Tobias Moretti Explained
Tobias Moretti (pronounced as /de/; born Tobias Bloéb; 11 July 1959) is an Austrian actor.
Biography
Born in Gries am Brenner, Tyrol, Moretti is the eldest of four brothers, including Thomas, Christoph and fellow actor Gregor Bloéb. Since 1997, he has been married to Julia Moretti (née Wilhem), an oboist. They have three children, Antonia (born August 1998), Lenz Valentino (born February 2000) and Rosa Cäcilia (born February 2011). His professional surname comes from his mother, who is of Italian descent.
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 Bayerisches 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 from 1994 to 1998 as Richard Moser, the main policeman in the murder unit.
Filmography
- Wilhelm Busch (1986, TV film), as Young Wilhelm Busch
- The Curse (1988), as Mountain rescue service
- (1990, TV miniseries), as Josef 'Joe' Rotter
- Der Rausschmeißer (1990), as Harry
- Inspector Rex (1994–1998, TV series, 45 episodes), as Richard Moser
- Night of Nights (1995, TV film)
- Unser Opa ist der Beste (1995, TV film), as Wolfgang Ohr
- Workaholic (1996), as Max
- (1997, TV film), as Pastor Joseph Mohr
- Die Bernauerin (1997, TV film), as Herzog Albrecht
- Ein Herz wird wieder jung (1997), as Paul
- (1997, TV film), as Wolfgang Ohr
- Mortal Friends (1998, TV film), as Nico Möller
- (1998, TV film), as Gottfried
- (1998, TV film), as Wolf Pachler
- Mia, Liebe meines Lebens (1998, TV miniseries), as Johnny Ryan
- Your Best Years (1999, TV film), as Manfred Minke
- (1999, TV film), as Davide Berger
- Alphamann (1999, TV series, 1 episode), as Martin Buchmüller
- Joseph of Nazareth (1999, TV film), as Joseph
- (1999, TV film), as Joseph
- Die Nichte und der Tod (1999, TV film), as Jeff Meltzer
- Das Tattoo – Tödliche Zeichen (2000, TV film), as Karl
- Trivial Pursuit (2000, TV film), as Paul
- (2001, TV film), as Georg Kufbach
- Julius Caesar (2002, TV miniseries), as Gaius Cassius
- (2002, TV film), as Stefan Schuster
- Gefährliche Nähe und du ahnst nichts (2002, TV film), as Harry Möllemann
- (2002, TV film), as Andreas Hofer
- (2002, TV film), as Billy Hawkins aka Bic
- Der Narr und seine Frau heute Abend in Pancomedia (2002, TV film), as Zacharias Werner
- (2003, TV film), as Kooperator
- Käthchens Traum (2004, TV film), as Friedrich Wetter Count von Strahl
- Jedermann (2004, TV film), as Jedermanns guter Gesell/Teufel
- (2004, TV film), as Stefan Lindman
- Speer und Er (Speer and Hitler: The Devil's Architect, 2005, TV miniseries), as Adolf Hitler
- König Ottokars Glück und Ende (2006, TV film), as King Ottokar II of Bohemia
- (2006), as Leonhard
- Erased (2006, TV film), as Luis Kramer
- Der Kronzeuge (2007, TV film), as Achim Weber
- (2007, TV film), as Long John Silver
- Du gehörst mir (2007, TV film), as Wolf
- (2007), as Martin
- Midsummer Madness (2007), as Peteris
- (2008, TV film), as Thomas Dorn
- I, Don Giovanni (2009), as Casanova
- (2009, TV film), as Lawrence
- Black Flowers (2009), as Michael Roddick
- (2009, TV film), as Archduke John of Austria
- (2010), as Ferdinand Marian
- (2010, TV film), as Amigo Steiger
- (2011, TV film), as Antonio Caleffi
- The Weekend (2012), as Ulrich Lansky
- (2012, TV film), as Jo Rühler
- The Decent One (2014), as Heinrich Himmler
- The Dark Valley (2014), as Hans Brenner
- Therapy for a Vampire (2014), as Count Geza von Közsnöm
- (2014, TV film), as Rudolf Diels
- Life Eternal (2015), as Aschenbrenner
- (2015, TV film), as Luis Trenker
- (2015, TV film), as Immanuel Tauss
- Brothers of the Wind (2015), as Keller
- Cold Hell (2017), as Steiner
- Bad Banks (2018, TV series, 6 episodes), as Quirin Sydow
- (2018), as Macheath
- A Hidden Life (2019), as Vicar Ferdinand Fürthauer
- (2019), as Max Ludwig Nansen
- Louis van Beethoven (2020, TV film), as Ludwig van Beethoven
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)
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