Philipp Hochmair

{{Short description|Austrian actor}}

{{COI|date=June 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Philipp Hochmair

| image = File:Philipp Hochmair 2021 (c) Stephan Brückler.jpg

| alt = Hochmair in 2021

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|10|16}}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria

| nationality =

| occupation = Actor

| awards = Diagonale 2017

Romy 2019 and 2022

Grimme-Preis 2023

Film Festival Kitzbühel 2024

Austrian Music Theater Prize 2024

| website = philipphochmair.com

}}

Philipp Hochmair (German: [ˈfɪǀɪp ˈhoːxmɑɪɐ]); born 16 October 1973) is an Austrian theater, film and television actor.

Early life

Hochmair grew up in Vienna (Austria) where he discovered his passion for literature, film and theater. He studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna in the master class of Klaus Maria Brandauer and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique in Paris.{{Cite web |last=Merschmeier |first=Michael |date=June 2005 |title=Der Körperterrorist. Der Schauspieler Philipp Hochmair zwischen den Extremen - ein Porträt |url=https://www.der-theaterverlag.de/theater-heute/aktuelles-heft/artikel/der-koerperterrorist/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Der Theaterverlag/Theater heute |language=de}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Der Legastheniker am Theater – Höllenqualen bei Jelinek |url=https://www.cicero.de/kultur/h%C3%B6llenqualen-bei-jelinek/42066 |access-date=2022-02-25 |website=Cicero Online |language=de}}

Career

= Theater =

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From 2003 to 2009 Hochmair was engaged at the Viennese Burgtheater (admitted in the gallery of honor).{{Cite web |title=Philipp Hochmair {{!}} Burgtheater |url=https://www.burgtheater.at/ensemble/philipp-hochmair |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=www.burgtheater.at |language=de}} When he left the Burgtheater in 2009, he worked at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg until 2016.{{Cite web |title=Philipp Hochmair (Actors) |url=https://www.thalia-theater.de/en/about-us/actors-and-actresses/actors/philipp-hochmair |access-date=2022-02-23 |website=Thalia Theater Hamburg |language=en}} Apart from this, he had engagements at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Staatstheater Hannover, Volksbühne Berlin and at the Zürich Schauspielhaus.{{Cite book |last=Dermutz |first=Klaus |title=Next Generation: Mit einem Essay von Hans-Thies Lehmann |publisher=Deuticke im Paul Zsolnay Verlag |year=2009 |isbn=978-3552061019 |location=Wien |pages=134–169 |language=de}}

In November 2023, it was announced that Hochmair would take on the role of Jedermann (Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Jedermann) at the Salzburg Festival from 2024.{{Cite web |title=Jedermann • Salzburger Festspiele 2024 |url=https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/p/jedermann-2024 |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Salzburger Festspiele |language=de-DE}}{{Cite news |last=Goldmann |first=A. J. |date=2024-07-31 |title=A Salzburg Festival Tradition Deserves a Wider Audience |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/theater/jedermann-salzburg-festival-tradition.html |access-date=2024-08-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2024-12-04 |title=Jedermann 2024, Salzburg Festival, Pictures of the Performance |script-title= |url=https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/en/photos/jedermann-2024 |access-date=2025-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204191632/https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/en/photos/jedermann-2024 |archive-date=4 December 2024 }}{{Cite web |title=Programm of the Salzburg Festival 2025 |url=https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/salzburger-festspiele-sommer-2025.pdf |language=de, en}}

= Movies and TV =

He has played in Austrian and German movies, TV-films and television series, including Die Manns – ein Jahrhundertroman (directed by Heinrich Breloer: 30th International Emmy Awards), The Shine of the Day (by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel),{{Cite news |last=Rapold |first=Nicolas |date=2013-07-11 |title=Two Performers at Different Stages |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/movies/in-the-shine-of-day-with-philipp-hochmair-life-meets-art.html |access-date=2022-06-01 |issn=0362-4331}} Die Auslöschung (director: Nicholas Leytner),{{Cite web |date=2013-06-09 |title=ORF Kundendienst - Aktuelles |url=http://kundendienst.orf.at/aktuelles/ausloeschung.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609224043/http://kundendienst.orf.at/aktuelles/ausloeschung.html |archive-date=2013-06-09 |access-date=2022-10-06 }} Tomcat (by Händl Klaus){{Cite web |title=Kater {{!}} Tomcat |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/jahresarchive/2016/02_programm_2016/02_filmdatenblatt_2016_201609440.html#tab=filmStills |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.berlinale.de |language=en}} and Animals (directed by Greg Zglinksi).{{Citation |title=Tiere / Animals - Zurich Film Festival |url=http://zff.com/en/archive/15509/ |language=de |access-date=2022-10-06}}

