Nikolaus Paryla

Nikolaus Paryla (born 19 November 1939, in Zurich) is an Austrian actor and stage director.

Biography Paryla studied acting at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna.

In 1961, he received his first engagement at Vienna's Wiener Volkstheater as Moritz Stiefel in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening (Frühlings Erwachen), directed by Gustav Manker, after which he was engaged until 1969 at the Theater in der Josefstadt, also in Vienna. Between 1970 and 1971, Paryla belonged to the ensemble of Berlin's Schiller Theater, after which he stood until 1986 on the stage of Munich's Residence Theatre.

In films, he is known for roles in (1983) and Das Schloß (1997). Paryla won the Hersfeld-Preis in 1980.

Selected filmography 1960: Das Zaubermännchen 1979: 1979: Der ganz normale Wahnsinn (television series) 1982: The Confessions of Felix Krull (television miniseries) 1983: 1988: (television miniseries) 1988: Mit Leib und Seele (television series) 1995: Ant Street 1995: 1995: (television film) 1997: The Castle (television film) 1998: 1999: Geliebte Gegner (television film) 2000: Polt muss weinen 2001: Zwölfeläuten 2001: Tatort – (part of TV-series) 2003: Pumuckl und sein Zirkusabenteuer (part of a television series) 2004: Schimanski: Das Geheimnis des Golem (part of TV-series) 2005: (television film) 2005: (television film) 2006: The Crown Prince (television film) 2008: Tatort – (part of a television series) 2009: Tatort – Wir sind die Guten (part of a television series) 2010: Länger Leben 2012: