Tobias Moretti

Tobias Moretti is an Austrian actor born in Gries am Brenner in the Tyrol. He studied composition at the University of Music and Applied Arts in Vienna and then trained for the stage at the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich. From 1985 to 1995 he was a member of the Munich Kammerspiele, where critics praised his work in a range of productions, including Brecht's Man is Man, Achternbusch's Der Frosch, and the lead in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. He also belonged to the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel ensemble. On television he appeared in Inspector Rex from 1994 to 1998 as Richard Moser, the murder unit's main policeman. His awards include Bavarian and German television prizes for Kommissar Rex, an Adolf Grimme Award for Tanz mit dem Teufel, Die Entführung des Richard Oetker, and Romy awards as favorite actor. He won the Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring for König Ottokars Glück und Ende.