Josef Hader was born on February 14 1962 in Waldhausen Austria After attending grammar school in Melk Lower Austria he started studying Germany and History in 1981 but actually he focused on his talent as a comedian In 1982 he wrote his first cabaret play called Fort Geschritten For his second play Der Witzableiter und das Feuer 1985 he won the Austrian Salzburger StierAward After aborting his study and writing Biagn und Brechen 1988 and Bunter Abend 1990 he celebrated his breakthrough with the tragicomic play Indien which was filmed by Paul Harather in 1993 with Josef Hader himself in the leading role With Indien 1993 and his following plays Im Keller 1993 and Privat 1994 he became one of the most successful and most respected comedians in Austria In the Austrian thriller Komm süsser Tod 2000 Come sweet death Josef Hader came back to the cinemas in a leading role a second time after Indien He also wrote the screenplay for this movie
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