Bastian Semm
{{short description|German actor}}
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| birth_place = Bochum, West Germany
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| yearsactive = 2004-present
| occupation = Actor
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Bastian Semm (born 26 September 1979 in Bochum) is a German actor.
Life and career
Bastian Semm was born in 1979 in Bochum and grew up there until he graduated from high school in 1999. He studied drama at the University of Music and Theatre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig and was firmly committed at the Theater Basel until 2009. He played Octavian in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.Bastian Semm. In: [https://books.google.com/books?id=nS4rAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Bastian+Semm%22 Shakespeare Jahrbuch.] Volume 145, F. Kamp, 2009, p. 219.
In 2009 he was awarded with the Rosenthal Talent Award for his portrayal of "Peer Gynt" at the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel. At the Theatre of Heidelberg he was seen in the plays Lennon and East of Eden. In the summer of 2011 he played the role of HamletChristoph A. Brandner: [http://www.fuldaerzeitung.de/nachrichten/kultur/Kultur--Hamlet-Darsteller-Bastian-Semm-Mein-Herzblut-steckt-in-dieser-Figur;art28,426265 "Hamlet"-Darsteller Bastian Semm: Mein Herzblut steckt in dieser Figur.]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In: Fuldaer Zeitung. 7 July 2011. at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele for which he gained the Hersfeld-Preis.[http://www.bad-hersfelder-festspiele.de/historie.html Preisträger Hersfeld-Preis Bastian Semm]
Since 2011 he is touring through Germany with CASH - a singer of songs a musical program on the life of actor and singer Johnny Cash[https://archive.today/20130412093602/http://www.saarbruecken.de/de/event/146136 Bastian Semm: Cash - A Singer of Songs.] auf: saarbruecken.de
In the summer of 2012, he played again at the Luisenburg Festival, this time in the theater production of Romeo and Juliet as Romeo. Since June 2013 Bastian Semm is playing the new Störtebeker in Ralswiek on the island of Rügen at the Störtebeker Festival.[http://stoertebeker.de/download/allgemein/2013/presse/BL%202013%20NR.pdf Besetzungsliste Störtebeker-Festspiele 13] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807054232/http://stoertebeker.de/download/allgemein/2013/presse/BL%202013%20NR.pdf |date=August 7, 2013 }} (PDF; 10,5 MB) stoertebeker.de, retrieved 24 July 2013.
Awards
- 2009: Rosenthal Talent Award for the role of "Peer Gynt"
- 2011: Hersfeld-Preis for the title role in "Hamlet"
Theater roles (selection)
- 2009: Peer Gynt (Luisenburg Festival) as Peer Gynt
- 2011: Hamlet Bad Hersfelder Festspiele as Hamlet
- 2012: Romeo & Juliet (Luisenburg Festival) as Romeo
- 2013: Störtebeker Festival as Störtebeker
Filmography (selection)
- 2004: Das Abenteuer Freiheit
- 2004: Tatort - Friedhof (TV-series)
- 2004: Hallo Robbie! (TV-series)
- 2005: Eine Chance für die Liebe
- 2006: City for Ransom
- 2014: Winnetous Sohn
- 2015: Verbotene Liebe (TV-series)
External links
- {{IMDb name|2377980}}
- [http://www.bastiansemm.com/Bastian_Semm/BASTIAN_SEMM.html Homepage of Bastian Semm]
- [http://a-singer-of-songs.com/ CASH - a singer of songs]
References
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Category:21st-century German male actors
Category:Male actors from Bochum
Category:German male film actors