TOP AUSTRIAN ACTORS / ACTRESSES

by volker-80 | created - 26 Mar 2013 | updated - 19 Apr 2023 | Public

The best from Austria and formerly Austria/Hungary (Monarchy)!

1. Christoph Waltz

Actor | Django Unchained

Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. He is known for his work with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving acclaim for portraying SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009) and bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in Django Unchained (2012). For each performance, he won...

Trust me! I've already liked him many years before his huge international success! AWESOME ACTOR!

For instance:

Tag der Abrechnung - Der Amokläufer von Euskirchen (TV Movie) (1994)

Jennerwein (TV Movie) (2003)

2. Karl Merkatz

Actor | Der Bockerer

Karl Merkatz was born on November 17, 1930 in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria. He was an actor and writer, known for Der Bockerer (1981), Der Bockerer 2 (1996) and Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling (2003). He was married to Martha Metz. He died on December 4, 2022 in Straßwalchen, ...

AUSTRIAN LEGEND!!!

Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter (TV Series) (1975 - 1979)

Der Bockerer I - IV (1981, 1996, 2000, 2003)

Drei Herren (1998)

Easy Radler (1981)

Anfang 80 (2011)

Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga (2008)

3. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and...

Nothing is/was impossible for him!!! RESPECT!!!

4. Helmut Qualtinger

Actor | Der Name der Rose

Helmut Qualtinger was born on October 8, 1928 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and writer, known for The Name of the Rose (1986), Der Paukenspieler (1971) and End of the Game (1975). He was married to Vera Borek and Seidler, Leomare. He died on September 29, 1986 in Vienna, Austria.

5. Romy Schneider

Actress | L'important c'est d'aimer

Romy Schneider was born on 23 September 1938 in Vienna, Austria into a family of actors. Making her film debut at the age of 15, her breakthrough came two years later in the very popular trilogy Sissi (1955). Her mother, supervising her daughter's career, immediately approved Romy's participation ...

6. Karl Markovics

Actor | Die Fälscher

Karl Markovics was born on August 29, 1963 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and director, known for The Counterfeiters (2007), Breathing (2011) and Superwelt (2015). He is married to Stephanie Taussig. They have two children.

7. Klaus Maria Brandauer

Actor | Out of Africa

Klaus Maria Brandauer was a music student and studied drama at Stuttgarter Hochschule. He was a true stage actor and therefore didn't like to work in movies except for two small parts in The Salzburg Connection (1972) and Októberi vasárnap (1979). This changed when Hungarian director ...

8. Adele Neuhauser

Actress | Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall

Adele Neuhauser was born on January 17, 1959 in Athens, Greece. She is an actress, known for Four Women and a Funeral (2005), Tatort (1970) and Brecht (2019). She was previously married to Zoltan Paul.

Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall

9. Oskar Werner

Actor | Jules et Jim

Remote, somewhat morose and, as a result, intriguing, Viennese talent Oskar Werner was born in 1922, not far from the birthplace of "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, and christened Oskar Josef Bschließmayer. His parents divorced when he was fairly young.

While growing up, Oskar found performing in school...

10. Sonja Kirchberger

Actress | Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn

At first she wanted to become a dancer. Sonja Kirchberger took classical ballet lessons for 10 years and was part of the ballet ensemble at the Vienna Opera from 1974 to 1978. Then Sonja Kirchberger left the spotlight and became a dental assistant. She also worked as a model. At the age of 21, she ...

Die Venusfalle (1988)

11. Marion Mitterhammer

Actress | Taktik

Born in Austria in 1965, Marion Mitterhammer was trained at the Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Graz. She set out her stage career at the Theatre in Baden-Baden and the Salzburg Festival; in Salzburg she worked with directors Jürgen Flimm und Thomas Langhoff. A tour production of ...

Quintett komplett (TV Movie) (1998)

12. Josef Hader

Actor | Der Knochenmann

Josef Hader was born on February 14, 1962 in Waldhausen, Austria. After attending grammar school in Melk (Lower Austria) he started studying Germany and History in 1981, but actually he focused on his talent as a comedian. In 1982 he wrote his first cabaret play called "Fort Geschritten". For his ...

