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![Max Simonischek plays murder investigator Laim in the ZDF Monday crime thriller.]()
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Max Simonischek plays murder investigator Laim in the ZDF Monday crime thriller.
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![Simonischek is one of the most successful actors in Switzerland.]()
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Simonischek is one of the most successful actors in Switzerland.
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In 2019 he played the leading role in the hit film “Zwingli”.
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![Max Simonischek and Max Hubacher (left) in the Swiss cinema drama “Der Verdingbub” from 2011.]()
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Max Simonischek and Max Hubacher (left) in the Swiss cinema drama “Der Verdingbub” from 2011.
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“Papa, I love you” is the best compliment for Max Simonischek.
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He is also a star abroad: Max Simonischek (38) has to solve a brutal murder on Monday at 8:15 pm in the ZDF crime thriller “Laim and the Dead in the Carpet”. Fortunately, in his private life he can do more pleasant things. Simonischek recently became a father for the second time. When he was born, he had to cry for joy, admits the “Zwingli” star in an interview with Blick.
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What are you embarrassed about?
Max Simonischek: Actors who talk too much.–
What is more fun: Solving murder cases as Laim or reforming the world as Zwingli?
What I enjoy most is this today and that tomorrow.–
When was the last time you thought: Would I just have studied?
When I tried to read Proust.–
Berlin or Zurich?
Europe.–
Your motto in life?
In every stroke of fate there is hope, in every happiness there is transience.–
What do you hate
Too loud people.–
What makes you particularly happy?
Roger Federer can be seen again in a Grand Slam final.–
«Tatort» or «Laim»?
«Laim», «Laim» and again «Laim»!–
When was the last time you cried?
At 5:05 p.m. on September 27, 2020 (when his son was born, editor’s note).–
What can women do better than men?
Can you still say that?–
And what can men do better than women?
You can certainly no longer say that.–
What do you do to switch off?
Play tennis.–
What’s your dream role?
“The Leopard” alias Urs Lenzlinger, incomprehensibly we did not receive any funding for this in 2020.–
When was the last time you got drunk?
Everything is closed, damn it!–
Do you believe in God?
Only when necessary.–
The best thing about being a daddy?
It is the final commitment in a world of choice.–
Do you want more children?
I’m sorry, we don’t have any vacancies at the moment.–
Which book is on your bedside table?
The biography of Charles Chaplin.–
The best lesson you learned from your parents?
Imagination comes as close to the truth as the mind.–
The nicest compliment you’ve ever been given?
“Dad I love you.”–
Why did you get married?
Quality before quantity.–
Why don’t you want to be 20 anymore?
I want to!–
What makes you sad
The lack of curiosity about the other person in our society.–
What is your most unusual hobby?
Dead insects.–
Cinema or Netflix?
Actually cinema, but inevitably Netflix last year.–
Your favorite music?
Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen.–
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Max Simonischek’s parents (38) are the actors Peter Simonischek (74) and Charlotte Schwab (68). His theater career begins at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. He soon appeared in movies, including “Grüninger Files” (2014), “The Divine Order” (2017) and “Zwingli” (2019). But he can also often be seen on TV, for example in “Tatort”, in “Laim” or in the two-part “Gotthard” (2016). Simonischek lives with his wife Catharina (39) in Berlin. The couple have two children.
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