Gernot Jedlička

Viktor Gernot, born as Gernot Jedlička (born 18. Jänner 1965 in Enns, Oberösterreich), is an Austrian artist, Kabarettist, actor, voice impersonator, television presenter, musician and singer. His stage name has meanwhile become his legal name. He is the son of the former Bundesheer-Brigadier Leo Jedlička and his wife Ingrid. He spent his childhood at the duty location of his father in Wöllersdorf in the Bezirk Wiener Neustadt. As a member of the swimming junior national team he became, with the Schwimmgemeinschaft Wiener Neustadt, Austrian team champion in 1981 and hall champion in 1982 in the 4-by-200-metre freestyle relay. Gernot took his Matura in 1983. From 1985 to 1989 he studied Musical, Operette and Chanson at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien, completing his studies with a Diplomprüfung.

In the Theater an der Wien he was the original cast of the Wolfmann and Vater/Sherlock Holmes in Freudiana, and in the premiere cast of Elisabeth he played the Kaiser Franz Joseph. In the Raimundtheater he played Grantaire/Bamatabois and Mr. Thenardier in Les Misérables, and in the European premiere of Disneys Die Schöne und das Biest he was Lumière, for which he was awarded the first German musical award I.M.A.G.E. in 1996. Since 1994 he is a member of the Kabarettgruppe Die Hektiker and contributed to several stage programmes; Subito (ARD) and the comedy series Die kranken Schwestern, awarded the Romy television prize in 1997, were the most successful television ventures of the four Kabarettisten.

In the ORF, Viktor Gernot was in 1999 moderator of the Romy Gala, and from 2006 he moderated the TV programme Echt lustig. Together with Michael Niavarani he performed from 2010 the programme 2 Musterknaben, for which they were awarded the Österreichischer Kabarettpreis 2010. With his solo project Im Glashaus he celebrated from September 2013 his 25-year anniversary in professional show business. In 2017 he was on tour with Monika Gruber, and in 2024 with Thomas Stipsits as Lotterbuben. Among his awards are the Image-Award 96, the Österreichischer Kabarettpreis (2010) and the Salzburger Stier (2012).