Reinhard Heydrich (Philipp Hochmair). The meeting will go down in history as the Wannsee Conference. The sole topic of discussion is the so-called "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" by the National Socialists: the organization of the systematic mass murder of the Jews of Europe by the millions.
Hochmair performs his solo projects Werther! (by Goethe),[23] The Trial[24] and America (both by Franz Kafka).[25]
Jedermann Reloaded[26][27] is Hochmair's rock-interpretation of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's original play Jedermann, which he performs together with his band Die Elektrohand Gottes on stage. With his band, he has also set ballads by Friedrich Schiller to music in a rock style (Schiller Balladen Rave)[28] and the Hagestolz by Adalbert Stifter.[29][30][31]
In November 2018, Hochmair and his band performed Jedermann Reloaded at the Viennese St. Stephens Cathedral. All proceeds of this sold out charity went to a South African aids hospice.[32]
Independent productions
In 2017, Hochmair won the Diagonale Festival Award in Graz for his performance in Tomcat.[34]
In 2019, he won the Austrian Television Award ROMY for his role Alexander Haller, the blind ex-commissioner in Blind ermittelt.[35]
In 2022, he won the Austrian Television Award ROMY for his role Reinhard Heydrich in The Conference.[36]
In 2022, he was nominated in the category Best Actor for the German Television Award for The Conference[37]
In 2023, he won the Grimme-Preis for The Conference.[38]
In 2024 he won the Retrospective and Honorary Award at the Film Festival Kitzbühel[39]
In 2024 he won the Cross Over Award at the Austrian Music Theater Award (Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis)[40][41]
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