13. Georg Friedrich

Actor | Große Freiheit

Georg Friedrich was born on October 31, 1966 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor, known for Great Freedom (2021), Wild Mouse (2017) and Bright Nights (2017).

"AUSTRIAN 'KLAUS KINSKI´'" ;-)

14. Fritz Muliar

Actor | Kommissar Rex

After his education at the Vienna Conservatory he got his first engagement at Stella Kadmons cabaret in 1937. Little time later he was engaged at the 'Theater an der Josefstadt', where he became one of Austria's most popular artists and where he is still acting and directing in various productions.

15. Manuel Rubey

Actor | Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch!

Manuel Rubey was born on March 26, 1979 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and producer, known for Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! (2008), Fauner Consulting (2011) and Gruber Is Leaving (2015).

16. Tobias Moretti

Actor | Kommissar Rex

Tobias Moretti was born on July 11, 1959 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. He is an actor, known for Kommissar Rex (1994), A Hidden Life (2019) and The Hard Cops (2004). He has been married to Julia Moretti since August 31, 1997. They have three children.

17. Erni Mangold

Actress | Before Sunrise

Goldmann was born into a family of artists. The father was a painter, whilst her mother, who was likely to become a successful concert pianist, resigned to her career in favour of her family. She had piano lessons from age 4-14.

After being trained at Helmut Kraus's Drama School, Erni Mangold ...

18. Josef Meinrad

Actor | Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin

Josef Meinrad was born on April 21, 1913 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and director, known for Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956), Die Fledermaus (1983) and Dulcinea del Toboso (1964). He was married to Germaine Renée Clement. He died on February 18, 1996 in Großgmain bei...

19. Simon Schwarz

Actor | Die Siebtelbauern

Simon Schwarz was born on January 10, 1971 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and producer, known for The Inheritors (1998), Crush My Heart (2018) and Everything Will Be Okay (2015).

20. Maximilian Schell

Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg

Maximilian Schell was the most successful German-speaking actor in English-language films since Emil Jannings, the winner of the first Best Actor Academy Award. Like Jannings, Schell won the Oscar, but unlike him, he was a dedicated anti-Nazi. Indeed, with the exception of Maurice Chevalier and ...

21. Cornelius Obonya

Actor | Jedermann

Cornelius Obonya was born on March 29, 1969 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor, known for Jedermann (2013), Zodiak - Der Horoskop-Mörder (2007) and Maria Theresa (2017). He has been married to Carolin Pienkos since 2005. They have one child.

22. Hedy Lamarr

Actress | Samson and Delilah

Hedy Lamarr, the woman many critics and fans alike regard as the most beautiful ever to appear in films, was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria. She was the daughter of Gertrud (Lichtwitz), from Budapest, and Emil Kiesler, a banker from Lemberg (now known as Lviv). Her parents were ...

23. Johannes Thanheiser

Actor | Revanche

Johannes Thanheiser was born on December 4, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and composer, known for Revanche (2008), Braunschlag (2012) and North Face (2008). He was married to Mueh. He died on June 17, 2014 in St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria.

24. Peter Alexander

Soundtrack | Im weissen Rössl

To paraphrase the Beatles, one could say that, like Michelle and Ma Belle, Peter Alexander and Music are words that go together well, for the Austrian entertainer (musician, singer and actor) was associated with music from cradle to tomb. Born in Vienna in 1926, the son of a banker and his wife, ...

25. Nicholas Ofczarek

Actor | Der Pass

Nicholas Ofczarek was born on May 30, 1971 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and writer, known for Pagan Peak (2018), Wir Staatskünstler (2011) and Tatort (1970). He is married to Tamara Metelka. They have one child.

26. Gerhard Greiner

Actor | Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall

Gerhard Greiner was born on October 6, 1971 in Salzburg, Austria. He is an actor, known for Four Women and a Funeral (2005), North Face (2008) and Tatort (1970). He is married to Sybille. They have two children.

