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in ''

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''.

Biography

Robert Finster was born to musicians and grew up in

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. As a child he learned violin and choral singing, later he was a member of the cabaret group '' Andritzer Treffpünkte'' and worked independently in the telecommunications industry in field service. Initially he wanted to study acting in Graz, but he didn't pass the selection there. From 2007 he studied acting at the

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, graduating in 2011. At the Reichenau Festival he appeared in '' Fräulein Else'' in 2011 and in

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's '' Ungeduld des Herzens'' in 2012, and from 2011 on he worked at the Vorarlberg State Theatre, starring in

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, ''Die verzauberten Brüder'',

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and ''Ronja Räubertochter''. In 2012, at the Theater am Lend in Graz he was on stage with Cafe deja vu, and he participated in ''Das Maß der Dinge'' by

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at the Garage X Theater Petersplatz in 2014. In 2015 he worked at the Bosnian National Theatre Zenica in ''Balkan Requiem'', and was also seen at the Vienna Lustspielhaus as

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directed by Adi Hirschal, and played with the Aktionstheater Ensemble in ''Angry Joung Men'' and ''Kein Stück über Syrien''. In the 2014 movie ''Hüter meines Bruders'' he played the role of Pietschi Mordelt, he then played Karl Hoeller in the 2016 film '' Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe''. In 2017 he appeared in the ORF/ARD television film ''Dennstein & Schwarz - Sterben macht Erben'' and the ORF TV series ''Walking on Sunshine''. In 2020 Finster had his breakthrough role when he was cast as

in the

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's show ''

''. Since the season 2019/20 he is an ensemble member at the Schauspielhaus Graz. Finster then played Crimson Commander David Vossin in Netflix's '' Tribes of Europa'' in 2021

Filmography

* 2011: Wie man leben soll * 2012: Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall – Notlügen * 2013: CopStories – Bist du deppert * 2014: Hüter meines Bruders * 2014: Boͤsterreich (TV series, one episode) * 2016: Die Hochzeit (short film) * 2016: Kästner und der kleine Dienstag * 2016: Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe * 2017: Krieg * 2018: Dennstein & Schwarz – Sterben macht Erben * 2018:

SOKO Donau ''SOKO Donau'' (in Germany ''SOKO Wien'') is an Austrian crime drama television series produced by ORF in collaboration with the German network ZDF. It is the sixth spin-off of the German crime series ''SOKO 5113'' (''SOKO München'' since 2015 ...

– Tod im Taxi * 2019: Walking on Sunshine * 2019: Kaviar * 2019:

SOKO Kitzbühel ''SOKO Kitzbühel '' is an Austrian television series produced by ORF (broadcaster), ORF in collaboration with the German network ZDF. It is the third spin-off of the German crime series ''SOKO 5113'' (''SOKO München'' since 2015), launched i ...

– Alleingelassen * 2020:

(Fernsehserie) * 2020: Die Toten vom Bodensee – Der Wegspuk (TV series) * 2021: Tribes of Europa (TV series) * 2021:

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* 2021: Mord in der Familie – Der Zauberwürfel (TV movie) * 2024: Crooks (TV series) * 2024:

SOKO Linz ''SOKO Linz'' is an Austrian police procedural television series that premiered on 1 February 2022. A collaboration between ORF and the German broadcaster ZDF, it is the eleventh offshoot of '' SOKO München'', launched in 1978. "SOKO" is an ab ...

– Das Phantom (TV series)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Finster, Robert Living people 1984 births Male actors from Graz University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni Austrian male actors Austrian male film actors Austrian male television actors

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