Jakob Pinter

Jakob Pinter has already appeared as an actor and musical theatre performer on the stages of the Salzburg Festival, the Ensemble Porcia, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Vienna Theatre of Youth, MUTH Vienna, the Dschungel Vienna, the Vienna Music Theatre Festival, the Jeunesse, and the Vienna Akzent Theatre. Even whilst still in training, he appeared on camera for Netflix, ARD and ORF, and in 2022 he played his first leading role in a feature film. On musical theatre stages, he has appeared as Jonathan in »Tick, Tick… BOOM!«, as Ares in »Luna« (Theatercouch Vienna), Pyotr/understudy for Severin in the new adaptation of the operetta »Cagliostro«, and also as the Man from Hartberg/understudy for the Refuse Collector in the new production of »My Fair Lady« at the Seefestspiele Mörbisch.

In 2023/2024, Jakob Pinter toured Germany, Austria and Switzerland as Principal Swing and cover for Nick Hurley in the musical »Flashdance«. He returned to the Theater der Jugend in Vienna with the musical »Anne of Green Gables«, and the production received four nominations for the »German Musical Theatre Award«. He created the role of Hahn in »Frau Holle ‒ Wetter ist, was man draus macht« at the Herbsttage Blindenmarkt and the Theater Akzent, appeared at the Theater an der Wien in the plays »Bravissimo« and »Ambleto«, and played the role of Leon in the world premiere of Peter Lund’s »Mitten im Gesicht« at the Theater der Jugend. Most recently, Jakob Pinter went on tour in China with the musical »Elisabeth«, appeared on stage at the Festspielhaus Neuschwanstein as Emperor Wilhelm II in »Rudolf – The Last Kiss«, and performed in Oberhausen in »Die Schöne und das Biest« as understudy for the Beast and understudy for Gustav.