Stefan Suske, Sprecher

Stefan Suske, Austrian actor and director, completed his drama studies at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz with a diploma in 1982. He then began his career at the Schauspielhaus Graz before working until 1991 at the Vereinigte Städtische Bühnen Krefeld und Mönchengladbach under Eike Gramms. Together with Gramss he moved in 1991 to the Stadttheater Bern, where he remained until 2007, serving from 2004 also as director of drama.

In 2001 he made his directing debut at the Stadttheater Bern with the world premiere of Die Liebe höret nimmer auf by Gerhard Meister. After 2007 Suske worked as a freelance actor and director, including at the Schauspielhaus Graz and, from the 2015/16 season, at the Vienna Volkstheater. There he took part in various productions and played important roles, including in Einsame Menschen by Gerhart Hauptmann (2021), the title role in Molière’s Tartuffe, Orestes in Iphigenie auf Tauris, the role of Frosch in Die Fledermaus and many more.

In the Swiss feature films Liebe Lügen (1995) and Grosse Gefühle (1999), both directed by Christof Schertenleib, he could be seen in further leading roles. For his portrayal of Linus in Grosse Gefühle he received the Swiss Film Award for Best Actor in 2000.

From 2004 to 2009 he taught at the Bern University of the Arts, and from 2011 to 2015 at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz. Since 2016 he has taught at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien.

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