User:Michael Walde-Berger



Actor / Estate manager of Alfons Walde

Michael Walde- Berger was born in Vienna, partly raised in Kitzbühel in Tyrol, a well-known ski-resort. His mother is tyrolian and daughter of painter "Alfons Walde", his father was a neurologist and psychiatrist in Vienna. After he made his High School Degree he studied Philosophy and Psychology at the Vienna University. After one year he decided to pursue his career as an actor and attended the Franz Schubert Conservatory. Then he studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute in NY from 1986 till 1988. Once he completed his studies in NY he returned to Austria and had his debut in Austrian and German Television.

From 1989 till 1993 he lived in Sarasota, Florida. He started working in the American Movie market. He was cast in Movies like "Hidden Fears" with Meg Foster and Frederic Forest and "Seven Sundays" with Rod Steiger and Molly Ringwald a.s.o.. After commuting back and forth between Europe and the U.S. he participated in various Films like the Award winning Feature Movie "The Quality of Mercy" by Andreas Gruber and many other productions. After his center of vital interest shifted to Europe he got a chance to shoot in US-Productions like "Urban Menace"(1999) and "Frankenstein Night" (2003) in Eastern Europe.

Besides his commitments in the Acting business he decided to concentrate on the Estate of his Grandfather "Alfons Walde" since 1996. He took over the fine art publishing company "Kunstverlag Alfons Walde" which was founded in the 20s by Alfons Walde himself. He is also worked on the establishment of a "Catalogue Raisonné". Many national and international exhibitions were organized by Michael Walde-Berger. Furthermore he initialized and supervised the production of a documentary about the artist´s Life, released on TV in 2014.

Filmography:


 * 1993: Quality of Mercy
 * 1993: Seven Sundays
 * 1993: Population Control
 * 1993: Florida Lady
 * 1993: Hidden Fears
 * 1994: Der Schatten des Schreibers
 * 1994: Auf Teufel komm raus
 * 1995: Spitzenleistung
 * 1996: Kaisermühlen Blues (Fernsehserie)
 * 1996: Stockinger (Fernsehserie)
 * 1997: Au Revoir
 * 1997: Babyrex
 * 1998: Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt (Fernsehserie, Folge Der Feuerteufel)
 * 1998: Schlosshotel Orth (Fernsehserie, Folge Theater)
 * 1999: Der Bockerer III – Die Brücke von Andau
 * 1999: Tatort: Der Millenniumsmörder
 * 1999: Urban Menace
 * 2001–2002: Die Schwingen des Adlers
 * 2002: Da wo die Liebe wohnt
 * 2004–2014: SOKO Kitzbühel (Fernsehserie, vier Folgen)
 * 2003: Frankenstein Night
 * 2004: Da wo die Herzen schlagen
 * 2007: Torpedos im Morgengrauen
 * 2009: Sisi
 * 2010: Heimkehr mit Hindernissen
 * 2011: Shattered Night
 * 2012: CopStories (Fernsehserie)
 * 2012: Dahoam is Dahoam (Fernsehserie, Folgen 1017 und 1018)
 * 2014: Vals
 * 2015: Die Rosenheim-Cops – Der letzte Pfusch
 * 2015: Present of the Past
 * 2016: Aktenzeichen XY
 * 2017: Die Rosenheim-Cops – Der Tisch des    Patriarchen
 * 2018: "Racism"

Awards:


 * 1994: Best Graduate Film    - Florida State University (für „Population Control“)
 * 1994: Romy Award (Best TV Film) für „Auf Teufel    komm raus (Turbo Leo)“
 * 1994: Special Jury-Award, Filmfestival San    Sebastian for „Quality of Mercy“
 * 1994: Audience Award, Diagonale Graz für „Quality    of Mercy“
 * 1994: Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich für    Filmkunst für „Quality of Mercy“
 * 1994: Preis der Filmkritik, Internationales    Filmfestival Amiens für „Quality of Mercy“