Nikolaus Paryla


Nikolaus Paryla is an Austrian actor and stage director.

Biography

Paryla studied acting at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna.
In 1961, he received his first engagement at Vienna's Wiener Volkstheater as Moritz Stiefel in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening, directed by Gustav Manker, after which he was engaged until 1969 at the Theater in der Josefstadt, also in Vienna. Between 1970 and 1971, Paryla belonged to the ensemble of Berlin's Schiller Theater, after which he stood until 1986 on the stage of Munich's Residence Theatre.
In films, he is known for roles in and Das Schloß. Paryla won the Hersfeld-Preis in 1980.

Selected filmography