27. Brigitte Kren

Actress | The Debt

Brigitte Kren was born on January 27, 1954 in Graz, Austria. She is an actress, known for The Debt (2010), Blood Glacier (2013) and Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010).

28. Raimund Wallisch

Actor | Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall

Raimund Wallisch was born on March 5, 1969. He is an actor, known for Four Women and a Funeral (2005), Die Steintaler ...von wegen Homo sapiens (2014) and Braunschlag (2012).

29. Michael Ostrowski

Actor | Die unabsichtliche Entführung der Frau Elfriede Ott

Michael Ostrowski was born to two school teachers on January 3, 1973 in Leoben, Austria as Michael Stockinger. During the time he studied English/American Studies and French at the University Graz he started to act in a theater group and instead of writing his dissertation he wrote the script for "...

30. Georges Kern

Actor | Schindler's List

Georges Kern was born in 1950 in Salzburg, Austria. He is an actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), Four Women and a Funeral (2005) and Stockinger (1996).

31. Maria Schell

Actress | Superman

Maria Schell studied in a religious institution in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France). She received a dramatic training in Zurich, Switzerland. To pay her studies, she was a secretary there. Besides being a film star; Maria appeared in plays in Zurich, Basel, in Vienna (Josefstad Theater), Berlin, Munich (...

32. Herbert Fux

Actor | The Three Musketeers

Herbert Fux was born on March 25, 1927 in Hallein, Salzburg, Austria. He was an actor and writer, known for The Three Musketeers (1993), Stockinger (1996) and Der Bergdoktor (1992). He was married to Edith Fux. He died on March 13, 2007 in Zurich, Switzerland.

33. Michael Schottenberg

Director | Caracas

Michael Schottenberg was born on July 10, 1952 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and director, known for Caracas (1989), Averills Ankommen (1992) and The Piano Teacher (2001). He is married to Maria Bill. They have one child.

34. Hans Moser

Actor | 7 Jahre Pech

Hans Moser, whose real name is Jean Juliet, was trained in theater by the court actor Josef Moser. He later took his last name and combined it with the German translation of his first name. In 1897 he had his first engagement in Bohemia. He later took part in a traveling theater that took him ...

35. Gregor Bloéb

Actor | Arme Millionäre

Gregor Bloéb was born on January 3, 1968 in Innsbruck, Austria. He is an actor, known for Arme Millionäre (2005), Chalet Girl (2011) and Im weißen Rössl - Wehe Du singst! (2013). He has been married to Nina Proll since July 5, 2008. They have two children.

36. Brigitte Jaufenthaler

Actress | Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall

Brigitte Jaufenthaler was born on March 6, 1961 in Innsbruck, Austria. She is an actress, known for Four Women and a Funeral (2005), Die Wolke (2006) and Tatort (1970).

37. Miriam Stein

Actress | Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall

Miriam Stein was born on May 10, 1988 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Four Women and a Funeral (2005), Young Goethe in Love (2010) and Generation War (2013).

38. Sabrina Reiter

Actress | In 3 Tagen bist du tot

Sabrina Reiter was born on August 5, 1983 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria. She is an actress and director, known for In 3 Tagen bist du tot (2006), Unsere Zeit wird kommen (2017) and In 3 Tagen bist du tot 2 (2008).

39. Johannes Krisch

Actor | Revanche

Johannes Krisch was born in 1966 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor, known for Revanche (2008), A Cure for Wellness (2016) and In the Fade (2017).

40. Susi Stach

Rush

Susi Stach was born in 1961 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Rush (2013), Woman in Gold (2015) and Murer: Anatomy of a Trial (2018). She is married to Karl Fischer. They have two children.

41. Gerhard Liebmann

Actor | M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

Gerhard Liebmann was born on April 20, 1970 in Graz, Styria, Austria. He is an actor, known for M - A City Hunts a Murderer (2019), Murer: Anatomy of a Trial (2018) and Wenn du wüsstest, wie schön es hier ist (2015).

