Harald Krassnitzer (born 10 September 1960, in

Grödig Grödig is a market town of Salzburg-Umgebung District in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Geography Grödig is located south of the Salzburg city limits in the historic ''Flachgau'' region, near the border with Bavaria, Germany. The market tow ...

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) is an Austrian actor.

Life

Krassnitzer grew up in Grödig, in the Flachgau district in

Salzburg state Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) (also known as ''Salzburgerland'') is a state (''Land'') of the modern Republic of Austria. It is officially named ''Land Salzburg'' to distinguish it from its eponymous capital — the city of S ...

, Austria. His father was a locksmith, while his mother worked in a candy factory. After graduating from the HTL in

Eisenstadt Eisenstadt (; hu, Kismarton; hr, Željezni grad; ; sl, Železno, Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ''Eisnstod'') is a city in Austria, the state capital of Burgenland. It had a recorded population on 29 April 2021 of 15,074. In the Habsburg ...

, he was trained as a forwarding agent. Krassnitzer was trained as an actor at the Elisabethbühne in Salzburg, where he was employed for four years upon the completion of his studies. After that he played at the Schauspielhaus Graz in

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, the

Wiener Volkstheater The Volkstheater in Vienna (roughly translated as "People's Theatre") was founded in 1889 by request of the citizens of Vienna, amongst them the dramatist Ludwig Anzengruber and the furniture manufacturer Thonet, in order to offer a popular count ...

in Vienna and the

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. Since 1995, Krassnitzer has acted mainly in television series ( Der Bergdoktor,

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). He has been playing the role of the investigator Moritz Eisner in the Tatort series for the

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since 1999, partly alone, and partly with changing colleagues. Since his 24th case, he is now working with Bibi Fellner, played by

Adele Neuhauser Adele Neuhauser (born 17 January 1959 in Athens, Greece) is an Austrian actress. She began her career as a theater actress. Later she also worked for television and cinema. She is a member of the Akademie des Österreichischen Films. Life Adele ...

. He appeared as a co-moderator alongside Peter Rapp at the

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Gala in 1998. In summer 1999, Krassnitzer presented the film series ''Wunderland'' as a personal love letter to Austria, in which he presented his favorite music and his favorite places. Krassnitzer is committed to Hilfswerk Austria. He is co-owner of the company ''Blinklicht'', a production company for mobile TV, which he founded in Vienna with two childhood friends. Since 7 July 2009, he is married to German actress

Ann-Kathrin Kramer Ann-Kathrin Kramer (born 4 April 1966) is a German actress and writer. Biography Kramer was born and educated in Wuppertal but left school at the age of sixteen.''Setzen, Sechs! - Schulgeschichten aus Deutschland (3/3). Experiment Schule''. Docu ...

, with whom he previously was romantically involved for more than nine years. He currently lives in

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and has a second home in the Tirol region (

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). Harald Krassnitzer is a social democrat and regularly supports the

Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

Works

Theatre

* ''Prince'' in "Yvonne, Princess of Burgund" by

Witold Gombrowicz Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937 he published his f ...

, 1987 * ''Jojo'' in "Das Gauklermärchen",

Michael Ende Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy ''The Neverending Story'' (with its 1980s film adaptation and a 1995 animated television ...

, 1987, Elisabethbühne * ''Peer Gynt'' in "

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five- act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen published in 1876. Written in Norwegian, it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Ibsen believed ''Per Gynt'', the Norwegian fairy tale on wh ...

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...

* ''King Johann'' in "König Johann",

Friedrich Dürrenmatt Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-g ...

* ''Hamlet'' in "Hamlet",

Heiner Müller Heiner Müller (; 9 January 1929 – 30 December 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdr ...

* ''Oedipus'' in "King Oedipus" and "Oedipus at Colonos",

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* ''Xerxes'' in "

The Persians ''The Persians'' ( grc, Πέρσαι, ''Persai'', Latinised as ''Persae'') is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It is the second and only surviving part of a now other ...

Volker Braun Volker Braun (born 7 May 1939 in Dresden) is a German writer. His works include ''Provokation für mich'' (''Provocation for me'') – a collection of poems written between 1959 and 1964 and published in 1965, a play, ''Die Kipper'' (''The Dumpers ...

(

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) * ''Karl Moor'' in "

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* ''Faust'' in "Faust I und II", with

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* ''Primislaus'' in " Libussa" with

Franz Grillparzer Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the famous Burgtheater in Vien ...

* ''Truffaldino'' in "Diener zweier Herren" with

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* ''Fernando'' in "Stella" with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Filmography (selection)

* 1996: Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten * 1997:

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– Spuren in den Tod * 1997: Der Bergdoktor (TV series) * 1998: Hurenmord – Ein Priester schweigt * 1999:

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– Der lange Weg zum Glück * 1999/2000: Kanadische Träume – Eine Familie wandert aus (TV miniseries) ** Episodes: 1. ''Der Aufbruch'', 2. ''Das neue Leben'', 3. ''Umwege der Liebe'' * Since 1999:

(TV series), as Moritz Eisner * 2003: Ausgeliefert * 2003: Amundsen der Pinguin * 2003: MA 2412 – Die Staatsdiener * 2003: Aus Liebe zu Tom * 2003: Gefährliche Gefühle * 2003:

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– Sambia und die Viktoriafälle * 2004: Der Ferienarzt… auf Korfu * 2004: * 2004: Weißblaue Wintergeschichten * 2004:

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* 2005: Im Reich der Reblaus * 2005: Vollgas – Gebremst wird später * 2005: * 2005–2009:

(TV series) * 2008: Unter Strom * 2008: Marie Brand und der Charme des Bösen * 2009: Mein Mann, seine Geliebte und ich (TV film) * 2009:

– Papua Neuguinea * 2010: * 2010: Das Mädchen auf dem Meeresgrund * 2011: Am Kreuzweg * 2011: Aschenputtel * 2012: Der Wettbewerb * 2012: Trau niemals deiner Frau * 2013: Paul Kemp – Alles kein Problem (TV series, 13 episodes)''ORF 2012''. * 2014: (TV film) * 2014: Blutsschwestern (ORF) / Die Tote in der Berghütte (ZDF) * 2014: Fluss des Lebens – Wiedersehen an der Donau (TV film) * 2014:

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: Geschenkte Jahre (TV film) * 2015: Meine fremde Frau * 2016: Die Kunst des Krieges

Awards

* 2000:

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– Most popular series * 2014: Grimme-Preis for ''Tatort: Angezählt''

References

External links

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Official Website of Harald Krassnitzer

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