Thomas Borchert
| Thomas Borchert | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 20, 1966 Essen, Germany |
| Occupation | Stage actor |
Thomas Borchert (born July 20, 1966 in Essen, Germany) is a German actor, singer, and songwriter. He has performed especially in musical theatre.
Biography
In 1988, Borchert, with his rock band "Cakewalk", won a prize in a music festival sponsored by the German broadcasting network NDR. He finished high school that same year, then went to the Stage School of Music, Dance and Drama in Hamburg. His first professional role was as Rum Tum Tugger in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats, in 1990-1991. Recently, he appeared as Maxim de Winter in a Stuttgart production of the musical Rebecca.[1]
Borchert married the violinist Rebecca Thümer in 2005. He has a son from his first marriage.
Career[2]
- 1990 - 1991: Cats - as Rum Tum Tugger
- 1991: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Hamburg) - as Snoopy
- 1991: The Rocky Horror Show (Hamburg) - as Frank N. Furter
- 1992: Jesus Christ Superstar - as Judas
- 1992 - 1994: Elisabeth (Vienna) - as Luigi Lucheni
- 1994 - 1996: Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (Hamburg) - as Buddy Holly
- 1996 - 1997: Evita (Schwäbisch Hall) - as Ché Guevara
- 1997 - 1998: Elisabeth (Vienna) - as Death
- 1998 - 1999: Les Misérables (Duisburg) - as Jean Valjean
- 1999 - 2000: Mozart! (Vienna) as Leopold Mozart
- 2000 - 2001: Mozart! (Vienna) as Count Hieronymus von Colloredo
- 2001 + 2002: Judy - Somewhere over the Rainbow (Vienna) - all principal male roles
- 2001 - 2003: Jekyll & Hyde (Vienna) - as Henry Jekyll & Edward Hyde
- 2002: Divas (Vienna) - as Herb Hammerschmidt, King of Entertainment
- 2003: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Rosenburg) - as Oberon & Theseus
- 2003 - 2005: Dance of the Vampires (Hamburg) - as Graf von Krolock
- 2004: Elisabeth (Trieste operetta festival) - as Death
- 2005 - 2006: Dracula, the Musical (St. Gallen) - as Count Dracula
- 2005: The Phantom of the Opera (Essen) - as The Phantom
- 2006: Best of Musical (Tour) - as a soloist
- 2006 - 2008: Dance of the Vampires (Berlin) - as Graf von Krolock
- 2007: Best of Musical (Tour) - as a soloist
- 2007: Dracula, the Musical (Graz music festival) - as Count Dracula
- 2008: Novecento - Die Legende vom Ozeanpianisten (Hamburg) - als Novecento
- 2008: Gigi - Das Musical (London) - als Gaston
- 2008: Novecento - The Legend of the Red Pianist (Tour) - as Novecento
- 2009: The Count of Monte Cristo (St. Gallen) - as Edmond Dantès
- 2009 - 2011 Dance of the Vampires (Vienna) - as Graf von Krolock
- 2011: Rebecca (Stuttgart) - as Maxim de Winter
- 2012: Dance of the Vampires (Berlin) - as Graf von Krolock
Discography (selected works)
- Jim Steinman: Tanz der Vampire. Markus Tüpker, Essen [2004]
- Deluxe. Markus Tüpker, Essen / Alive, Cologne (Vertrieb) [2004]
- Frank Wildhorn: Jekyll & Hyde (highlights). BMG Ariola, Munich [u. a.] [2002]
- Buddy. Sony Music Entertainment, Frankfurt am Main [1994]
Awards
Borchert won the 2002 German Musical Award for best actor for his performance in the title roles of Jekyll & Hyde.
References
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