Acting
Jan 2, 1973
Leoben, Austria
Michael Ostrowski
Acting
Biography
Michael Ostrowski is an actor, presenter, writer and director from Leoben in the Austrian state of Styria. He achieved his professional breakthrough in 2004 and has since built a long-running career in film and television. Over the years, he has appeared in numerous productions, establishing himself as a recognisable figure in Austrian media. In addition to acting, Ostrowski has extensive experience as a television presenter. He has hosted major Austrian broadcasts, including the programme marking 100 Years of Radio. For his work on that show, he received the Austrian television award Romy. Alongside his on-screen roles, he also works behind the scenes as a writer and director, contributing to a broad range of television and film projects.
Feature Films (66)
Three loser-type ex-students who earn too little money and don´t get laid as much as they want, try to change that by producing a home made porn movie starring themselves. They loan money from a pimp and begin casting the girls. When filming starts they find out that sex in front of the camera is hard work. Also you should know how to work a video camera. Frustration, relationship problems and cabin fever culminate in a dope induced garden orgy. But is it a film?
Slugs
This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background of the roots of "New Austrian Cinema" and presents Austria as a film country to be taken seriously. The audience gets to see rare early works by well-known filmmakers as well as shots of landscapes that served as a source of inspiration and locations that have produced important Austrian films since the end of the 19th century.
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
Bavaria's most laid-back cop returns, juggling parenting and working at the family farm with the reopening of a grisly cold case.
Rehragout-Rendezvous
Frederike Bader, a former policewoman from Berlin, currently living in witness protection in Passau, is supposed to help her ex-boss Jochen Mohn - formerly a witness protector, now head of the Passau CID - in a private matter.
Zeit zu beten - Ein Krimi aus Passau
Gangster boss Carlos orders the dodgy Viennese junkyard owner Harry to bring him a bag from Poland. Harry passes the order on to his "best man" Schorsch. Schorsch, not exactly the brightest, is currently without a driver's license and completely fixated on the 24-hour car race of Le Mans. So he gives the order to Mao and sends in their place the takeaway lessees Hans and Max to Poland. Their journey leads to a seemingly endless drug trip full of extraordinary phenomena.
Contact High
Two yuppies play mean pranks on those around them until one joke has unexpected consequences.
Slumming
The long-lost bon vivant Mike Bittini learns that his brother has fallen into a coma. He returns to his family, sneaks in like a hawk in the chicken coop and mixes things up properly. The uncle comes to help, brings chaos and finds love.
The Hawk
Horst receives the monthly pension from his grandmother. The only problem is, that she is dead. As a local politician wants to congratulate the grandmother to her birthday Horst "borrows" an old lady from a hospital nearby, not recognizing that he just kidnapped actress Elfriede Ott.
The Unintentional Kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott
Who said a patchwork family is without problems? Two years after the turbulence of Kokowääh, everyday life turns to everyday chaos…
Kokowääh 2
Most of the time, Patrick Angerer enjoys a pretty laid back view of life. So he's not especially impressed by the protest action his workmates are taking against the strict wage targets set by the new management of Falkendorf steel plant. But things suddenly begin to get interesting for Patrick when his ex, Barbara Brossman, still the great love of his life, is sent to Falkendorf as the union's lawyer: as she's brought along her new partner, Patrick has his work cut out trying to convince Babs that his life doesn't entirely consist of football and trips down the pub.
Taking It Back
A man in search of his son: Adil Bahdari comes from Berlin to Passau after a fisherman finds an expensive watch with a dedication on the back on the banks of the Danube. The watch was a gift from Adil Bahdari to his son Ahmed, whom he has not heard from for some time. He hires private detective Ferdinand Zankl to search for his son.
Der Fluss ist sein Grab - Ein Krimi aus Passau
Television & Series (26)
To win back his ex-girlfriend, a nerdy teen starts selling ecstasy online out of his bedroom -- and becomes one of Europe's biggest dealers.
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
After his handler is killed, police dog Rex teams up with recently-divorced inspector Richard Moser to investigate crimes and solve mysteries on the streets of Vienna. And they sometimes get help from their two-legged friend, Inspector Stockinger.
Inspector Rex
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
