Marcel Herrnsdorf

Marcel Herrnsdorf was born in Mainz in 1994.

During his school years, he became a member of the Young State Musical ensemble at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden in 2010, where he appeared on stage in many different musical productions (directed by Iris Limbarth) over the next five years. In 2014, he played the leading role of “Donald Delpe” in the musical premiere “Superhero”, which was nominated in two categories for the German Musical Award. He is also a guest actor at the Wiesbaden State Theater in the productions “The Boy in the Door” (role: Rafa Junior, directed by Julia Wissert; awarded the Kurt Hübner Directing Prize) and “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” (role: Cornelius, directed by Nicolas Brieger).

In 2015, Marcel began his studies at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich. During this time, he performed in productions including “Einige Nachrichten an das All” (directed by Christiane Pohle) and “Zeit zu lieben Zeit zu sterben” (directed by Robert Lehniger). The latter was awarded the Ensemble Prize at the Schauspielschultreffen 2018 in Graz.

n 2016, he made a guest appearance at La Scala in Milan in the production “Die Zauberflöte” (director: Peter Stein), which toured to Shanghai in fall 2019. In addition to the stage, Marcel also appears in film and television productions, for example in the ARD feature film “Kaltfront” (director: Lars Henning), in the ZDF film “Frühling - Spuren der Vergangenheit” (director: Gunnar Fuß) or in the short film “Die letzten Kinder im Paradies” (director: Anna Roller).

He has been a member of the GRIPS Theater ensemble since the 2020/2021 season and has played roles including Boss in "Bella, Boss & Bulli" (director: Robert Neumann), Cyril in "Das schönste Mädchen der Welt" (director: Frank Panhans) and developed the idea for the play "Upload Virgin" together with director Jacqueline Reddington.