Mark Waschke

Mark Waschke (born 10 March 1972) is a German theatre, film, and television actor who has been appearing in German films since 2005.

Mark Waschke
Mark Waschke, 2013
Born (1972-03-10) 10 March 1972
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Known for

Early life and education

Waschke was born as the second of three sons in Wattenscheid, a district of the German city of Bochum. His father was a surgeon and his mother a nurse. In 1980, Waschke's father was accepted as head of surgery at a hospital in Sulzbach, Saarland, and the family moved to Friedrichsthal. Waschke joined the local children's theater and later an amateur theater group.[1]

In 1991, he moved to Berlin. After completing his mandatory civil service, he began to study philosophy, which he later quit in order to focus on acting. From 1995 until 1999, he studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.[2]

Career

From 1999 until 2008, Waschke was a regular staff member of the Berlin Schaubühne theatre company under Thomas Ostermeier, who has described him as "a good-looking, virile actor who takes full responsibility for his play and display of emotional diversity".[3]

At Schaubühne, Waschke played lead roles in plays such as William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

In 2006, he performed at the Deutsches Theater Berlin in Kasimir und Karoline by Ödön von Horváth (directed by Andreas Dresen), and in 2009 at the Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin, in Leonce and Lena by Georg Büchner, directed by Jan Bosse.[4]

Since 2005, Waschke has appeared in television series and films, notably Buddenbrooks (2008), Habermann (2010), The City Below (2011), Fenster zum Sommer (2011), and Generation War (2013).

Since 2009, he has made regular appearances in the long-running crime drama series Tatort,[5] and in 2015, he gained a permanent role, playing detective Robert Karow.[6]

Waschke rejoined the Schaubühne theater for their 2013/14 season.[4] He has said that acting on stage is a mental and physical need, not only because it does not get interrupted as in filming but also "for a different kind of responsibility, for oneself, the role, the play, the great ritual, which at best doesn't only do something for the audience [...]. In a rare moment it becomes utopia."[3]

The actor became known to international audiences for his role as Noah in the Netflix-produced series Dark.[7]

Personal life

Waschke lives in Berlin with his wife, daughter, and son.[8] In February 2021, he publically came out, together with 184 other German LGBTQ+ actors.[9][10]

Awards

Selected filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Buddenbrooks Thomas Buddenbrook
2010 The City Below Oliver Steve
Habermann August Habermann
2011 Fenster zum Sommer August Schelling
2012 Barbara Jörg
2013 &ME Eduard Schiller
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Die Rosenheim-Cops 1 episode
2009/2010 Tatort Dr. Ralph Winkler/Bernd Bürger 2 episodes
2010 Kommissarin Lucas Jan Geissler 1 episode
Stolberg
2012/2013 Tatort Johannes Riether/Max Brenner 2 episodes
2013 Generation War Dorn
2015–present Tatort Robert Karow 11 episodes
2017–20 Dark Hanno Tauber/Noah

References
  1. Mark Waschkes Karriere begann in Neuweiler Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Saarbrücker Zeitung, 9 March 2010
  2. Mark Waschke in der Hörbar Rust, radioeins, 22 March 2015
  3. Julia Schaaf Der Neue ist ein arrogantes Ekel FAZ, 20 March 2015, quote=Er ist ein gutaussehender, viriler Schauspieler, der voll und ganz die Verantwortung für sein Spiel und die emotionale Vielfalt seiner Figuren übernimmt.
  4. Mark Waschke Schaubühne Berlin, n.d., retrieved 6 June 2017
  5. "ARD-Krimireihe: Meret Becker und Mark Waschke werden Berlins "Tatort"-Duo". Spiegel Online. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  6. Mark Waschke n.d. IMDb.com, Inc, 6 June 2017
  7. Dark (TV Series 2017– ) – IMDb, retrieved 7 October 2019
  8. TV Today, no. 5/2015
  9. Emcke, Carolin; Fritzsche, Lara (4 February 2021). "»Wir sind schon da«". SZ Magazin (in German). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  10. "Sexuelle Identität: 185 Menschen aus Theater und Film fordern in Manifest #actout mehr Diversität". www.spiegel.de (in German). Der Spiegel. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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