The actor, singer and entertainer Max Müller has long been a cult figure as the Bavarian police sergeant Michi Mohr in the successful ZDF series "Die Rosenheim-Cops". After studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Max Müller's acting career began with the leading role in the feature film "Fleischwolf", for which he was nominated for the Max Ophüls Prize. This was followed by numerous guest roles in TV series such as "Kommissar Rex", "Schlosshotel Orth" and "SOKO Kitzbühel" as well as appearances in the TV films "Marie Bonaparte" and "Stefan Zweig", among others. Max Müller's stage engagements have taken him to renowned theaters in Austria and abroad, including the Schauspielhaus Vienna, the Renaissance Theater Berlin, the Théâtre de la Bastille in Paris and the Theater in der Josefstadt, where he was also a permanent member of the ensemble from 1993 to 2000. He has also performed at the Reichenau Festival and the Mörbisch Lake Festival.
It is probably less well known that Max Müller is also a trained opera singer and studied at the Vienna University of Music and with renowned teachers such as Charlotte Grubenmann and Kammersänger Walter Berry. In 2002, he made his operatic debut as a lyric baritone in the title role of the church opera "Franziskus" at the Carinthian Summer. Highly praised by audiences and critics, the singer also regularly performed at the Gottfried von Einem Festival from 2004 to 2011. Max Müller also designs various solo programs, since 2010 also for the Vienna Musikverein. The artist can look back on collaborations with renowned artists such as Otto Schenk, Fritz Muliar, Heinz Marecek, Sissy Löwinger, Gerda Fröhlich, Werner Schneyder, Jörg Schneider, Gunter Krää, Walter Bannert, Erhard Riedlsperger, Cyprien Katsaris, Karin and Doris Adam, Oleg Maisenberg and Robert Holl. His successful CD projects include the recordings "Ewig Dein Mozart" (2012), "Weihnachten! Stories. Songs. Gedichte" (2014) together with Elisabeth Daxer, "Geschichte eines Nussknackers" (2016) with the Munich Symphony Orchestra and "Tierisch" (2017) with Volker Nemmer.
Max Müller has already been nominated for the Austrian film and television award Romy in the category "Most popular actor series/series". In 2008, he was named Bavarian Honorary Commissioner, and in 2019 he was also named Hessian Honorary Commissioner. In addition, the versatile actor was named "Carinthian of the Year" in the "Culture" category in March 2018 and has been awarded the "Star of Security" by the Free State of Bavaria.
