Nicholas Ofczarek

Nicholas Ofczarek, awarded the title of Kammerschauspieler, was born in Vienna and raised in Switzerland and Austria. He completed his training at the Conservatory of Vienna and has been a member of the Burgtheater for 30 years.

In 1991, his teacher Elfriede Ott engaged him for the festival in Maria Enzersdorf, where he played August Sonders in Nestroy’s Einen Jux will er sich machen. In the following years, he performed at smaller and medium-sized stages in Vienna and at the Komödienspiele Porcia in Spittal an der Drau. In 1994, Claus Peymann brought him to the Burgtheater, where he has since taken on leading roles in both classical and contemporary repertoire.

In 2005, he made his Salzburg Festival debut in Grillparzer’s König Ottokars Glück und Ende. From 2010 to 2012, Ofczarek was the fifteenth Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival.

The highly acclaimed actor – twice a Nestroy Prize winner, twice a Grimme Prize winner – has also been awarded the Gertrud-Eysoldt Ring, the Nestroy Ring, the Vienna Actor’s Ring, and the Josef Kainz Medal. In 2017, he was honored with the title of Kammerschauspieler.

Nicholas Ofczarek has also enjoyed success as a film and television actor. In 2016, he was recognized as "Best Actor" by the German Academy of Television.

In 2006, as part of a co-production between the Vienna State Opera and the Burgtheater during the Mozart Year, he played the role of Selim Bassa in Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio.