Karl Markovics is an Austrian actor, director and screenwriter.
The son of a saleswoman and a bus chauffeur did not want to take up a civil profession, but to the theater, for which the parents showed understanding. However, he failed in the entrance exam for the Max Reinhardt Seminar. However, he was not deterred by this and began to play at the Serapion Theater in 1982. In 1987 he moved to the Vienna Ensemble. Markovics took on the first film role in 1991.
In 2009 Markovics, along with other Austrian filmmakers, was a co-founder of the Academy of Austrian Film.
Markovics is married to the theater and film actress Stephanie Taussig and has two adopted children. He lives near Vienna.
