Felix Kammerer

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Felix Kammerer
Born (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 (age 29)
Vienna, Austria
Education Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch
OccupationActor
Mother Angelika Kirchschlager

Felix Kammerer (born 19 September 1995) is an Austrian actor. After working on the Berlin stage, he made his feature film debut by playing the lead role in the war drama All Quiet on the Western Front (2022). He has since starred in the war miniseries All the Light We Cannot See (2023).

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Early life

Kammerer's parents are the opera singers Angelika Kirchschlager and Hans Peter Kammerer. [1] [2]

Career

Education and stage work

From 2013 to 2015, Kammerer was part of the Youth Ensemble of Maresa Hörbiger. [3] In 2015, he began studying at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts Berlin, graduating in 2019. [3] During his training he worked at the Berliner Arbeiter-Theater in Rossum's Universal Robots by Karel Čapek and in Michael Kohlhaas - An Attempt to Leave the Circle freely adapted from Heinrich von Kleist, and in 2017 he appeared on stage at the Deutsche Theater Berlin in Marat/Sade directed by Stefan Pucher. [3]

At the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, Kammerer appeared in Youth Without God directed by Nurkan Erpulat in 2019, and at the Salzburg Festivals he made his debut in 2019 in Summer Guests by Maxim Gorki in the role of the student Simin. [4] [3] Martin Kušej brought Kammerer to Vienna's Burgtheater as a permanent ensemble member at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, where he debuted as Duke of Medina-Sidonia in Schiller's Don Karlos. In October 2019, Kammerer appeared at the Vienna Academy Theater in a production by Ene-Liis Semper and Tiit Ojasoo as Behemoth in Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, and in The Little Witch by Otfried Preußler, which premiered in November 2019 at the Vestibule of the Burgtheater. [5] [6]

In February 2020, Kammerer appeared at the Akademietheater alongside Caroline Peters, Christoph Luser, and Martin Wuttke in the world premiere of Elfriede Jelinek's play Schwarzwasser, which deals with, among other things, the Ibiza affair. [7] At the Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz in October 2020, he played in Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes as the emperor's footman. [8]

In January 2023, Kammerer premiered at the Burgtheater as Hans Castorp in a dramatic adaptation of Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain . [9]

All Quiet on the Western Front

In 2022, Kammerer made his big-screen debut appearing as Paul Bäumer, the lead role in Edward Berger’s German-language adaptation of the Erich Maria Remarque 1928 novel All Quiet on the Western Front. Berger was casting for the role of Bäumer when Kammerer was identified by Sabrina Zwach, wife of the film’s producer, Malte Grunert. Grunert was so impressed by Kammerer’s performance at the Burgtheater he offered him an immediate audition and gave a personal recommendation to Berger. [10] [11] Berger described seeing Kammerer’s face the first time and being struck by the fact he "was already so old-fashioned and so classic looking, so pure and so innocent". They continued to cast for four to five months and Berger said:

I saw some 500 young actors. And we invited Felix back again and again. And every time, he just got better and better, just growing into the role. At one point, it was clear, it had to be him. It was a real discovery. [12]

Kammerer's performance in All Quiet on the Western Front has been widely praised. Maggie Lovitt for Collider wrote "In his first performance on-screen, Kammerer proves himself as a promising newcomer on the global stage. Paul Bäumer is not an easy role to take on; the physicality of the role alone might crush a performer, and that's without considering the great emotional toll undertaken to portray the shame, depravity, and agony of war. Paul is the heart of the film, and Kammerer effortlessly bares his soul to the audience as the war takes and takes and takes from his character." [13] John Nugent of Empire (magazine) described his performance as "hugely impactful even when caked in mud". [14] Danny Leigh in The Financial Times describes him as a "remarkable newcomer", [15] with Kate Connolly in The Guardian describing how "Bäumer is tenderly and brilliantly played by newcomer Felix Kammerer". [16] Justin Chang for IGN says "Kammerer may be a newcomer, but his performance is nuanced and chilling in equal measures. Bäumer isn't just out of his depth – each and every moment of life on the front lines leaves him desperately trying to catch his breath. Kammerer captures every moment with an agonizing depth that he wears on his sleeve throughout. This truly incredible performance highlights the horror of a young soldier forced to confront every nightmare imaginable. Bäumer is under the lens, as every moment pushes him further away from the young man he was." [17]

2023—present

In 2023, he was cast in Ron Howard survivalist film Eden alongside Sydney Sweeney and Daniel Bruhl. [18] In January 2024, he was reported to have been cast in the Guillermo del Toro re-telling of the Frankenstein story. [19]

Awards

For his portrayal of Luke in Mosquitoes by Lucy Kirkwood at the Akademietheater in Vienna, he was awarded the Nestroy in the Best Young Male category at the Nestroy Theatre Awards in 2022. [20]

In January 2023, it was announced Kammerer was included on the longlist in the best actor category for the 76th British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards for All Quiet on the Western Front. [21] Kammerer won in the best actor category at the 73rd edition of the German Film Awards for the same film. [22] In 2023, Kammerer won Best European Actor at the Septimius Awards 2023 and won Best Actor - International Competition at the CinEuphoria Awards [23]

Select filmography

Film

YearWorkRoleNotes
2021DürerHans Baldung GrienTelevision film [24]
2022 All Quiet on the Western Front Paul Bäumer [25]
2024 Eden TBAIn-production
2025 Frankenstein TBAPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 Der Pass Felix [26]
2023 All the Light We Cannot See Schmidt [27]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2022 Nestroy Theatre Awards Best Young Male PerformerMosquitoesWon [28]
2023CinEuphoria AwardsBest Actor - International Competition All Quiet on the Western Front Won [23]
Septimius AwardsBest European ActorWon [23]
German Film Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleWon [23]
Irish Film and Television Awards Best International ActorNominated [23]
North Dakota Film SocietyBest ActorNominated [23]

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