Nikolaus Paryla (born 19 November 1939, in
Zurich) is an Austrian actor and stage director.
Paryla studied acting at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts at the
Max Reinhardt Seminar
The Max Reinhardt Seminar (Reinhardt Seminar) is the School of Drama at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria. It is located in the Palais Cumberland, Penzingerstraße 9, in Vienna's 14th district ().
History
A ''Lehr ...
in Vienna. In 1961 he received his first engagement at the
Wiener Volkstheater as Moritz Stiefel in
Frank Wedekind
Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 – March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the de ...
's ''
Spring Awakening'' (''Frühlings Erwachen''), directed by
Gustav Manker,
after which he was engaged until 1969 at the
Theater in der Josefstadt
The Theater in der Josefstadt is a theater in Vienna in the eighth district of Josefstadt. It was founded in 1788 and is the oldest still performing theater in Vienna. It is often referred to colloquially as simply ''Die Josefstadt''.
Following ...
. Between 1970 and 1971 Paryla belonged to the ensemble of the Berlin
Schiller Theater
The Schiller Theater is a theatre building in Berlin, Germany. It is located in the central Charlottenburg district at Bismarckstraße 110, near Ernst-Reuter-Platz.
Opened in 1907, the building served as a second venue for the Prussian State ...
, after which he stood until 1986 on the stage of the Munich
Residenz Theatre
The Residence Theatre (in German: Residenztheater) or New Residence Theatre (Neues Residenztheater) of the Residence in Munich was built from 1950 to 1951 by Karl Hocheder. The renovation of 1981 by Alexander von Branca removed the decoration whic ...
.
In films he is known for roles in ' (1983) and ''
Das Schloß'' (1997) . Paryla won the
Hersfeld-Preis
The Hersfeld-Preis is an award for an actor. It has been awarded annually since 1962 as part of the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele of the ''Gesellschaft der Freunde der Stiftsruine'' and the city of Bad Hersfeld
The festival and spa town of Bad Hersf ...
in 1980.
Selected filmography
* 1960: ''
Das Zaubermännchen''
* 1979: '
* 1979: ''
Der ganz normale Wahnsinn
''Der ganz normale Wahnsinn '' (English: "The Normal Madness") is a German television series.
See also
*List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* '' 4 Blocks'' ( ...
'' (TV series)
* 1982: ''
The Confessions of Felix Krull
''Confessions of Felix Krull'' () is an unfinished 1954 novel by the German author Thomas Mann.
Synopsis
The novel is narrated by the protagonist, an impostor and adventurer named Felix Krull, the son of a ruined Rhineland winemaker. Felix avoi ...
'' (TV miniseries)
* 1983: '
* 1988: ' (TV miniseries)
* 1988: ''
Mit Leib und Seele'' (TV series)
* 1995: ''
Ant Street''
* 1995: '
* 1995: ' (TV film)
* 1997: ''
The Castle'' (TV film)
* 1998: '
* 1999: ''
Geliebte Gegner'' (TV film)
* 2000: ''
Polt muss weinen''
* 2001: ''
Zwölfeläuten''
* 2001: ''
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...
– '' (part of TV-series)
* 2003: ''
Pumuckl
''Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl'' (English: ''Master Eder and his Pumuckl)'' is a German children's series created by Ellis Kaut. Originally a radio play series of the Bavarian Radio in 1961, the stories were later adapted into books, a successf ...
und sein Zirkusabenteuer'' (part of TV-series)
* 2004: ''Schimanski:
Das Geheimnis des Golem'' (part of TV-series)
* 2005: ''
Marias letzte Reise __NOTOC__
Marias or Marías may refer to:
Places
*Islas Marías, a Mexican archipelago
*Marías District, in Dos de Mayo province, Peru
*Marias River, a tributary of the Missouri River
*Marías, Aguada, Puerto Rico, a barrio
*Marías, Añasco, P ...
'' (TV film)
* 2005: ' (TV film)
* 2006: ' (TV film)
* 2008: ''
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...
– '' (part of TV-series)
* 2009: ''
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...
–
Wir sind die Guten'' (part of TV-series)
* 2010: ''
Länger Leben''
* 2012: '
References
External links
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20th-century Austrian male actors
Austrian male stage actors
Austrian male television actors
1939 births
Living people
Male actors from Zürich
German Film Award winners