Michael Schönborn (born 2 November 1954 in
Schruns
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To the west is the famous Zimba mountain, often called the "Vorarlberger Matterhorn," which is ver ...
) is an Austrian actor, and the brother of Cardinal
Christoph Schönborn
Christoph Maria Michael Hugo Damian Peter Adalbert Graf von Schönborn, O.P. (; born 22 January 1945) is a Bohemian-born Austrian Dominican friar and theologian, who is a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He serves as the Archbishop of Vienna and ...
. His father was , his mother
Eleonore Schönborn
Eleonore Gräfin von Schönborn ( Freiin von Doblhoff; 14 April 1920 – 25 February 2022) was an Austrian politician. She and her family were expelled from Czechoslovakia in 1945, settling in Austria. She became the first woman to hold a procu ...
.
He completed his acting training at the .
He lives near
Berlin
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and became known for his performances in TV series such as ''
Der Winzerkönig'', ''
SOKO Kitzbühel
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'' and ''Zodiak''. Lately, he has also performed in musicals.
Schönborn-Bruder spielt Priester in Musical
auf ORF
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24 July 2011 retrieved 24 July 2011. Schönborn starred in ''Sister Act
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'' at the in Vienna as a priest.
Engagements
Source:Deutsches Schauspielhaus
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Theatre managers
Notable actors
Marco Albrecht,
Ingrid ...
Hamburg
* Thalia Theater Hamburg
* Freies Theater Kampnagel
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History
Since 198 ...
fabrik Hamburg
* Hamburg Kammerspiele
* Stadt Theater Basel
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Because the theatre does not ha ...
* Frankfurt am Main
* Komödie am Kurfürstendamm Berlin
* Ronacher Vienna
* Theater in der Josefstadt
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Following ...
, Vienna
Awards
* 2017 Nestroy Theatre Prize nomination for ''Maria Stuart'' ( Stadttheater Klagenfurt) as the best federal state performance
Memberships
* Member of the Deutsche Filmakademie.
References
Further reading
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External links
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1954 births
Living people
Austrian male musical theatre actors
Austrian male television actors
Counts of Austria
People from Bludenz District
Michael
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