Candelaria - Ein kubanischer Sommer (2017) is one of his first international productions, directed by Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza. Shot in Cuba in 2016.{{Cite web |title="Candelaria"-Dreh war alles andere als normal |url=https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/philipp-hochmair---candelaria--dreh-war-alles-andere-als-normal-8156930.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=stern.de |language=de}}

In the series Vorstadtweiber (2015-2022), he embodies a corrupt and cynical homosexual politician, who loses his mind and becomes a murderer.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-19 |title="Hurra, der Schnitzler ist wieder da!" – Philipp Hochmair in seiner "verrückten" Rolle |url=https://klingerskulturpavillon.com/2021/01/19/hurra-der-schnitzler-ist-wieder-da-philipp-hochmair-in-seiner-verruckten-rolle/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=KLINGERS KULTURPAVILLON |language=de-DE}}

In the third season of Charité (German-Netflix-Production, 2020), Hochmair stars as Professor Otto Prokop, an Austrian forensic pathologist who was internationally recognized for his influence on forensic medicine and research policy during German Democratic Republic.{{Cite web |title=Video: Extra: Philipp Hochmair - Charité - ARD {{!}} Das Erste |url=https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/serie/charite/videos/3_charit_iii_otto-prokop-100.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.daserste.de |language=de}}

Blind ermittelt (since 2018) centers around Hochmair's character Alexander Haller, a blind ex-commissioner.{{Cite web |title=Philipp Hochmair - Blind ermittelt - ARD {{!}} Das Erste |url=https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/film/blind-ermittelt/sendung/blind-ermittelt-die-verlorenen-seelen-von-wien-philipp-hochmair-100.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.daserste.de |language=de}}{{Cite web |last=dpa |date=2020-02-27 |title=Blind ermittelt |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/tv-und-medien/article228558431/Blind-ermittelt.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.abendblatt.de |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |title=Der Wien-Krimi - Blind ermittelt: Tod an der Donau |url=https://www.crew-united.com/de/Der-Wien-Krimi-Blind-ermittelt-Tod-an-der-Donau__308425.html}}

In the Netflix-Series Freud (2019), he plays an evil count, obsessed by dark powers.{{Cite web |last=christoph.silber |date=2020-01-14 |title=ORF-Netflix-Serie "Freud" feiert Weltpremiere bei der Berlinale |url=https://kurier.at/kultur/medien/orf-netflix-serie-freud-feiert-weltpremiere-bei-der-berlinale/[node:path] |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=kurier.at |language=de}}

Die Wannseekonferenz (2022, directed by Matti Geschonneck) is a multi-award winning{{Citation |title=Die Wannseekonferenz - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt14321668/awards/ |access-date=2022-10-23}} German TV docudrama:{{Cite web |title=ZEIT ONLINE {{!}} Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl. |url=https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2F2022%2F04%2Fdie-wannseekonferenz-film-ns-regime |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=www.zeit.de}}{{Cite web |last1=SWR2 |last2=SWR2 |title="Die Wannseekonferenz" von Matti Geschonneck — NS-Massenmord als bürokratischer Akt |url=https://www.swr.de/swr2/film-und-serie/massenmord-als-buerokratischer-akt-die-wannseekonferenz-von-matti-geschonneck-100.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=swr.online |language=de}} On January 20, 1942, leading representatives of the Nazi Regime meet at Wannsee in Berlin at the invitation of Reinhard Heydrich (Philipp Hochmair). The meeting will go down in history as the Wannsee Conference. The sole topic of discussion is the so-called "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" by the National Socialists: the organization of the systematic mass murder of the Jews of Europe by the millions.

File:Philipp Hochmair & Die Elektrohand Gottes.jpg

= Projects =

Hochmair performs his solo projects Werther! (by Goethe),{{Cite web |last=Schiller |first=Maike |date=2009-09-21 |title=Irrsinnig gut: "Werther" auf seinem rasenden Ego-Trip |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article108521466/Irrsinnig-gut-Werther-auf-seinem-rasenden-Ego-Trip.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Hamburger Abendblatt: www.abendblatt.de |language=de-DE}} The Trial{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-09-25 |title=Hochmair präsentiert Kafkas "Der Prozess" als intimen Monolog |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article107858500/Hochmair-praesentiert-Kafkas-Der-Prozess-als-intimen-Monolog.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Hamburger Abendblatt: www.abendblatt.de |language=de-DE}} and America (both by Franz Kafka).{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-09-14 |title=Kafkas "Amerika": Ein bravouröses Solo |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article107557512/Kafkas-Amerika-Ein-bravouroeses-Solo.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Hamburger Abendblatt: www.abendblatt.de |language=de-DE}}

