Robert Stadlober was born in
Friesach in the Austrian province of
Carinthia, and grew up in Puchfeld in the
Steiermark (Austria) and in
Berlin (Germany). As a child, he worked as a voiceover artist for several films and he acted in different TV productions and motion picture films also. His largest success is playing the main role as Benjamin Lebert, a partially disabled teenager at a boarding school, in the film
Crazy (2000). Later, he starred in
Summer Storm (2004), a gay coming-of-age story set at a rowing summer-camp. Although
The Advocate has claimed that he is
bisexual, Stadtlober himself objects to such labelling, saying that he's just had some homosexual experiences and that this is normal. He was awarded the "best young actor" award at the
Montreal World Film Festival in 2004 for his portrayal in
Summer Storm. He is also a singer and musician. He used to be in the rock Band
Gary with
David Winter and
Rasmus Engler where he was the lead singer and played the guitar. He is now a third of Indie band Escorial Gruen. Further, since 2007 he also runs the independent record label Siluh records. Until 2007, he made three movies together with
Tom Schilling:
Crazy (2000), ''
(2003) and Black Sheep'' (2006). Stadlober currently lives in
Berlin (2008). His sister is Anja Stadlober, also an actress. ==Filmography==