43. Johnny Weissmuller

Actor | Tarzan the Ape Man

Johnny Weissmuller was born as Peter Johann Weißmüller in Freidorf, today a district of the city of Timisoara in Romania, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Weissmuller would later claim to have been born in Windber, Pennsylvania, probably to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of ...

44. Gabriela Schmoll

Actress | Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall

Gabriela Schmoll is known for Four Women and a Funeral (2005), Hinterland (2021) and The Unfish (1997).

45. Herbert Lom

Actor | The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Herbert Lom was born on September 11, 1917 as Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru into an aristocratic family living in genteel poverty. His incredibly long surnames led him to select the shortest surname he could find extant ("Lom") and adopt it as his own, professionally. He ...

46. Joseph Egger

Actor | Per un pugno di dollari

Joseph Egger was born on February 22, 1889 in Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and Das alte Försterhaus (1956). He was married to Erna. He died on August 29, 1966 in Gablitz, Lower Austria, ...

47. Ingrid Burkhard

Actress | Toni Erdmann

Ingrid Burkhard was born on June 7, 1931 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Toni Erdmann (2016), The Eremites (2016) and Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga (2008). She was previously married to Hannes Siegl.

48. Götz Kauffmann

Actor | Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter

Götz Kauffmann was born on January 15, 1949 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor, known for Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter (1975), Mozart und Meisel (1987) and Kaisermühlen Blues (1992). He died on January 26, 2010 in Vienna, Austria.

49. Alfred Dorfer

Writer | Dorfers Donnerstalk

Alfred Dorfer is an Austrian actor, stage comedian and script writer. He was studying "Theatre studies" at the University of Vienna when he met the actor Herwig Seeböck, who started to train him in acting. Dorfer discontinued his academic studies for 25 years, but made his Master in 2007, followed ...

50. Roland Düringer

Actor | Hinterholz 8

Roland Düringers grew up in Vienna, Austria, where his father was a cloakroom attendant at the famous Viennese Burgtheater. Düringer, who was at that time pupil of a "Secondary technical college" met (because of father occupation) the actor Herwig Seeböck, who invited him to his theatre workshops ...

51. Elisabeth Lanz

Actress | In aller Freundschaft

Elisabeth Lanz was born on June 12, 1971 in Graz, Austria. She is an actress and writer, known for In aller Freundschaft (1998), The Leaving (2003) and Tierärztin Dr. Mertens (2006). She has been married to Jan Batu-Lanz since 2008. They have one child.

52. Maria Hofstätter

Actress | Paradies: Glaube

Maria Hofstätter was born on March 30, 1964 in Linz, Austria. She is an actress, known for Paradise: Faith (2012), Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) and Fox in a Hole (2020).

53. Kurt Weinzierl

Actor | Kottan ermittelt

Kurt Weinzierl was born on April 15, 1931 in Innsbruck, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for Kottan ermittelt (1976), Kein Pardon (1993) and Die Einsteiger (1985). He was married to Veronika Faber and Susanne Weinzierl. He died on October 10, 2008 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

54. Paul Hörbiger

Actor | The Third Man

Paul Hörbiger was born on April 29, 1894 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor and producer, known for The Third Man (1949), Three Girls Around Schubert (1936) and The Gypsy Baron (1954). He was married to Josefa Gettke. He died on March 5, 1981 in Vienna, Austria.

55. Miriam Fussenegger

Actress | Vienna Blood

Miriam Fussenegger is known for Vienna Blood (2019), Hals über Kopf (2023) and Schächten (2022).

56. Franz Buchrieser

Actor | Der Skipper

Franz Buchrieser was born on December 26, 1937 in Graz, Austria. He is an actor, known for Kill Cruise (1990), Murer: Anatomy of a Trial (2018) and Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980).

