Tobias Moretti

Tobias Moretti (born Tobias Bloéb on July 11, 1959) is an Austrian actor.

Biography

Born in Gries am Brenner, Tyrol, Moretti is the oldest of four brothers. His brothers are named Tomas, Cristoph and Gregor. Since 1997 he has been married to Julia Moretti (born Wilhem), an oboist. They have two children, Antonia (born August 1998) and Lenz Valentino (born February 2000). The name comes from her mother, who is an Italian.

Moretti studied composition at the Vienna University of Music and Applied Arts, then went to Munich to train for the stage at the renowned Otto-Falckenberg Schule. After graduation he was a permanent member of the Bayrische Staatsschauspiel ensemble (Frank Baumbauer) and played at the Munich Kammerspiele (Dieter Dorn) from 1985 to 1995 where he earned critical praise in a sweeping variety of productions, appearing in Bertolt Brecht's "Man is Man", Achternbusch's "Der Frosch" ("The Frog") and playing the lead in Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida".

Moretti appeared in the TV series "Inspector Rex".

Trivia

*"Moretti" is his mother's surname.

*He has his own production company.

*Nikolaus Harnoncourt says about Moretti, "Moretti is a person with a great feel for music, whom you can talk to like to a musician. He is married to a musician who presumably talks primarily about music and farming with him. And if a person is so connected to nature like him, music is very close."

*He has a house in Vienna, a 400-year-old alpine residence (farm) in Innsbruck (since 1997) and a wineyard in Tuscany, Italy. Tobias Moretti lives with his family on a farm in Innsbruck. He has a 40 hectare estate, which is a natural habitat for his 25 cows.

*He speaks German, English and Italian. His mother was Italian and his father Austrian.

*He is one of the most self-willed Austrian actors.

*Tobias is very active and loves extreme sports, horseriding, motorsport, biking and driving his Porsche; he also enjoys canoeing, skiing, cycling and climbing. He has a German Shepherd named Pico.

*A critic said: "Even the most jealous person has to admit that Moretti's stardom is based on a very solid work that is consecrated in the highest league of theatre."

Filmography

*"Umbra Mortis" (2008) (TV) as Thomas Dorn
*"Io, Don Giovanni" (2007) as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
*"Der Kronzeuge" (TV) (2007) as Achim Weber
*"Die Schatzinsel" (TV) (2007) as Long John Silver
*"Du gehörst mir" (TV) (2007) as Wolf
*"42plus" (2007) as Martin
*"Midsummer Madness" (2007) as Peteris
*"König Ottokars Glück und Ende" (2006) (TV) as Primislaus Ottokar, König von Böhmen
*"Der Liebeswunsch" (2006) as Leonhard
*"Mord auf Rezept" (TV) (2006) as Luis Kramer
*"Speer und Er" (mini) ("Speer and Hitler: The Devil's Architect") (2005) (mini) as Adolf Hitler
*"Käthchens Traum" (2004) (TV) as Wetter vom Strahl
*"Jedermann" (2004) (TV) as Jedermanns guter Gesell/Teufel
*"The Return of the Dancing Master" (2004) (TV) as Stefan Lindman
*"Schwabenkinder" (2003) (TV) as Kooperator
*"Julius Caesar" (2002) (mini) as Caius Cassius
*"Ein Hund kam in die Küche" (2002) (TV) as Stefan Schuster
*"Gefährliche Nähe und du ahnst nichts" (2002) (TV) as Harry Möllemann
*"Andreas Hofer 1809 - Die Freiheit des Adlers" (2002) (TV) as Andreas Hofer
*"All Around the Town" (2002) (TV) as Billy Hawkins aka Bic
*"Der Narr und seine Frau heute Abend in Pancomedia" (2002) (TV) as Zacharias Werner
*"Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker" (2001) (TV) as Georg Kufbach
*"Das Tattoo" - Tödliche Zeichen (2000) (TV) as Karl
*"Trivial Pursuit" (2000) (TV) as Paul
*"Deine besten Jahre" (1999) (TV) as Manfred Minke
*"Shadows" (1999) (TV) as Davide Berger
*"Alphamann: Amok"' (1999) (TV) as Martin Buchmüller
*"Joseph of Nazareth" (1999) (TV) as Joseph
*"Cristallo di rocca" (1999) (TV) as Joseph
*"Die Nichte und der Tod" (1999) (TV) as Jeff Meltzer
*"Mortal Friends" (1998) (TV) as Nico Möller
*"Clarissa" (1998) (TV) as Gottfried
*"Krambambuli" (1998) (TV) as Wolf Pachler
*"Mia, Liebe meines Lebens" (1998) (mini) as Johnny Ryan
*"Silent Night" (1997) (TV) as Pastor Joseph Mohr
*"Die Bernauerin" (1997) (TV) as Herzog
*"Ein Herz wird wieder jung" (1997) as Paul
*"Mein Opa und die 13 Stühle" (1997) (TV) as Ohr
*"Workaholic" (1996) as Max
*"Night of Nights"(1995) (TV)
*"Unser Opa ist der Beste" (1995) (TV) as Wolfgang Ohr
*"Inspector Rex" (1994) (TV) as Richard Moser (1994-1998)
*"Die Piefke-Saga" (1990) (mini) as Josef 'Joe' Rotter
*"Der Rausschmeißer" (1990) as Harry
*"Der Fluch" (1988) as Mountain rescue service
*"Wilhelm Busch" (1986) (TV) as Young Wilhelm Busch

Awards

*Bavarian TV Awards - for "Kommissar Rex" (1995), "Schwabenkinder" (2004)
*German Television Awards - for "Kommissar Rex" (1996), "The Return of the Dancing Master" (2004)
*Adolf Grimme Awards, Germany - for Tanz mit dem Teufel - "Die Entführung des Richard Oetker", (2002), "Krambambuli" (1999)
*Golden Cable, Germany - for "Kommissar Rex" (1996)
*Golden Lion Awards - for "Kommissar Rex" (1996)
*Romy Gala, Austria - for Favorite Actor (Beliebtester Schauspieler)(2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005)
*Italian Telegatto - for "Kommissar Rex" (1998)
*Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring - for "König Ottokars Glück und Ende" (festival in Salzburg)

External links

* [http://www.tobiasmoretti.at/ Tobias Moretti Official Site]
*imdb name|id=0604349|name=Tobias Moretti
* [http://www.berndbenjaminmedia.de/moretti_england/framecenter.htm Tobias Moretti at Bernd Benjamin Media]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Chateau/2982/ Tobias Moretti Fan Site]
* [http://www.ernabaumbauer.de/downloadfile.php?file_id=32&show=1 Agentur-Setcard (pdf)]
* [http://www.tobiasmoretti.wbs.cz/ Tobias Moretti Website]