Thomas Stipsits

Thomas Stipsits (born 2. August 1983 in Leoben) is an Austrian Kabarettist and actor as well as a bestseller and crime author. The Obersteirer with Stinatzer roots already wrote songs and smaller bonmots during his time at the Oberstufenrealgymnasium BORG Eisenerz (1997-2002), which he packed in 1999 into his first programme nachgedacht, together with Heiko Ernstreiter (guitar) and Christian Keimel (percussion). After appearances at the Leobner Jugendclub Spektrum he increasingly gained recognition and received in 2000 the Kärntner Kleinkunstpreis in Klagenfurt. His first solo programme tiefkalt premiered on 14. Dezember 2001 at the Grazer Theatercafé.

In 2002 Stipsits moderated for the first time the international Komikfestival comicodeon in Kapfenberg. In 2004 his second solo programme ERBARMUNGSLOS premiered at the Kabarett Niedermair in Wien, and his solo programme Griechenland premiered on 15. Februar 2006 in Wien. In the Austrian Tatort with Eisner and Fellner he portrayed Manfred Fredo Schimpf, standing for the last time before the camera in this role in June 2020. In the cinema comedy Love Machine (2019) and its sequel Love Machine 2 (2022) he portrayed the role of the callboy Georg Georgy Hillmaier. His Stinatz crime novel Kopftuchmafia was filmed in 2023 under the direction of Daniel Prochaska for the ORF and Arte.

Thomas Stipsits was married to Katharina Straßer until 2022; they became parents of a son in 2014 and a daughter in September 2018. He lives in Wien, in Niederösterreich and on the Greek island Karpathos, and speaks openly about his rehabilitation after Burn-out and panic attacks. Among his many awards are the Kärntner Kleinkunstpreis (2000), the Österreichischer Kabarettpreis (2012), the Salzburger Stier (2021) and several Romy awards, including in 2025 for Kopftuchmafia.