Jedermann Reloaded{{Cite web |last=Jandl |first=Paul |date=2013-08-09 |title=Der Jedermann vom Thalia |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article118842003/Der-Jedermann-vom-Thalia.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Hamburger Abendblatt: www.abendblatt.de |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |date=2018-12-01 |title="Jedermann reloaded" im Stephansdom: 68.500 Euro für Aids-Hospiz |url=https://kurier.at/gesund/jedermann-reloaded-im-stephansdom-68500-euro-fuer-aids-hospiz/400341427 |access-date=2021-03-08 |website=kurier.at |language=de}} is Hochmair's rock-interpretation of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's original play Jedermann, which he performs together with his band Die Elektrohand Gottes on stage. With his band, he has also set ballads by Friedrich Schiller to music in a rock style (Schiller Balladen Rave){{Cite web |last=Stiekele |first=Annette |date=2022-02-06 |title=Philipp Hochmair: "Schiller Balladen Rave" – wie durch den Fleischwolf gedreht |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/kritiken/article234498389/philipp-hochmair-schiller-balladen-rave-kampnagel-kritik-theater-elektrohand-gottes-restkarten.html |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=Hamburger Abendblatt: www.abendblatt.de |language=de-DE}} and The Bachelors by Adalbert Stifter.{{Cite news |last=Bazinger |first=Irene |date=2023-11-19 |title=Er rollt das "r" wie eine kubanische Zigarre |language=de |work=FAZ.NET |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/er-rollt-das-r-wie-eine-kubanische-zigarre-19288213.html |access-date=2023-11-20 |issn=0174-4909}}{{Cite web |last=Harter |first=Sonja |year=2023 |title=Musikfreunde |url=https://www.musikverein.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MVZ_SepOkt23.pdf |website=Musikfreunde |publisher=Wiener Musikverein}}{{Cite news |last=Goldmann |first=A. J. |date=2024-07-31 |title=A Salzburg Festival Tradition Deserves a Wider Audience |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/theater/jedermann-salzburg-festival-tradition.html |access-date=2024-08-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In November 2018, Hochmair and his band performed Jedermann Reloaded at the Viennese St. Stephens Cathedral. All proceeds of this sold out charity went to a South African aids hospice.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-01 |title="Jedermann reloaded" im Stephansdom: 68.500 Euro für Aids-Hospiz |url=https://kurier.at/gesund/jedermann-reloaded-im-stephansdom-68500-euro-fuer-aids-hospiz/[node:path] |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=kurier.at |language=de}}

Theater (Selection)

Burgtheater Vienna

Deutsches Theater Berlin

Schauspielhaus Zürich

  • 2003: The Son (Sonen) by Jon Fosse – Son; directed by Elias Perrig

Staatstheater Hannover

Thalia Theater Hamburg

Hamburger Kammerspiele

Salzburg Festival

Independent productions

Selected filmography

= Film =

= Television =

  • 1999-2022: Tatort: Bogdan / Jan Beckern / Peter Altmann / Paul Schemerl / Wolfgang / Schöller
  • 1999: Bella Block: Blinde Liebe by Sherry Hormann
  • 2000: The Manns - Novel of a Century by Heinrich Breloer: Golo Mann
  • 2003: Doppelter Einsatz: Die Wahrheit stirbt zuletzt by Dror Zahavi: Hannes Jessen
  • 2008: SOKO Donau: Nachts kaum Abkühlung by Erwin Keusch: Fipsi Galen
  • 2012: The Extinction by Nikolaus Leytner: Theo
  • 2013: Ein starkes Team: Die Frau des Freundes by Maris Pfeiffer: Sebastian Hauser
  • 2014: {{Ill|Madame Nobel|de|Eine Liebe für den Frieden – Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel}} by Urs Egger: Arthur von Suttner
  • 2014: {{ill|Clara Immerwahr (film)|de|3=Clara Immerwahr (Fernsehfilm)|lt=Clara Immerwahr}} by Harald Sicheritz: David Sachs
  • 2015: Polizeiruf 110: Wendemanöver by Eoin Moore: Joseph Tischendorf
  • 2015: Kleine große Stimme by Wolfgang Murnberger: Hans Reschke
  • 2015-2022: Vorstadtweiber (TV Series): Dr. Joachim Schnitzler
  • 2016: Solo für Weiss: Das verschwundene Mädchen by Thomas Berger: Matthias Matter
  • 2017: Ein Sommer im Allgäu by {{ill|Jeanette Wagner (director)|de|3=Jeanette Wagner|lt=Jeanette Wagner}}: Pirmin
  • 2018: Deutschland 86 (TV Series) by Florian Cossen, Arne Feldhusen: Frank Winkelmann
  • since 2018: Blind ermittelt by Jano Ben Chaabane, David Nawrath, Katharina Mückstein: Alexander Haller (11 episodes so far){{Citation |last=Tafel |first=Sibylle |title=Der Wien-Krimi: Blind ermittelt - Totenreich |date=2024-05-09 |type=Crime |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31819700/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |others=Martina Ebm, Michael Edlinger, Martin Feifel |publisher=ARD Degeto Film, Mona Film Produktion, Tivoli Film Produktion}}
  • 2019: SOKO Wien: Ritterschlag by Holger Gimpel: Joachim Kramp
  • 2019: Ein Dorf wehrt sich by Gabriela Zerhaus: August Eigruber
  • 2019: Maria Theresia (TV Series) by Robert Dornhelm: Baron von der Trenck
  • 2020: Freud (TV Series) by Marvin Kren: Viktor von Szápáry
  • 2021: Charité by Christine Hartmann: Otto Prokop
  • 2022: The Conference by Matti Geschonneck: Reinhard Heydrich
  • 2023: Partners in crime (Kleine Eheverbrechen) by Christian Werner: Gilles
  • 2024: Helgoland 513 by Robert Schwentke: Silbermann
  • 2024: Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben by Christian Werner: Lukas Geier

