Roeland Wiesnekker

Roeland Wiesnekker (pron. 'Roo-Land') (b. 25 November 1967 near Zürich) is a Dutch / Swiss actor in movies and theater plays.

Life

Wiesnekker grew up in a music-loving family and tried out various instruments. Despite that, he wanted to become an actor, because he adored Charlie Chaplin. At the age of 15 Wiesnekker started a cook apprenticeship, but did not agree with the “hierarchic structures”. At the age of 16 he planned to become a sports teacher, but soon took up work in a hospital instead. As the job as a male nurse did not satisfy him either, he began working in a ' (“street-kitchen” - a soup kitchen for the homeless and drug-addicted), a job that moulded his character. Later he decided to become an actor.

From 1986 to 1989, he frequented the ' (a drama school) in Zürich. Even before he received the diploma, he was engaged by the theatre Schauspielhaus Bochum, Germany. In 1990 he was nominated for the award ' (German talented young actor of the year). Wiesnekker went back to Zürich – despite offers of possible roles abroad. In Zürich he participated in very different productions e.g. in '' Der Menschenfeind'' at the Schauspielhaus Zürich.

He was already familiar with film acting in 1989, having played a part in short film ''Karl'' and afterwards e.g. in the ''Eurocops'' series (1991) with Barbara Rudnik (Director: Markus Imboden). Since the summer of 2003 he joint the cast of Swiss sitcom ''Lüthi und Blanc''. In 2005 Wisenekker was awarded the ' (Swiss film award for the best main role) for his role of drug addict policeman Herbert Strähl in '' Strähl''. Ever since then Wiesnekker was able to select his roles himself, even abroad (He speaks German, Swiss German, Dutch, English and French). He likes to learn his lines in crowded pubs.
He chooses his roles intuitively, not necessarily big ones. The characters should be complex, the script interesting and the director gifted.

Cinema films (selection)

* '' The Silence'' (Director: Baran bo Odar), 2010
* ''Marmorera'' (Director: Markus Fischer), 2007
* '' Messy Christmas'' (Director:Vanessa Jopp), 2007
*''Breakout'' (Director: Mike Eschmann), 2006
*'' Strähl'' (Director: Manuel Flurin Hendry), 2004
*''Eden'' (Director: Michael Hofmann), 2004
*''Bad News'' (short film) (Director: Christian Roesch), 2004
*''666 - Trau keinem mit dem Du schläfst'' (Director: Rainer Matsutani), 2002
*''Stille Liebe'' (Director: Christoph Schaub), 2001
*''Komiker'' (Director: Markus Imboden), 2000
*''Katzendiebe'' (Director: Markus Imboden), 1996
*''Der Nebelläufer'' (Director: Jörg Helbling), 1995
*'' Always & Forever'' (1991)

TV films (selection)

*' (Director: ), 2009
*''Tarragona'' (Director: Peter Keglevic), 2006
*''Nebenwirkungen'' (Director: Manuel Siebenmann), 2006
*'' Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich'' (Director: Ralf Huettner), 2006
*''Der falsche Tod'' (Director: Martin Eigler), 2006
*' (Director: Peter Keglevic, Hans Günter Bücking), 2005
*''Tatort – Schneetreiben'' (Director: Tobias Ineichen), 2005
*' (Director: Jo Baier), 2003
*''Königskinder'' (Director: Isabel Kleefeld), 2002
*''Füür oder Flamme'' (Director: Markus Fischer), 2002
*''Dilemma'' (Director: Tobias Ineichen), 2002
*''Hat er Arbeit?'' (Director: Kai Wessel), 2000
*''Wolfsheim'' (Director: Nicole Weegmann), 2000
*''Erhöhte Waldbrandgefahr'' (Director: Matthias Zschokke), 1996

Theater play (selection)

*'' Clockwork Orange'' (Director: Michel Schröder), Fabriktheater Zürich, 2004
*''Nur noch heute'' (Director: Barbara David Brüesch), Theater Gessnerallee Zürich and Sophiensäle Berlin, 2004
*''Heinrich IV'' (Director: Stefan Pucher), Schauspielhaus Zürich, 2002

External links

www.wiesnekker.com

Page of film ''Strähl''

References

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1967 births
Living people
People from Uster
Swiss male stage actors
Swiss male film actors
Swiss male television actors