Robert Stadlober

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Robert Stadlober is an Austrian actor and musician. His sister is Anja Stadlober, also an actress.

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Robert Stadlober (sometimes written as Stadtlober) was born 3 August 1982 in the Austrian province of Styria and grew up in Puchfeld in the Steiermark (Austria) and in Berlin (Germany). As a child he worked as a synchronous speaker for several films and he acted in different TV productions and motion picture films also. So far his largest success is perhaps playing the main role as Benjamin Lebert, a partially disabled teenager at a boarding school, in Crazy (2000). Recently he starred in Sommersturm (Summer Storm) (2004). Following his role as a gay teenager in Sommersturm, Stadlober began to openly discuss his own bisexuality in interviews.

He was awarded the "best young actor" award at the Montreal International Film Festival in 2004 for his portrayal in Summer Storm.

He is also a singer and musician. He is the lead singer, and plays guitar, of the rock Band Gary with David Winter and Rasmus Engler.

Further, he also runs the independent record label Siluh records.