My name is Kristian Wanzl Nekrasov.
I am an acting teacher and an award-winning actor who has appeared on German stage, film and television. I have more than 30 years of experience as an actor and an acting teacher.
Overview of my CV:
Kristian Wanzl Nekrasov attended the diploma acting education at the Schauspiel-Akademie Zürich, Switzerland, in 1985. He then made his way into a variety of theatre engagements, including Schauspiel Bonn, the Staatstheater Hannover, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the German Theatre Berlin and the Berliner Ensemble.
He performed over 120 roles including Alceste in "Misanthrope" by Moliere, Prior Walter in Tony Kushner's "Angels in America", Orestes in "Andromache" of Racine and Lopachin in Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard". In addition to his regular work for theatre, Kristian Wanzl Nekrasov appeared in numerous television series, TV movies and in films, both in leading and supporting roles.
He is the founder of the Actors Studio Studio 22" in Berlin. There and at other theatres such as at the Theatre Ulm, at the Theatre Ravensburg, at the Greenhouse Theatre Berlin and at the European Institute of Theatre in Berlin he directed various plays, for example „Sleeping around" by Ravenhill, The Messiah" by Patrick Barlow, or Hysterikon" by Ingrid Lausund.
Besides his teaching at numerous acting schools like the Academy Berlin, the Etage, the Film Acting School Berlin, the University of Arts in Augsburg, the E.T.I. Berlin, the University of Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria, the John DeSotelle Studio NY and
the Susan Batson Studio in NYC he is involved in a lot of set -- coaching for film production companies and private coaching for actors.
My work is entirely focused on the individual artistic spectrum of actors with the goal of bringing out the best each actor / student has to offer. The major schools of acting from Stanislawski, the Method to Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, Eric Morris, Michael Chekhov and Susan Batson are incorporated in my work.
Monologues (audition, theatre and film)
Preparation for a shoot, working on a character.
Working with groups, regular classes and workshops.