René Sydow

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René Sydow

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René Sydow is every inch an actor. A witty, funny and empathic person, who lives his life on sets and on the stage. As he is married to a musician, he plays a number of instruments. And he does this with the same love and passion, that he puts in his acting and his life.

He began his professional career at the age of sixteen. After engagements at the Staatstheater Stuttgart and the Dortmund Theater, he studied directing and producing at the WAM Dortmund and made three feature films and a dozen of short films as a writer/director.

As an actor, he is not fixed to a genre. You can find him as well in light comedy as in horror films, as a supporting actor in daily soaps or as the leading man on prestigious stages. René Sydow is an acting workhorse. And because he speaks a quite perfect American English, he works a lot with American, British and Danish filmmakers.

Since 2014, he appears as a comedian. His own solo shows earned him high regard and he has won 24 prizes for them. He appears in important comedy shows on television and radio. This made him one of the most important representatives of political satire in Germany.


38-48 years
German
Place of residence Dortmund (DE)
Year of birth1980 (43 years)
Housing optionsMunich (DE), Stuttgart (DE), Vienna (AT), Berlin (DE)
ProfessionAuthor, Cabaret artist, Actor
Driver's licensesB - Car, BE - Car with trailer
Eye colorbrown
Hair colorBrown
Height (cm)178
LanguagesGerman(native-language)EnglishFrench
DialectsAlemannic (alemannisch)(native dialect)Badisch(native dialect)SwabianSwiss-German
InstrumentsGuitarMandolin
SportFencing (sports)Tennis
PitchBaritone
SingingChanson
Special skillsMinor arts
Training
Other professional training
1999 – 2003
Diplom Film- und Fernsehwirt, Medienakademie Dortmund
1998 – 1999
Privater Schauspielunterricht bei Rosel Mayer-Bohl
Film
2009
Mar (Cinema film)
Sascha Fehrentz Kino
2009
Johanna Nukaris - Wissen über die vierte Macht (Short film)
Menno Döring Kurzfilm
2008
Eldorado (Short film)
Daniel Jäger Kurzfilm
2008
Schweigen ist feige (Short film)
Menno Döring Kurzfilm
2007
Lamento (Cinema film)
René Sydow Kino
2007
Post von Sally (Short film)
Sarah König Kurzfilm
2006
202a (Short film)
Daniel Jäger Kurzfilm
2006
Unter Wölfen (Cinema film)
René Sydow Kino
2005
Nachtfahrt (Short film)
Daniel Hedfeld, René Sydow Kurzfilm
2003
Spur ins Dunkel (Short film)
R.T. Struck Kurzfilm
2002
Lavinia Wilson (Short film)
René Sydow Kurzfilm
2002
Das Gewicht einer Ente (Short film)
René Sydow Kurzfilm
Television
2022
Me & Myself – Mein jüngeres Ich (TV show)
Jüngeres ICH von Dieter Hallervorden (LR)
Sky SEO Entertainment GmbH
2019
Unter Uns
Thorsten Pampel
diverse UFA Serial Drama / RTL
2019
Promotrailer des deutschen Comedypreises 2019
Synchronregisseur
Volker Hundertmark RTL
2018
True Story
Finanzbeamter
Erik Haffner Warner Bros. International Television Production /
2015
Die Comedybühne - SWR Spätschicht
Wolfgang Rommel. SWR
2015
Die Anstalt
Frank Hof ZDF
2014
Wie wir wurden, was wir sind - Eine Geschichte Südwestdeutschlands
Saskia Weisheit SWR
2014
Unter Uns
Diverse RTL
2013
a song to sing along with
Arash Setoodeh European Film College
2013
Alles was zählt
Diverse RTL
2013
Pastewka
Erik Haffner Sat1
2011
Verbotene Liebe
Diverse ARD
2010
MEK 8 - Gegen Gewalt
Roland Leyer RTL2
2009
4 Singles
Dirk Nabersberg, Erik Polls RTL
2009
Revision
Elisa Nitschke, Menno Döring Summerhill Lights Film
2008
Der Gepäckautomat
Max Polzer KHM Köln
2007
Der Nachbar
Marco Pastuovic WAM Dortmund
Theater
2012
Illusionen einer Ehe
Maxime
Johanna Hasse Theater Mephisto & Co, Konstanz
2010
Robin Hood
Will Scarlett, Robin Hoods Sohn
Lee Beagley Bühnen der Stadt Dortmund
2009
Etwas mehr links
Tom
Barbara Müller Theater im Depot, Dortmund
2009
Drei Mal Leben
Henri
René Sydow Junges Theater Hagen
2008
Nebeneinander Gehen
Thomas Hafer
Barbara Müller Theater im Depot, Dortmund
2008
Hautnah
Daniel Woolfe
Lutz Licht Junges Theater Hagen
2008
Flitterwochen
Dr. Stiebel
Daniel Jäger Junges Theater Hagen
2005
Doktor-Spiele
Facharzt Pete
Daniel Jäger Junges Theater Hagen
2001
Von der Anmut im Schlafe
Der Mörder
Rosemarie Vogtenhuber Studio Theater Stuttgart
2001
Eine deutsch-französische Freundschaft
Brassens
Ernst Konarek Staatstheater Stuttgart
1999
Bullets over Broadway
David Shayne
Erwin Pfaff Freies Theater Konstanz
1999
Die Mädchen aus Viterbo
Bottari
Rosel Mayer-Bohl Theaterforum Konstanz
1998
Die Dreigroschenoper
Macheath
Jörg Arentzen Freies Theater Konstanz
Commercial
2012
Alphabetisierung
Kai Sehr
2011 – 2012
Directline - Comedyspots
Gero von Braunmühl