Nikolas Vogel
Austrian-German film actor
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Nikolas Vogel (9 March 1967 – 28 June 1991) was an Austrian-German film actor and news camera operator. Nikolas Vogel belonged to a family of famous actors and he also became an actor. Vogel left the acting profession to report the news and worked for a short time as journalist before he was killed in the Ten-Day War as Yugoslavia was dividing in the aftermath of Marshall Josip Broz Tito's death. Vogel was killed in a missile incident along with his Austrian colleague Norbert Werner.[1]
Nikolas Vogel | |
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| Born | 9 March 1967 |
| Died | 28 June 1991 (aged 24) |
| Cause of death | Missile strike, Yugoslav Federal Army |
| Resting place | Austria |
| Other names | Nik |
| Occupations | Actor and news camera operator |
| Years active | 10 years |
| Known for | Acting |
| Notable work | The Inheritors (1984) |
| Parent(s) | Peter Vogel and Gertraud Jesserer |
| Relatives | Michael Vogel (brother), Rudolf Vogel (grandfather) |
Personal
Nikolas Vogel was born on 9 March 1967 in Vienna, Austria. He was born into an acting family. His mother, Gertraud Jesserer, was a well known Austrian theater, cinema and television actress. She appeared in theater performances at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Burgtheater in Vienna, and the Munich Kammerspiele among others. She had a starring role and appeared in the Austrian, German-language TV show Familie Leitner.[2][3]
His father Peter Vogel was a well known German actor, whose career included a role in the 1978 US TV Miniseries Holocaust.[4] His grandfather was Rudolf Vogel and also a famous and successful actor. His grandfather was acting at the Landesbühne in Munich, Staatstheater and the Munich Kammerspiele. He did several film productions as well. Nikolas had a younger brother Michael.[4][5]
Film career
Nikolas Vogel acted in movies and TV shows before becoming a journalist.[6][7] Acting in teenage roles, Vogel had a starring role in The Inheritors (1984). His character, Thomas Feigl, is a young boy who joins a neo-Nazi group.[8]
Vogel's apparent maturity was reflected in his onscreen portrayals. In his early roles, he was often sexualized and shown naked. In The Inheritors, he has a frontal nude scene.
Journalism career
Death
Vogel was working as a freelance photojournalist when he was killed along with colleague Norbert Werner on 28 June 1991 at the Ljubljana Airport, Slovenia. They were both killed by a missile that struck their car during a Yugoslav Federal Army attack on the airport during Ten-Day War after Slovenia declared its independence.[16][17][18][19][20]
Memorial
Slovenia celebrated its entry into the Schengen Treaty with other European countries at the site where Vogel and Werner were killed. The two journalists were acknowledged at the celebration.[19][21]