Nikolaus Paryla

Nicholas Paryla ( born November 19, 1939 in Zurich ) is an Austrian actor and theater director.

Life

Paryla Nicholas is the son of actor Hortense Raky and Karl Paryla and the older brother of Stephan Paryla - Raky who is also an actor and also works as a director. His youth was spent in Zurich, where the parents were engaged during their emigration at the Zurich Schauspielhaus. At the age of nine, he first stood in front of the camera, as his father in the East German feature film Semmelweis - savior of mothers played the lead role and he got a small supporting role as Loisl; then he played in the La Scala Theatre. In 1960 he played in the DEFA fairy tale adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin the king.

Paryla studied at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna acting. In 1961 he received a first engagement at Vienna's Theater as Moritz Stiefel in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening, directed by Gustav Manker, after which he was engaged until 1969 at the Theater in der Josefstadt. Between 1970 and 1971 Paryla belonged to the ensemble of the Berlin Schiller Theater, after which he stood until 1986 on the stage of the Munich Residenz Theatre.

Nicholas Paryla was married to his first marriage to actress Mona Seefried. In his second marriage he is married to the actress Undine Brixner. Nicholas Parylas son David is also an actor. Paryla is the cousin of actress Katja Paryla.

Roll

To Parylas starring roles include appearances in Patrick Süskind The double bass, which he premiered on September 22, 1981. For several years he played in Paul Manker Polydrama Alma - Show Biz to end the poet Franz Werfel. Furthermore Nicholas Paryla had over 50 film appearances, including gems such as the role of the insurance agent windy Arno von Mehling belong to Clean Sweep.

1980 Paryla Award for the role of Rohlfs in the movie Lena Rais Christian Rischert with the Film Award in the same year he also received the Hersfeld- price. He is a Bavarian actor since 1983 and in 1986 was named in Munich for Actor of the Year. In the 2012 released movie Who considers, is blissfully plays by director Marcus H. Rose Müller Paryla Pope Innocent XIV

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Filmography (selection)

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