Felix Kammerer

Felix Kammerer was born in Vienna, Austria,{{cn|date=January 2025}} the son of opera singers Angelika Kirchschlager and Hans Peter Kammerer.{{Cite web |first =Nina |last =Ellend|url=https://kurier.at/stars/jugend-ensemble-mit-romeo-julia-im-pool/15.898.987|title=Youth Ensemble: With Romeo & Juliet in the pool|website=kurier.at|date=16 June 2013}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/jan/18/shopping.artsfeatures|title=The Accidental Diva|website=The Guardian|date=19 January 2002 |first =Tim |last =Ashley }}

From 2013 to 2015, Kammerer was part of the Youth Ensemble of Maresa Hörbiger. In 2015, he began studying at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts Berlin, graduating in 2019. During his training he worked at the Berliner Arbeiter-Theater in Rossum's Universal Robots by Karel Čapek and in Michael Kohlhaas - An Attempt to Leave the Circle freely adapted from Heinrich von Kleist, and in 2017 he appeared on stage at the Deutsche Theater Berlin in Marat/Sade directed by Stefan Pucher.

At the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, Kammerer appeared in Youth Without God directed by Nurkan Erpulat in 2019, and at the Salzburg Festivals he made his debut in 2019 in Summer Guests by Maxim Gorki in the role of the student Simin.{{cite web|access-date=31 October 2019|language=de|title=Sommergäste|url=https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/p/sommergaeste|website=salzburgerfestspiele.at}}{{cite web|access-date=31 October 2019|language=de|title=Felix Kammerer|url=https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/a/felix-kammerer|website=salzburgerfestspiele.at}} Martin Kušej brought Kammerer to Vienna's Burgtheater as a permanent ensemble member at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, where he debuted as Duke of Medina-Sidonia in Schiller's Don Karlos. In October 2019, Kammerer appeared at the Vienna Academy Theater in a production by Ene-Liis Semper and Tiit Ojasoo as Behemoth in Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, and in The Little Witch by Otfried Preußler, which premiered in November 2019 at the Vestibule of the Burgtheater.{{cite web|access-date=25 November 2019|date=24 November 2019|language=de|title=Kleine Hexe - große Wirkung|url=https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/buehne/2039564-Kleine-Hexe-grosse-Wirkung.html|website=Wiener Zeitung}}{{cite web|access-date=31 October 2019|language=de|title=Felix Kammerer|url=https://www.burgtheater.at/ensemble/felix-kammerer|website=burgtheater.at}}

In February 2020, Kammerer appeared at the Akademietheater alongside Caroline Peters, Christoph Luser, and Martin Wuttke in the world premiere of Elfriede Jelinek's play Schwarzwasser, which deals with, among other things, the Ibiza affair.{{cite web|access-date=6 February 2020|date=5 February 2020|title=Jelineks "Ibiza"-Stück "Schwarzwasser" wird uraufgeführt|url=https://orf.at/stories/3153343/|website=ORF.at}} At the Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz in October 2020, he played in Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes as the emperor's footman.{{cite web|access-date=12 October 2020|author=Mathias Ziegler|date=11 October 2020|title=Wirbel um einen nackten Paradiesvogel|url=https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/buehne/2078329-Wirbel-um-einen-nackten-Paradiesvogel.html|website=Wiener Zeitung}}

In January 2023, Kammerer premiered at the Burgtheater as Hans Castorp in a dramatic adaptation of Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain.{{cite web|access-date=30 January 2023|author=Julia Danielczyk|date=29 January 2023|title=Felix Kammerer erklimmt den "Zauberberg"|url=https://www.sn.at/kultur/theater/felix-kammerer-erklimmt-den-zauberberg-133262665|website=Salzburger Nachrichten}}

In 2022, Kammerer made his big-screen debut appearing as Paul Bäumer, the lead role in Edward Berger’s German-language adaptation of the Erich Maria Remarque 1928 novel All Quiet on the Western Front. Berger was casting for the role of Bäumer when Kammerer was identified by Sabrina Zwach, wife of the film’s producer, Malte Grunert. Grunert was so impressed by Kammerer’s performance at the Burgtheater he offered him an immediate audition and gave a personal recommendation to Berger.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-felix-kammerer-interview-1235216496/|title=Fresh Face: 'All Quiet On The Western Front' Star Felix Kammerer On His Breakout Role: "I Really Liked That I Couldn't See Myself On The Screen"|website=Deadline}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-felix-kammerer-interview-netflix-1235260258/|title= All Quiet on the Western Front' Was a Crash Course for Breakout Star Felix Kammerer|website=Hollywood Reporter}} Berger described seeing Kammerer’s face the first time and being struck by the fact he "was already so old-fashioned and so classic looking, so pure and so innocent". They continued to cast for four to five months and Berger said:

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I saw some 500 young actors. And we invited Felix back again and again. And every time, he just got better and better, just growing into the role. At one point, it was clear, it had to be him. It was a real discovery.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tiff-2022-edward-berger-interview-all-quiet-on-the-western-front-1235213231/|title=Edward Berger on Why It Was Important to Make a German-Language Version of 'All Quiet on the Western Front'|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=10 September 2022}} }}

Kammerer's performance in All Quiet on the Western Front has been widely praised. Maggie Lovitt for Collider wrote "In his first performance on-screen, Kammerer proves himself as a promising newcomer on the global stage. Paul Bäumer is not an easy role to take on; the physicality of the role alone might crush a performer, and that's without considering the great emotional toll undertaken to portray the shame, depravity, and agony of war. Paul is the heart of the film, and Kammerer effortlessly bares his soul to the audience as the war takes and takes and takes from his character."{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-review-daniel-bruhl/|title= All Quiet on the Western Front' Review: German Anti-War Classic Gets Stunning Adaptation|website=Collider|date= 17 October 2022}} John Nugent of Empire (magazine) described his performance as "hugely impactful even when caked in mud".{{Cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/all-quiet-on-the-western-front/|title=All Quiet On The Western Front Review|website=Empireonline}} Danny Leigh in The Financial Times describes him as a "remarkable newcomer",{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c53014c8-45fc-47d8-948a-af189ec9a2c7|title=All Quiet on the Western Front film review — an antiwar classic brilliantly revisited|website=Financial Times|date=13 October 2022}} with Kate Connolly in The Guardian describing how "Bäumer is tenderly and brilliantly played by newcomer Felix Kammerer".{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/24/daniel-bruhl-interview-all-quiet-on-the-western-front|title=Daniel Brühl:'We Germans know better than anyone – there are no winners in war'|website=The Guardian|date=24 October 2022}} Justin Chang for IGN says "Kammerer may be a newcomer, but his performance is nuanced and chilling in equal measures. Bäumer isn't just out of his depth – each and every moment of life on the front lines leaves him desperately trying to catch his breath. Kammerer captures every moment with an agonizing depth that he wears on his sleeve throughout. This truly incredible performance highlights the horror of a young soldier forced to confront every nightmare imaginable. Bäumer is under the lens, as every moment pushes him further away from the young man he was."{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-review|title=All Quiet on the Western Front review|website=IGN|date=28 October 2022}}

In 2023, he was cast in Ron Howard survivalist film Eden alongside Sydney Sweeney and Daniel Bruhl.{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ron-howard-survival-thriller-eden-rounds-out-cast-1235712541/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=22 January 2024|title= Ron Howard Survival-Thriller ‘Eden’ Rounds Out Cast (Exclusive)|first=Aaron|last=Couch|date=7 December 2023}} In January 2024, he was reported to have been cast in the Guillermo del Toro re-telling of the Frankenstein story.{{cite web|url=

https://collider.com/jacob-elordi-cast-frankenstein/|website=Collider|accessdate=22 January 2024|title= Jacob Elordi Replaces Andrew Garfield in 'Frankenstein' Casting Shake-Up|first=Chris|last=McPherson|date=8 January 2024}}

For his portrayal of Luke in Mosquitoes by Lucy Kirkwood at the Akademietheater in Vienna, he was awarded the Nestroy in the Best Young Male category at the Nestroy Theatre Awards in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sn.at/kultur/theater/nestroy-preise-humanistaeae-raeumte-ab-129771964|title=Nestroy Awards: "humanistää!" cleaned up|website=Salzburg News}}

In January 2023, it was announced Kammerer was included on the longlist in the best actor category for the 76th British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards for All Quiet on the Western Front.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/film/longlists-2023-ee-BAFTA-film-awards|title=Longlists, 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards|website=BAFTA.org}} Kammerer won in the best actor category at the 73rd edition of the German Film Awards for the same film.{{Cite web|title=Die Preisträger:innen 2023|access-date=12 May 2023|url=https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/preisverleihung/2023/}}

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• [https://players.de/actors/felix-kammerer/ Felix Kammerer] Agentur Players

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