57. Waltraut Haas

Actress | Shop of Little Pleasures

Waltraut Haas (also Waltraud Haas und Waltraute Haas-Strahl) was born in Wien (Vienna) in 1927. She was the daughter of teacher Walther Haas and his wife Stefanie Klager. When she was five, her father died and she grew up at Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a restaurateur. After the war she...

58. Thomas Stipsits

Actor | Love Machine 2

Thomas Stipsits was born on August 2, 1983 in Leoben, Styria, Austria. He is an actor and writer, known for Love Machine 2 (2022), Love Machine (2019) and Braunschlag (2012). He is married to Katharina Straßer. They have one child.

59. Elke Winkens

Actress | Kommissar Rex

Elke Winkens was born on March 25, 1970 in Heinsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Kommissar Rex (1994), Arschkalt (2011) and Die kranken Schwestern (1995).

Although she is actually from Germany

60. Ellen Umlauf

Director | Nabuli

Ellen Umlauf was born on August 17, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress and director, known for Nabuli (1988), Isar 12 (1961) and Salome (1971). She was married to Albert Rueprecht. She died on February 19, 2000 in Rotorua, New Zealand.

61. Nora Waldstätten

Actress | Personal Shopper

Nora began acting in television and film while she was a student at the Berlin Arts University, where she graduated in 2007. She won the Bunte Magazine "New Faces" award for best young German actress in 2009, and received the Max Ophüls Prize for "Most Promising Actress" in January 2010. Nora is a ...

62. Hilde Dalik

Actress | Sargnagel - Der Film

Hilde Dalik was born on June 13, 1978 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Sargnagel - Der Film (2021), Tatort (1970) and Vorstadtweiber (2015).

63. Sissy Höfferer

Actress | Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari

Sissy Höfferer was born on April 23, 1955 in Klagenfurt, Austria. She is an actress, known for Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari (1998), Via Mala (1985) and Cologne P.D. (2003). She was previously married to Jacques Breuer.

64. Brigitte Karner

Actress | Laurin

Brigitte Karner was born on December 12, 1957 in Völkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria. She is an actress, known for Laurin (1989), Game, Set, and Match (1988) and HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin (1998). She has been married to Peter Simonischek since August 26, 1989. They have two children.

65. Friedrich von Ledebur

Actor | Sorcerer

Tall, lean, austere-looking Austrian character actor, whose chiselled features appeared on screen in small parts from 1945. Friedrich was the younger brother of renowned Viennese stage and film actor and director Leopold von Ledebur, both descended from a distinguished aristocratic family (their ...

66. Martina Spitzer

Actress | Tatort

Martina Spitzer is known for Tatort (1970), Braunschlag (2012) and Das Haus meines Vaters (2013).

67. Alex Kristan

Self | Die Kabarett-WG: Das ORF1-Sonderprogramm

Alex Kristan was born on April 24, 1972 in Mödling, Austria. He is an actor, known for Die Kabarett-WG: Das ORF1-Sonderprogramm (2020), Der weiße Kobold (2022) and Kabarettgipfel (2017).

THE 'IMITATOR' of HEINZ PRÜLLER, NIKI LAUDA, HANS KRANKL, TONI POLSTER, ALEXANDER WURZ, HERBERT PROHASKA, FRENKIE SCHINKELS, ANDI HERZOG, FRANK STRONACH,...

68. Herwig Seeböck

Actor | Hiob

Herwig Seeböck was born on December 7, 1939 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and writer, known for Hiob (1978), Strauss Dynasty (1991) and Jesus von Ottakring (1976). He was married to Erika Mottl. He died on March 1, 2011 in Vienna, Austria.

69. John Banner

Actor | Hogan's Heroes

John Banner, who achieved television immortality for his portrayal of the Luftwaffe POW camp guard Sergeant Schultz in the TV series Hogan's Heroes (1965), was born on Tuesday, January 28th, 1910 in Vienna., which in 1938 was then the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The 28-year-old Banner, ...

70. Ludwig Stössel

Actor | The Pride of the Yankees

Born in Austria in 1883, Ludwig Stossel was an established theater presence (from age 17) in both his homeland and in Germany for decades, performing at one time or another for both Max Reinhardt and Otto Preminger. He made a handful of German silents beginning in 1926 and had moved with ease into ...

