Thomas Bading

Born in Quedlinburg in 1959. Has been a member of the Schaubühne ensemble since 1999. He studied acting at the »Hans Otto« theatre school in Leipzig. Engagements at the Neues Theater Halle and the Deutsches Theater Berlin, among others in »Kriemhilds Rache« by Friedrich Hebbel (Direction: Thomas Langhoff, 1994), »A Midsummer Night’s Dream« by William Shakespeare (Direction: Jürgen Gosch, 1997) and »Monsieur Chasse« by Georges Feydeau (Direction: Thomas Langhoff, 1998).

Thomas Bading directed William Shakespeares »A Midsummer Night’s Dream« (2003), »Hamlet« (2005), »Romeo and Juliet« (2008) and »As You Like It« (2012) at Burghofspiele Eltville.
Furthermore he appeared in film productions such as »No Place To Go« (Direction: Oskar Roehler, 1999), »Drei« (Direction: Tom Tykwer, 2010), »Barbara« (Direction: Christian Petzold, 2011) and »Rosas Kinder – Rosas Bettwurst« (Direction: Robert Thalheim, 2012). Appearances in television productions such as »Drei in einem Bett« by Wilhelm Engelhardt (2012), »Der Fall B.« by Kilian Riedhof (2014) and »Weissensee« (2010, 2011, 2014) by Friedemann Fromm, for which he was awarded the German Actors Award in the category Best Ensemble in 2014.

Schaubühne

Mark in Shoppen & Ficken by Mark Ravenhill (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2000)
Der Arbeitslose/Kommunist in »Personenkreis 3.1« by Lars Norén (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2000)
Leo in »Das ist ein Stuhl« by Caryl Churchill (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2001)
Hérault-Séchelles in »Dantons Tod« by Georg Büchner (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2001)
Hans Lomeier in »Die arabische Nacht« by Roland Schimmelpfennig (Direction: Tom Kühnel, 2001)
Mann in »Traum im Herbst« by Jon Fosse (Direction: Wulf Twiehaus, 2001)
Werner in »Das kalte Kind« by Marius von Mayenburg (Direction: Luk Perceval, 2002)
Theseus in »Phaidras Liebe« by Sarah Kane (Direction: Christina Paulhofer, 2003)
Eduard Schwarz in »Lulu« by Frank Wedekind (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2004)
Ilja in Die Möwe by Anton Tschechow (Direction: Falk Richter, 2004) 
Dietmar in Turista by Marius von Mayenburg (Direction: Luk Perceval, 2005)
Ray in Blackbird by David Harrower (Direction: Benedict Andrews, 2005)
Paulet in Maria Stuart by Friedrich Schiller (Direction: Luk Perceval, 2006)
Titelrolle in »Platonow« by Anton Tschechow (Direction: Luk Perceval, 2006)
Kulygin in Drei Schwestern by Anton Tschechow (Direction: Falk Richter, 2006)
»MOLIERE. Der Menschenfeind – Don Juan – Tartuffe – Der Geizige« by Feridun Zaimoglu, Günter Senkel and Luk Perceval (Direction: Luk Perceval, 2007)
Joseph Gribble in Room Service by John Murray and Allen Boretz (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2007)
Paul in DIE STADT und DER SCHNITT by Martin Crimp and Mark Ravenhill (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2008)
Arkas in Iphigenie auf Tauris by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Direction Jossi Wieler, 2009)
Was kann eine gute stehende Schaubühne eigentlich wirken? Teil 1 (Realisation: Patrick Wengenroth, 2009)
Okeanos in Prometheus, gefesselt by Aischylos (Direction: Jossi Wieler, 2009)
Harry in Gerettet by Edward Bond (Direction: Benedict Andrews, 2010)
Brabantio, Lodovico, Herr (2.Akt) in Othello by William Shakespeare (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2010)
Aufzeichnungen aus dem Kellerloch by Fjodor Dostojewskij in a version by Egill Heiðar Anton Pálsson and Friederike Heller (Direction: Egill Heiðar Anton Pálsson, 2010)
Akim in Die Macht der Finsternis by Leo Tolstoi (Direction: Michael Thalheimer, 2011)
Morten Kiil in Ein Volksfeind by Henrik Ibsen (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2012)
Galaxy (Direction und Konzept: BLITZ, 2012)
Schalimov in Sommergäste by Maxim Gorki (Direction: Alvis Hermanis, 2012)
Horace Giddens in Die kleinen Füchse – The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2014)
Die Ehe der Maria Braun nach Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2014)
Richard III by William Shakespeare (Direction: Thomas Ostermeier, 2015)
Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler, Direction: Thomas Ostermeier (2016)
Shakespeare's Last Play by Dead Centre, Direction: Ben Kidd und Bush Moukarzel (2018)
Vernon Subutex 1 by Verginie Despentes, Direction: Thomas Ostermeier (2021)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (2008) (new cast member since 2022)
Die Möwe (The Seagull) by Anton Chekhov, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (2023)