= Documentary =

  • 2020: Philipp Hochmair - Eine Reise mit Jedermann by Bernadette Schugg, Philipp Hochmair
  • 2021: Jedermann und ich by Katharina Pethke
  • 2021: Jedermann auf Reisen by Wolfgang Tonninger
  • 2023: Jedermann und Ich - Ein Porträt in 3 Kapiteln by Philipp Hochmair and Katharina Pethke
  • 2024: Philipp Hochmair: Zwischen Himmel und Hölle by Hannes Michael Schalle

Awards and nominations

In 2017, Hochmair won the Diagonale Festival Award in Graz for his performance in Tomcat.{{Cite web |date=2017-04-01 |title=Große Diagonale-Preise wurden verliehen |url=https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2834538/ |access-date=2021-02-27 |website=steiermark.orf.at |language=de}}

In 2019, he won the Austrian Television Award ROMY for his role Alexander Haller, the blind ex-commissioner in Blind ermittelt.{{Cite web |title=ROMY 2019 für Philipp Hochmair |url=https://www.degeto.de/romy-2019-fuer-philipp-hochmair/ |access-date=2021-02-27 |website=Degeto Film GmbH |language=de-DE}}

In 2022, he won the Austrian Television Award ROMY for his role Reinhard Heydrich in The Conference.{{Cite web |last=Leyrer |first=Georg |date=2022-04-23 |title=Das sind die Gewinner der ROMY 2022 |url=https://kurier.at/kultur/medien/das-sind-die-gewinner-der-romy-2022/401983304 |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=kurier.at |language=de}}

In 2022, he was nominated in the category Best Actor for the German Television Award for The Conference{{Cite web |last=Fernsehpreis |first=Der Deutsche |title=Preisträger:innen 2022 |url=https://www.deutscher-fernsehpreis.de/preistraeger_innen/ |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2022 |language=de-DE}}

In 2023, he won the Grimme-Preis for The Conference.{{Cite web |title=Die Wannseekonferenz |url=https://www.grimme-preis.de/59-grimme-preis-2023/preistraeger/preistraeger-detail/d/die-wannseekonferenz-constantin-television-fuer-zdf-1 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=www.grimme-preis.de |language=de-DE}}

In 2024 he won the Retrospective and Honorary Award at the Film Festival Kitzbühel{{Cite web |last=Blickpunkt:Film |first=Daisy von Kempis |title=Philipp Hochmair erhält Ehrenpreis beim Filmfestival Kitzbühel |url=https://www.blickpunktfilm.de/kino/filmfestival-kitzbuehel-philipp-hochmair-erhaelt-ehrenpreis-beim-filmfestival-kitzbuehel-8554e57be9a472f0c2a1987368de6edd |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.blickpunktfilm.de |language=de}}

In 2024 he won the Cross Over Award at the Austrian Music Theater Award (Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis){{Cite web |date=2022-06-21 |title=Preisträger - Der Österreichische Musiktheaterpreis |url=https://www.musiktheaterpreis.at/preistraeger/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |language=de-DE}}{{Cite web |last=Redaktion |date=2024-08-28 |title=Musiktheater-Sonderpreis für Philipp Hochmair |url=https://wienerbezirksblatt.at/en/musiktheater-sonderpreis-fuer-philipp-hochmair/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Wiener Bezirksblatt |language=en}}

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References

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