Florian Jahr

Born in East Berlin in 1983, Florian Jahr studied at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin from 2003 to 2007. He appeared as a guest performer at the Deutsches Theater and the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin before taking up his first permanent position at the German National Theatre in Weimar from 2008 to 2011. He then joined the ensemble of the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus from 2011 to 2015, after which he moved to the Theater Basel. Since the 2019/20 season, he has been part of the ensemble at the Bavarian State Theatre and Residenztheater in Munich. Here he can be seen in productions by directors as diverse as Simon Stone, Thom Luz, Mateja Koležnik and Claudia Bossard. In 2023, Florian Jahr was invited to the 60th Theatertreffen in Berlin with the production “Das Vermächtnis”, directed by Philipp Stölzl. In 2025, he was invited to the 62nd Berlin Theatertreffen for “Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar | Würgendes Blei”, directed by Luise Vogt. He occasionally acts in film and television and works as a voice-over artist for radio and television productions.