Michael Welz

Biography

Michael Welz is a Swiss-born Austrian actor and artist born on March 18, 1953, in Skellefteå, Sweden. He studied Kunstgeschichte at the University of Vienna before pursuing performance art in the public sphere in the early 1980s. Welz later turned to acting, studying with private instructors, and was appointed Professor at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien in 1985, also becoming a notable figure behind the scenes with his Gruppe Spielzeit productions.