Harald Krassnitzer

Harald Krassnitzer (born 10 September 1960, in Grödig, Austria) is an Austrian actor.

Life Krassnitzer grew up in Grödig, in the Flachgau district in Salzburg state, Austria. His father was a locksmith, while his mother worked in a candy factory. After graduating from the HTL in Eisenstadt, he was trained as a forwarding agent.

Krassnitzer was trained as an actor at the Elisabethbühne in Salzburg, where he was employed for four years upon the completion of his studies. After that, he played at the Schauspielhaus Graz in Graz, the Wiener Volkstheater in Vienna and the Saarland State Theatre in Saarbrücken.

Since 1995, Krassnitzer has acted mainly in television series (Der Bergdoktor, Der Winzerkönig, Tatort). He has been playing the role of the investigator Moritz Eisner in the Tatort series for the ORF since 1999, partly alone, and partly with changing colleagues. Since his 24th case, he has now working with Bibi Fellner, played by Adele Neuhauser.

He appeared as a co-moderator alongside Peter Rapp at the Licht ins Dunkel Gala in 1998. In the summer 1999, Krassnitzer presented the film series Wunderland as a personal love letter to Austria, in which he presented his favorite music and his favorite places.

Krassnitzer is committed to Hilfswerk Austria. He is co-owner of the company Blinklicht, a production company for mobile TV, which he founded in Vienna with two childhood friends.

Since 7 July 2009, he has been married to German actress Ann-Kathrin Kramer, with whom he previously was romantically involved for more than nine years. He currently lives in Wuppertal and has a second home in the Tirol region (Mieming).

Harald Krassnitzer is a social democrat and regularly supports the Social Democratic Party of Austria.

Works

Theatre Prince in Yvonne, Prinzessin von Burgund by Witold Gombrowicz, 1987 Jojo in Das Gauklermärchen by Michael Ende, 1987, Elisabethbühne title role in Peer Gynt by Ibsen title role in König Johann by Friedrich Dürrenmatt Hamlet in Hamlet by Heiner Müller Oedipus in Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus by Sophokles Xerxes in Die Perser by Volker Braun after Aeschylus Karl Moor in Die Räuber by Schiller Faust in Faust I and Faust II by Goethe Primislaus in Libussa by Grillparzer Truffaldino in Diener zweier Herren by Carlo Goldoni Fernando in Stella by Goethe

Filmography (selection) 1996: Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten 1997: Stockinger – Spuren in den Tod 1997: Der Bergdoktor (TV series) 1998: Hurenmord – Ein Priester schweigt 1999: Rosamunde Pilcher – Der lange Weg zum Glück 1999/2000: Kanadische Träume – Eine Familie wandert aus (TV miniseries) Episodes: 1. Der Aufbruch, 2. Das neue Leben, 3. Umwege der Liebe Since 1999: Tatort (TV series), as Moritz Eisner 2001: Hochzeit zu viert 2002: 2003: Ausgeliefert 2003: 2003: MA 2412 – Die Staatsdiener 2003: Aus Liebe zu Tom 2003: Gefährliche Gefühle 2003: Das Traumschiff – Sambia und die Viktoriafälle 2004: Der Ferienarzt… auf Korfu 2004: 2004: Weißblaue Wintergeschichten 2004: Stauffenberg 2005: Im Reich der Reblaus 2005: Full Throttle 2005: 2005–2009: Der Winzerkönig (TV series) 2008: 2008: Marie Brand und der Charme des Bösen 2009: Mein Mann, seine Geliebte und ich (TV film) 2009: Das Traumschiff – Papua Neuguinea 2010: 2011: 2011: Am Kreuzweg 2011: Aschenputtel 2012: Der Wettbewerb 2012: 2013: Paul Kemp – Alles kein Problem (TV series, 13 episodes) 2014: (TV film) 2014: (TV film) 2014: Fluss des Lebens – Wiedersehen an der Donau (TV film) 2014: Katie Fforde: Geschenkte Jahre (TV film) 2015: Meine fremde Frau 2016: Die Kunst des Krieges 2025: How to Be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World

Awards 2000: Romy – Most popular series 2014: Grimme-Preis for Tatort: Angezählt