Philipp Hochmair

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Philipp Hochmair discovered his passion for literature, film and theater as a teenager and studied acting at the renowned Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, in Klaus Maria Brandauer’s master class, as well as at the Conservatoire National Superieure  d`Art Dramatique in Paris.

His theater engagements, including the most important classical roles, have taken him to the most famous theaters in Europe such as the Schauspielhaus Zurich, the Théatre VIDY in Lausanne, as a longstanding ensemble member at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg and the Burgtheater in Vienna, where he was accepted into the honorary gallery.

In 2018, he stepped in at short notice for the title role of “Jedermann” at the Salzburg Festival and was acclaimed by audiences and critics alike.

He regularly performs his own solo program of modern interpretations such as “WERTHER!”, “AMERIKA after Kafka”, “Der Hagestolz” by Adalbert Stifter and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s “Jedermann” as well as ballads by Schiller accompanied by his rock band “Die Elektrohand Gottes”, in various versions also with other musicians and with the performance artist Kurt Razelli, at theater festivals and on the most important stages at home and abroad.

In addition to his theater career, he has enjoyed success in the cinema since 2001 in Oliver Hirschbiegl’s highly acclaimed “The Experiment” and on television with “The Manns – A Novel of the Century” by Heinrich Breloer. Further engagements in the cinema followed, including in “Winterreise” by Hans Steinbichler, “Ich war noch niemals in New York” by Philipp Stölzl and “Glück gehabt” by Peter Payer, to name but a few.

For his sensitive and intense portrayal of the male lead in “Kater” by Händl Klaus, he received the Actor Award at the Diagonale – Festival of Austrian Film in Graz in 2017.  Hochmair celebrated his international cinema debut in the production “Candelaria” by J.H. Hinestroza, which was shot in Cuba in 2016.

Philipp Hochmair has been an integral part of German and Austrian television since the great success of the series “Vorstadtweiber” (2015 – 2021), in which he played the cynical homosexual politician “Joachim Schnitzler” for 6 seasons.

In the 3rd season of the highly acclaimed ARD series “Charité” (2021), he took on the role of the Austrian forensic doctor Professor Prokop and once again proved his acting versatility. He was given his own format in 2018 with the crime series “Blind ermittelt” with 11 films to date, in which he supports the Vienna police as an astute, blind special investigator. He received the Austrian Television Award ROMY for this role in 2019.

In the ZDF historical film “The Wannsee Conference” (2022), Philipp Hochmair shines in the role of SS Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, the head of the Wannsee Conference.

For his outstanding acting performance, he received his second ROMY in the cinema/TV film category in April 2022 and was awarded the Grimme Prize in April 2023.

Hochmair speaks four languages – French and Spanish in addition to German and English. He lives in Berlin.