71. Hary Prinz

Actor | Enfant Terrible

Hary Prinz was born in 1965 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor, known for Enfant Terrible (2020), Murder by the Lake (2014) and Cenerentola (2011).

72. Branko Samarovski

Actor | Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

Branko Samarovski was born on July 9, 1939 in Zemun, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for The White Ribbon (2009), Fog in August (2016) and Braunschlag (2012).

73. Anton Pointecker

Actor | Schloßhotel Orth

Anton Pointecker was born on April 16, 1938 in Wildenau, Aspach, Upper Austria, Austria. He was an actor, known for Schloßhotel Orth (1996), Dahoam is Dahoam (2007) and Die Leute von St. Benedikt (1992). He died on July 7, 2008 in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

74. Friedrich von Thun

Actor | Schindler's List

Friedrich von Thun was born on June 30, 1942 in Kwassitz, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Kvasice, Moravia, Czech Republic]. He is an actor and director, known for Schindler's List (1993), Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari (1998) and Cold Hell (2017). He was previously married to ...

75. Ludwig Hirsch

Actor | Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk

Ludwig Hirsch was born on February 28, 1946 in Weinberg, Styria, Austria. He was an actor, known for Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk (1972), Initiation (2009) and Hiob (1978). He was married to Cornelia Köndgen. He died on November 24, 2011 in Vienna, Austria.

76. Patricia Aulitzky

Actress | Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch!

Patricia Aulitzky was born on July 7, 1979 in Salzburg, Austria. She is an actress, known for Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! (2008), Lena Lorenz (2015) and Trakehnerblut (2017).

77. Barbara Lanz

Actress | Rosamunde Pilcher

Barbara Lanz was born on July 31, 1983 in Wels, Austria. She is an actress, known for Rosamunde Pilcher (1993), SOKO Kitzbühel (2001) and Der Ferienarzt (2004).

78. Fritz Karl

Actor | Höhenangst

Fritz Karl (born December 21, 1967) is an Austrian film, television and stage actor born in Gmunden, Upper Austria. He is one of the busiest Austrian actors. Karl lives in both Munich and Vienna with his longtime companion Elena Uhlig. The two of them have three children, born in 2007, 2010 and ...

79. Ernst Konarek

Actor | Oben ohne

Ernst Konarek was born on June 29, 1945 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor, known for Oben ohne (2007), Kottan ermittelt (1976) and Die Neue - Eine Frau mit Kaliber (1998).

80. Karlheinz Hackl

Actor | Sophie's Choice

Karlheinz Hackl was born on May 16, 1949 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for Sophie's Choice (1982), Tatort (1970) and Radetzkymarsch (1994). He was married to Maria Köstlinger and Brigitta Furgler. He died on June 1, 2014 in Vienna, Austria.

82. Thomas Mraz

Actor | Kaiserschmarrndrama

Thomas Mraz was born on October 11, 1975 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and director, known for Kaiserschmarrndrama (2021), Beckenrand Sheriff (2021) and Side Effects & Risks (2021).

83. Sybil Danning

Actress | Battle Beyond the Stars

Statuesque 5'7" blonde beauty Sybil Danning reigns supreme as one of the sexiest, most dynamic, and commanding actresses to achieve cult B-movie queen status. Born in Austria as daughter of US Army major and Austrian mother she grew up on army bases in New Jersey, Maryland and Sacramento, CA.. ...

84. Nadja Tiller

Actress | Das Mädchen Rosemarie

Austrian leading lady Nadja Tiller reached the height of her popularity during the 1950s and 60s. She was the daughter of stage actor and director Anton Tiller and his wife, the opera singer Erika Körner (1902-1979). It seemed that Nadja's career had been marked out for her early on: she was to ...

85. Christine Reiler

Self | Rat mal, wer zum Essen kommt

Christine Reiler was born on March 25, 1982 in Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria.

