Karl Markowitz is an Austrian film and theater actor. He was born on August 29, 1963 in Vienna. To viewers, he is known for his supporting role in the TV series "Commissioner Rex".
Biography and creativity
Almost nothing is known about Karl's childhood. As for his personal life, he is married to actress Stephanie Taussig, who has starred in the films Beloved Granny and Breath, as well as the series Empress Cece and Crime Scene Investigation. Their family had two children, Louis and Leonie.
Karl not only acts in films, but also participates in theatrical performances. He could be seen in the performances Lumpazivagabundus and Einen Jux will er sich machen at the People's Theater, Hunt oder der totale Februar at the Hausruck Theater, Mein Nestroy at the Josefstadt Theater, A Midsummer Night's Dream at the People's Opera, Die Fledermaus at the Zurich Opera Mein Kampf at the theater in Josefstadt and Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind at the summer arena in Baden.
Career
Markowitz's film career began with a small role in the crime drama Police Telephone 110. His partners on the set were Peter Borgelt, Jürgen Frorip, Wolfgang Winkler, Jaki Schwarz, Sigrid Geler and Maria Gruber. The film won a prize at the Berlin Film Festival in the category "Best German Cast". Then Karl played Lorenz in the TV series "Special Commission", which began filming in 1978.
In 1991, Karl landed a role in Michael Sturminger's film The Dog and the Cat. The main characters in the film were played by Wolf Bachofner, Ronald Eichhorn, Gunther Einbrodt, Florian Flicker, Julia Jager. Then he was invited to the TV series "Wolf's Law". The plot tells about the adventures of a valiant police inspector. In 1993, Markowitz could be seen in the comedy India.
Austrian director Harald Sicheritz invited Karl to his comedy Mother's Day. Markovich then got the role of Ernst, who during the first seasons appears in the TV series "Commissioner Rex". The main roles in the crime thriller were played by Tobias Moretti, Gedeon Burkhard, Gerhard Zeman, Heinz Weixelbraun, Wolf Bachofner and Martin Weineck. Of course, mentioning this series, one cannot but mention the excellent game of the trained German shepherd, whose name is Santo von Haus Ziegelmeier.
In 1995, Karl played a taxi driver in the fantastic drama A Lot. The film was directed and written by Florian Flicker. In the same year, he received another cameo role. This time in Wolfgang Mernberger's film Let Heaven or Hell Come.
Filmography
The actor's finest hour came in 1996 with the release of the series "Stockinger", in which he got the main role. In addition to Markovic, Sandra Cervik, Hans-Peter Heinzl, Anja Schiller, Herbert Fuchs and Georges Kern played in the crime comedy. The series fell in love with viewers in Germany and Austria. In the same year, he played a doctor in Wolfgang Mühlbauer's television drama Olivia - The Fate of a Child Shocked.
The following year, he played the doctor again, but this time in the TV movie Mad Moon. His colleagues in this painting were Gabriel Barilli, Dieter Lazer, Maria Bill, Bigi Fischer and Fritz von Friedl. 1997 was such a fruitful year for the actor that he played in 3 more films: "The Vienna of Qualtinger" by Harald Sicheritz, "The Road to Istanbul" by Peter Zeman and "Crossfire" by Thomas Roth.
1998 brought Karl roles in the comedies Hinterholz Street 8, And All Because of Mom and Three Gentlemen. The following year, he received invitations to appear in 6 films. Karl played a professor in the action movie Whore. Floriana Daniel, Isabella Parkinson, Wilfried Hochholdinger, Andre Hennicke and Leonard Lansink starred in this thriller. Karl was reincarnated as Novak in the comedy "Evening Show". The film was shown in Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong. Markowitz could be seen as Carlo in the television crime comedy starring Ottfried Fischer, Fritz Wepper and Verona Puth, The Blue Cannon. Then Karl played Mac in the comedy "Oh, That Bob" co-produced by Germany, Austria and Denmark. The actor appeared in Harald Sicheritz's fantasy "Wanted" as a psychiatrist and played the main role in the comedy "Born in Absurdistan", in which a child of Austrian parents is mistakenly handed over to Turkish immigrants in a maternity hospital.
In the 2000s, Karl Markowitz continued to appear a lot. In 2000 he was offered the lead role in the film "Meanness and vagrancy". Then he could be seen in the comedy "Love Letters: Love by Correspondence". Markowitz again got the role of the main character. He played in a military action movie co-produced by Germany, Austria and the USA "Saboteurs". In 2003, Xavier Schwarzenberger's comedy "Dinner for Two" was released, in which Karl plays a prominent role.
In 2006 he could be seen in the historical melodrama "Crown Prince Rudolph". Prior to that, Markowitz played the main characters in the 2004 films "Family to Order" and "Beloved Granny" and in the 2005 films "My Killer" and "A Friend's Handwriting". Then Karl got the title role in the rating film "The Counterfeiters". The film was directed and written by Stefan Rucovicki. The picture tells about the life of a counterfeiter in a Nazi concentration camp. In 2008, the film won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Prior to this, the war crime drama was nominated for the "Golden Bear".
In 2010, Karl landed a prominent role in the successful biopic Nanga Parbat. The plot tells how two brothers climbed to the top of the mountain. Karl's partners on the set were Florian Stetter, Andreas Tobias, Steffen Schroeder and Yule Ronstedt. In the same year he could be seen in the biographical melodrama Mahler on the Couch. The film tells about the life of the Viennese bohemia.
In 2012, Markovich was waiting for the main role in the film "Suskind". The picture tells about life in occupied Amsterdam during the Second World War. In the same year he starred in the drama "Istalgia" co-produced by Germany, Ukraine and Serbia. Karl got another notable role in the Polish crime fighter Spaniard in 2015. In 2017, Markowitz played one of the main characters in the drama "Through the Years". In 2019, he could be seen in the family adventure film How I Learned to Be a Child.
