Niklas Kohrt
Niklas Kohrt is a German actor.
Life
Niklas Kohrt spent his childhood and youth in Berlin]. In 1999 he got his "Abitur" at the Karl-Schiller-Oberschule and began his one-year national service in a hospital.In October 2000 he started studying culture-, politics- and theater science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin first. After two years he stopped his studies to study at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ Berlin. During his studies for acting, he was engaged for the role of Keith in Lars Norens play Kälte in 2004, which played at the Deutschen Theater in Berlin. In the season 2005/2006 Niklas Kohrt became a member of the theater ensemble at the Deutsches Theater and acted in several plays, and he also acted in several films for cinema such as .
In 2008 he received the Alfred-Kerr-Darstellerpreis des Berliner Theatertreffens for his performance in Gerhart Hauptmanns Die Ratten as Bruno Mechelke. A little later he was chosen as best newcomer by the committee of the magazine Theater heute for the same role.
Beginning with season 2009/2010 Niklas Kohrt became a member of the theater ensemble at the das Schauspielhaus Zürich, as guest actor he was taking part in several plays at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.
Theater
Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2004: Kälte
- 2005: The Confusions of Young Törless
- 2005: Tartuffe
- 2006: Auf der Greifswalder Straße
- 2006: Schlaf
- 2007: Das Reich der Tiere
- 2007: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 2007: Die Ratten
- 2007: Triumph der Liebe
- 2008: Roberto Zucco
- 2008: Was ihr wollt
- 2008: My Own Private Germany
- 2009: True West
- 2009: Idomeneus
Schauspielhaus Zürich
- 2009: Martin Salander
- 2009: Triumph der Liebe
- 2009: Der Revisor
- 2010: Der Hofmeister
Filmography
Television
- 1992: Achterbahn – Unter Verdacht
Cinema
- 1995: Das Versteck
- 2003: Ganga Guest House
- 2004: Muxmäuschenstill
- 2005: Mein ganz gewöhnliches Leben
- 2006: Tough Enough
- 2008:
- 2011:
Awards
- 2008: Alfred-Kerr-Darstellerpreis of the "Berliner Theatertreffen" for the role of Bruno Mechelke in Die Ratten
- 2008: Nachwuchsschauspieler des Jahres, chosen by the Jury of the magazine Theater heute