Biography
At the age of just eleven, Thomas Hohler played the lead child role of Gavroche in »Les Misérables«. Even before completing his A-levels, he was crowned national winner of »Jugend musiziert« and received an encouragement award at the »Bundeswettbewerb Gesang« in Berlin, before going on to study at the Berlin University of the Arts. His first major role was the title role of d’Artagnan in »3 Musketiere« at the Apollo Theatre in Stuttgart. This was followed by roles in, amongst others, »Hair«, »Into the Woods«, »Jesus Christ Superstar«, Hape Kerkeling’s »Kein Pardon« and Michael »Bully« Herbig’s »Der Schuh des Manitu«, »Saturday Night Fever«, »Shrek«, »Flashdance«, »The Last Five Years«, »Spamalot« and »Rebecca«. He sang the part of Till on the concept album for »Wenn Rosenblätter fallen«. In »Elisabeth«, Thomas appeared as Crown Prince Rudolf and as the understudy for Luigi Lucheni on tour in Germany and in Shanghai. He was the first Belgian to play Rudolf in Antwerp. He played Emanuel Schikaneder and was the understudy for Wolfgang Mozart in »Mozart!« in Duisburg and Shanghai. On a tour of Germany, he played the young musician Tobi in »Wahnsinn!« featuring the hits of Wolfgang Petry, and the role of Dimitri in the musical »Anastasia« in Stuttgart. In the musical »Ghost – A Message from Sam«, he played the title role of Sam Wheat. He played Wilhelm Jerusalem in the world premiere of the musical »Goethe!« and Robin Hood’s adversary Guy of Gisbourne in the musical of the same name, with music by Chris de Burgh, in Fulda, as well as Robin Blake in Kunze and Levay’s »Lady Bess« at the Theatre St. Gallen. Most recently, he appeared as Mark Cohen in »Rent« and Marius in »Les Misérables«.
In musical comedy, he sang the role of Matteo in the 2024 world premiere of the musical »Hello! Again?«, and in 2026/27 he will play the title role in »Jekyll & Hyde«.