Wolfram Koch

Wolfram Koch was born in Paris and trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt. His career has taken him to venues including the Freie Volksbühne, the Schiller-Theater in Berlin, and Schauspiel Frankfurt; from 1995 to 2000, he was a member of the ensemble at Schauspielhaus Bochum. Since 2000, Koch has worked as a freelance actor, appearing at institutions such as Schauspiel Frankfurt, the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Burgtheater in Vienna, and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. At the Deutsches Theater, his roles included parts in Beckett’s Endgame and Gotscheff’s production of The Persians (Die Perser). In 2011, the artistic quartet of Koch, Finzi, Gotscheff, and Zilcher received the Berlin Theater Prize, and in 2015, Finzi and Koch were awarded the Gertrud Eysoldt Ring for their work in Waiting for Godot. In 2017, he received a Grimme Award for his role in Dead Man Working (directed by Marc Bauder, 2016).