Ulrich Wiggers

After he finished actors training at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Wiggers was engaged at theaters in Duesseldorf, Bremen, Essen and Bochum, working with directors like Andrea Breth, F.P.Steckel, Wolf Redl, H.G.Heyme, Herbert Koenig, N.P. Rudolf and B.K. Tragelehn. Wiggers' roles include Lancelot in Der Drache; Ruprecht in Der zerbrochene Krug, Mercutio in Romeo und Julia, Juan in Yerma, Clov in Endspiel, Wurm in Kabale und Liebe, Orsino in Was ihr wollt, young Faust in Faust I, Melchtal in Wilhem Tell, the title role in Brand, Kandaules in Gyges und sein Ring, Theseus in Oedipus auf Kollonos, Laertes in Hamlet, Judas in Corpus Christi, Martin in Die Beichte, Jean-Michel in La Cage aux Folles, Thenardier in Les Miserables, Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, and Bill in the Hamburg production of Mamma Mia! and on an international tour. He was Sam in the production of Mamma Mia! in Berlin. Together with Roman Polanski Wiggers developed the character of Chagal for the musical version of Dance of the Vampires. Wiggers also appeared in numerous TV and screen productions, e.g. Tatort, Polizeiruf 110, Die Kommissarin, Praxis Buelowbogen, Ein Fall fuer zwei, Im Namen des Gesetzes, Der letzte Zeuge, Balko, Der Clown, Eine unter tausend, Meine Tochter, Mein Leben, In aller Freundschaft, and Die Deutschen.