86. Rainer Wöss

Actor | Dogwatch

Rainer Wöss was born on May 22, 1962 in Linz, Austria. He is an actor, known for Dogwatch (2019), Murer: Anatomy of a Trial (2018) and The Bathtub (2016). He is married to Verena Berger. They have one child.

87. Christopher Schärf

Actor | Einer von uns

Christopher Schärf was born on January 9, 1979 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor, known for One of Us (2015), Braunschlag (2012) and Warten auf den Mond (2007).

88. Johannes Zeiler

Actor | CopStories

Johannes Zeiler was born on April 29, 1970. He is an actor, known for CopStories (2013), Wackersdorf (2018) and Paul Kemp - Alles kein Problem (2013).

89. Karin Lischka

Actress | Tatort

Karin Lischka was born on June 16, 1979 in Vienna. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Spuren des Bösen (2010) and Vienna Blood (2019).

90. Herbert Feuerstein

Actor | Schmidteinander

Herbert Feuerstein was born on June 15, 1937 in Zell am See, Austria. He was an actor and writer, known for Schmidteinander (1990), Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (2006) and Wickie und die starken Männer (2009). He was married to Pearl Higa, Grit Bergmann and ???. He died on October 6, 2020 ...

91. Fanny Stavjanik

Actress | Tatort

Fanny Stavjanik was born on April 13, 1966 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Hades - Eine (fast) wahre Geschichte aus der Unterwelt (2023) and Beautiful Girl (2015). She is married to Thomas Herrmann. They have one child.

92. Gabriela Benesch

Actress | Frühlingserwachen

Gabriela Benesch was born on July 29, 1965 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Frühlingserwachen (1989), Leas Hochzeit (1992) and Ainoa (2005).

93. Claudia Kottal

Actress | CopStories

Claudia Kottal is known for CopStories (2013), Love Machine (2019) and Wir Staatskünstler (2011).

94. Julia Edtmeier

Actress | Fisch lernt fliegen

Julia Edtmeier is known for Fisch lernt fliegen (2019), Gandhi Hollywood and SOKO Linz (2022).

95. Barbara Valentin

Actress | Welt am Draht

Barbara Valentin was born on December 15, 1940 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress, known for World on a Wire (1973), Our Man in Jamaica (1965) and Horrors of Spider Island (1960). She was married to Helmut Dietl, Rald Lüders and Ernst Reichardt. She died on February 22, 2002 in Munich, Bavaria,...

96. Florian Teichtmeister

Actor | Sommer der Gaukler

Florian Teichtmeister was born on November 4, 1979 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor, known for Sommer der Gaukler (2011), Polly Adler (2008) and Die Chefin (2012).

97. Erich von Stroheim

Actor | Sunset Boulevard

Erich von Stroheim was born Erich Oswald Stroheim in 1885, in Vienna, Austria, to Johanna (Bondy), from Prague, and Benno Stroheim, a hatter from Gleiwitz, Germany (now Gliwice, Poland). His family was Jewish.

After spending some time working in his father's hat factory, he emigrated to America ...

98. Ulli Maier

Actress | Die Steintaler ...von wegen Homo sapiens

Ulli Maier was born on June 2, 1957 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Die Steintaler ...von wegen Homo sapiens (2014), Tatort (1970) and Spuren des Bösen (2010).

99. William Berger

Actor | Hercules

William Berger was born on June 20, 1928 in Innsbruck, Austria. He was an actor, known for Hercules (1983), Keoma (1976) and Devil Fish (1984). He was married to Hanja Kochansky, Carol Lobravico and Dörte Völz-Mammarella. He died on October 2, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

100. Joseph Schildkraut

Actor | The Shop Around the Corner

An imposing Austrian import-turned-matinée idol on the silent screen, Hollywood actor Joseph Schildkraut went on to conquer talking films as well -- with Oscar-winning results. Inclined towards smooth, cunning villainy, his Oscar came instead for his sympathetic portrayal of Captain Alfred Dreyfus ...



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