Robert Herzl

Robert Herzl (born 1976 in Vienna) is an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director.

Life and career

Robert Herzl was born in Vienna in 1976. He is the son of the music theatre director and opera manager Robert Herzl (*1940).[1] In 1997, he completed training as a graphic designer at the Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna. From 1998 to 2002, he studied acting at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.[2]

As an actor, Herzl worked at theatres in Austria, Germany and Switzerland before increasingly turning to film.[3] In 2003, he appeared at the Altonaer Theater in Hamburg in a stage adaptation of Bonnie and Clyde; Die Welt mentioned his performance in a review of the production.[4] In 2005, he played Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew at the Sommernachtskomödie Rosenburg.[5][6] In 2012, he appeared at Bühne Baden in the operetta Die Dubarry as Count Dubarry.[7][8]

Herzl also works as a voice actor, presenter and compère.[3] In 2025, he was a guest of the Black Forest Film Festival in Freiburg and Emmendingen.[9][10]

Through his work as a theatre director, Herzl developed an interest in film production, and in the late 2000s began to realise his own film projects. In 2009, he directed the short film Böses im Wasser, followed by Der verlorene Atem in 2013.[3] In a profile published in 2026, cultural journalist Peter Blok described Herzl's professional path as a development from acting toward writing, producing and directing for film.[1]

Herzl made his feature-film debut as director and screenwriter with the horror comedy Bernadette will töten in 2025. On the Swiss-Austrian-Polish co-production, he co-directed with Oliver Paulus and was also involved as screenwriter and producer.[11] In a 2026 profile, Herzl said that his writing is strongly informed by characters and roles; for him, every character has to be conceived in such a way that he would want to play the part himself.[1]

Selected filmography

Director

Screenwriter

Producer

Actor

Selected theatre work

Director

  • 2016/2018: Der Liebeswalzer (Oper@Tee, Vienna)[12]
  • 2023: Alice in Wonderland (KUMST Strasshof)[13]

Actor

References

  1. 1 2 3 Blok, Peter (4 June 2026). "Robert Herzl wants to let it bleed". Zebrabutter. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Robert Herzl". Swiss Films. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gäste". Black Forest Film Festival. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  4. ↑ hell (13 May 2003). "Zwei Glückssucher mit dem Colt in der Tasche". Die Welt. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Robert Herzl". Shakespeare-Festspiele auf der Rosenburg. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung". Theaterkompass. 24 May 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Baden: "Die Dubarry"". Der Opernfreund. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  8. ↑ Wagner, Renate (21 October 2012). "BADEN / Stadttheater: DIE DUBARRY". Online Merker. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Schwarzwald trifft Weltkino beim ersten Black Forest Film Festival im Freiburger Friedrichsbau". Freiburger Wochenbericht. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Ein Filmfestival für die Kinohauptstadt Deutschlands: Das Black Forest Film Festival feierte seine Erstausgabe in Freiburg". Kultur Joker. 13 December 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Bernadette will töten". Swiss Films. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Der Liebeswalzer". Ensemble Oper@Tee. Oper@Tee. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Mold, Raimund (23 April 2023). "Alice im Strasshofer Wunderland". MeinBezirk.at. RegionalMedien Austria. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  14. ↑ hell (13 May 2003). "Zwei Glückssucher mit dem Colt in der Tasche". Die Welt. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Schauspieler – Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung". Shakespeare-Festspiele auf der Rosenburg. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Baden: "Die Dubarry"". Der Opernfreund. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  17. ↑ Wagner, Renate (21 October 2012). "BADEN / Stadttheater: DIE DUBARRY". Online Merker. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
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