Karlheinz Hackl

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{{Short description|Austrian actor (1949–2014)}}

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Karlheinz Hackl (16 May 1949 – 1 June 2014) was an Austrian actor and theater director whose varied career included theater, television, film and cabaret performances as well as musical performances (singing).

Biography

Hackl was born and was raised in Vienna's fifth district. As an only child, he grew up in stable modest circumstances in Theodor-Körner-Hof, a social housing complex.Matinee am Sonntag, ORF2, 20 May 2019, 2:27 am. A portrait of Karlheinz Hackl. After his Matura, he went on to study Business economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, but began acting at the private Viennese drama school Krauss.{{in lang|de}} [http://www.schauspielschulekrauss.at/schuelerinnen/absolventen.html Krauss-Schüler], accessed on 2 June 2014{{cite web|language=de|url=http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/news/3814634/Karlheinz-Hackl-ist-gestorben- |title=Karlheinz Hackl ist gestorben|trans-title=Karlheinz Hackl died|work=Die Presse|access-date=10 August 2018|date=1 June 2014}} He began his career in 1972 at the Theater der Courage in Vienna.{{in lang|de}} [http://www.dasrotewien.at/theater-der-courage.html Theater der Courage], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130002725/http://www.dasrotewien.at/theater-der-courage.html |date=30 January 2016 }} accessed on 2 June 2014

Between 1974 and 1976, he performed at the Viennese Volkstheater, then went on to the Thalia-Theater in Hamburg before returning to Austria in 1978 and joining the Viennese Burgtheater's ensemble, where he soon became a crowd favourite.{{cite web|language=de|url=https://www.sn.at/panorama/international/schauspieler-mit-zwei-leben-karlheinz-hackl-gestorben-3570745|title=Schauspieler mit zwei Leben: Karlheinz Hackl gestorben|date=1 June 2014|trans-title=Actor with two lives: Karlheinz Hackl died|work=Salzburger Nachrichten|access-date=10 August 2018}}

In 1988, Hackl debuted as theater director at the Volkstheater.{{in lang|de}} [http://kurier.at/kultur/buehne/schauspieler-karlheinz-hackl-ist-tot/68.375.742#68381351,68381200 Karlheinz Hackl ist tot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604110011/http://kurier.at/kultur/buehne/schauspieler-karlheinz-hackl-ist-tot/68.375.742#68381351,68381200 |date=4 June 2014 }}, Austrian Newspaper "Kurier", accessed on 2 June 2014.

He frequently appeared in movies and television series and worked with the likes of Axel Corti and Alan J. Pakula (Sophie's Choice). He is well known for his chilling role in that film as the SS physician forcing Sophie to choose which one of her two children would be gassed and which would proceed to the labor camp. He made a name of himself as playing females, as in La Cage aux Folles at Volkstheater, one of his signature roles.Matinee am Sonntag, ORF 2, 20 May 2019, 2:35 am. tvthek.orf.at From 1996 onward, Hackl taught at the Max Reinhardt Seminar school of drama in Vienna.{{in lang|de}} [http://www.format.at/articles/1422/930/375669/schauspieler-karlheinz-hackl-wien Schauspieler Karlheinz Hackl in Wien gestorbern], format.at; accessed 2 June 2014. In 1997 he married a second time, to Austrian actress Maria Köstlinger.Matinee am Sonntag, ORF2, 20 May 2019, 2:27 am. A portrait of Karlheinz Hackl In 2009, he published an autobiography.{{Cite book|title=Meine zwei Leben|last=Hackl|first=Karlheinz|publisher=Ueberreuter|year=2009|location=Vienna}}

=Illness/last years=

In 2003, Hackl was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, but recovered and returned to the stage in 2005, also appearing in different films and series. In 2009 he published a book about his cancer and the long process of recoverySee note 11. and also recorded a CD with cover versions of songs from Austrian singer Georg Danzer. In 2012, he was the recipient of the Nestroy award, an Austrian award which honors theater professionals. In mid-2013, during a performance of Danzer's songs, he collapsed and was again diagnosed with cancer. On 1 June 2014, Hackl died, after a second diagnosis of cancer in 2013, in Vienna at the age of 65.{{in lang|de}} [http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2650351 "Schauspieler Karlheinz Hackl ist tot"], wien.orf.at; accessed 2 June 2014

Filmography

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Year

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! Role

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1976Young Dr. FreudSigmund Freud
1982Sophie's ChoiceSS Doctor
1985The Assisi UndergroundCapt. von Velden
1986Welcome in ViennaTreschensky
1992Frau FaustErzählerVoice
2002GebürtigVater Gebirtig
2002Taxi für eine LeicheSchorsch
2004{{Interlanguage link multi|C(r)ook|de|3=Basta – Rotwein oder Totsein|lt=C(r)ook}}Konstantin
2010HeadshotsFather
2011Brand – Eine TotengeschichteViktor Altenberg
2012The WallHugo

References

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