Achim Schelhas

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Achim Schelhas

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The biggest challenge for me, as an actor is to create believable characters. 
To achieve that I'm always trying to establish trust.
Trust in myself, my physical and mental abilities as well as trust in the piece/play itself , my role in particular, my director and my colleges.
My work has been influenced by working together with directors and actors such as Peter Zadek, Ulrich Matthes, Angela Winkler, Christine Ostermayer and Vadim Glowna.
I've been speaking fluent English with an American accent since I was little. I was taught speaking English by family friends from the US.
As an actor in a foreign country I've been getting roles with foreign origins/backgrounds.
Languages and accents have become a frequently occuring theme in my work today.

Actor37-49 yearsGerman
Place of residence Prien am Chiemsee (DE)
Gendermale
Place of birthPrien a. Chiemsee
Housing optionsHamburg (DE), Stuttgart (DE), Vienna (AT), Cologne (DE), Zürich (CH), Oslo (NO), Berlin (DE), Salzburg (AT), Munich (DE)
Driver's licensesA - Motorcycle, B - Car
Eye colorblue
Hair colorbrown
Height (cm)180
Weight (in kg)90
LanguagesGerman(native-language)EnglishNorwegianFrench
DialectsAllgäuerischAmerican-StandardAustrianBairisch(native dialect)Berlin GermanBühnendeutschEnglish-StandardMünchnerischSwabian
InstrumentsGuitarCello
SportAcrobaticsFishingFly fishingHandballHorse ridingMountain bikeRunningSailingSkateboardSlackliningSnowboardingSoccerSurfingSwimmingTennisVolleyball
DanceCourtly dancesStandard
PitchBaritone
SingingBluesChansonChoirFolkOpera singingRock & RollSong
Training
Primary professional training
Other professional training
2017
Actors intense workshop by Kirk Baltz
2003 – 2006
Gesangsausbildung Pit Wuttke
Awards
2003
Undine Award
Film
2024
Liksom City (Short film)
Charlie Beau (SR)
Tobias Klemeyer Smith Kine Storflor Grøtt Norwegische Filmhochschule Tobias Klemeyer Smith, Camilla Pavlikova Sandland
Television
2022
Gulltransporten (TV movie)
Stoltmann's rechte Hand (SR)
Hallvard Braein Jørgen Storm Rosenberg, Kjetil Omberg Viaplay Thomas Moldestad, Jørgen Storm Rosenberg
2022
True Klein (Mini series)
Tourist/ Taschendieb (EL)
Ida Sagmo Tvedte NRK NRK Ahmed Mammov
2020 – 2022
Neste Sommer (Series)
Matas (EL)
Liv Karin Dahlstrøm,Petter Holmsen Feelgood Scene Film og TV AS Discovery+ Mathilde Dokka Sveen Christian Valeur, Kristin Skogheim,Brigitte R. Wegener
2021
Pørni (TV series)
Otto (SR)
Charlotte Blom Monster AS Viaplay ElliBekks Casting Henriette Stenstrup
2021
Werner (EL)
Liv Karin Dahlstrøm, Ida Sagmo Tvedte Per Berge Engebretsen NRK Hanna Kavli Lund Bjørn Olav Johannesen, Erlend Loe, Per Schreiner
Commercial
2024
WWF
Nachbar (MR)
Espen Torkildsen Funkel AS
2023
Bane Nor (Commercial)
Hero (MR)
Niels Windfeldt Aparent Ellibekks Casting
2021
Vertikal Helse (Commercial)
2020
Storytel (Commercial)