Rainhard Jürgen Fendrich (born 27 February 1955, in Vienna) is an
Austrian singer, composer, entertainer, and actor. He is one of the
most successful Austropop musicians, and his songs are written in
Viennese German. He is very popular in Austria, but less so in other
German-speaking countries. In non-German-speaking countries he is
little known. His song from 1990, "I Am from Austria" (its lyrics,
except for the title, are in Viennese German) is still popular in
Austria.[citation needed]Rainhard Fendrich, called "Raini" by his
friends, attended a Catholic boarding school. By his own admission he
was a lazy pupil, and shy. He got his first guitar on his 15th
birthday, taught himself how to play and started writing
songs.[citation needed] He began to study law, but gave it up to
embark on a career as actor and singer.In 1980, Fendrich performed in
the musicals Die Gräfin vom Naschmarkt, in 1982 in Jesus Christ
Superstar, Chicago (Billy Flynn, 1998), and he played Jeff Zodiak in
the musical Wake Up, which he co-wrote with Harold Faltermeyer (and
which failed) in 2002 (all of those in Vienna, Austria). He has
appeared in numerous Austrian and German movies.[citation needed]As an
entertainer, he followed Rudi Carrell in the ARD TV show Herzblatt,
was the first host of Die Millionenshow, the Austrian version of Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire, and for a while had his own TV comedy show,
Nix Is Fix, produced by ORF and ARD.[citation needed] Rainhard Fendrich Top Movies & Young Movies