Martin Weinek
Encyclopedia
Martin Weinek is an Austria
n actor
, character actor
, wine producer
, entrepreneur
and entertainer, perhaps best known for his role in the television series Inspector Rex (as Inspector Fritz Kunz). He also produces wine
in Austria
.
Weinek studied drama
from 1983 to 1986 under Professor Peter P. Jost.
From 1986, he had an acting part for Group 80 at the theaters in Vienna
and had a small part in the film Nachsaison (After-season), where he played the role of an elevator
boy.
In the year 1987, he played at Recklinghausen festivals under the direction of Georg Mittendrein in The Lechner Edi looks into Paradise and as a street-sweeper in the film Müllomania under the director Dieter Berner. He had acting commitments at the Jura Soyfertheater Vienna from 1988 to 1989, as well as commitments at other theater stages. He also became active as a director, a participant in dramatics and production, which were followed by the artistic management of the Hernalser City Theater from 1990 to 1991.
At intervals, Weinek became active in film and television, such as the 1989 television series Calafati Joe.
Besides acting, Weinek is also a wine-grower, assisted by his wife, Eva. Eva previously worked as a dramatist after studying drama. The two started wine-growing as a hobby in 1993. They have a farm with three hectares of vineyard near Heiligenbrunn
.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, character actor
Character actor
A character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...
, wine producer
Viticulture
Viticulture is the science, production and study of grapes which deals with the series of events that occur in the vineyard. When the grapes are used for winemaking, it is also known as viniculture...
, entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and entertainer, perhaps best known for his role in the television series Inspector Rex (as Inspector Fritz Kunz). He also produces wine
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
Weinek studied drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
from 1983 to 1986 under Professor Peter P. Jost.
From 1986, he had an acting part for Group 80 at the theaters in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
and had a small part in the film Nachsaison (After-season), where he played the role of an elevator
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
boy.
In the year 1987, he played at Recklinghausen festivals under the direction of Georg Mittendrein in The Lechner Edi looks into Paradise and as a street-sweeper in the film Müllomania under the director Dieter Berner. He had acting commitments at the Jura Soyfertheater Vienna from 1988 to 1989, as well as commitments at other theater stages. He also became active as a director, a participant in dramatics and production, which were followed by the artistic management of the Hernalser City Theater from 1990 to 1991.
At intervals, Weinek became active in film and television, such as the 1989 television series Calafati Joe.
Besides acting, Weinek is also a wine-grower, assisted by his wife, Eva. Eva previously worked as a dramatist after studying drama. The two started wine-growing as a hobby in 1993. They have a farm with three hectares of vineyard near Heiligenbrunn
Heiligenbrunn
Heiligenbrunn is a town in the district of Güssing in Burgenland in Austria....
.
Filmography
- 1989: Calafati Joe (tv series)
- 1999-2004, 2008- : Inspector Rex (tv series)
- 2004: Silentium
- 2005: Grenzverkehr
- 2006: Unter weißen SegelnUnter weißen SegelnUnter weißen Segeln is a German television series....
(Episode Träume am Horizont) - 2007: Die Rosenheim-CopsDie Rosenheim-CopsDie Rosenheim-Cops is a German television series....
(Episode Liebe bis zum Ende)
External links
- Link ORF (in GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
) - Weinek als Weinbauer,His Wine Production (in GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
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