Biography

Peter Pius Irl was born on September 10, 1944 in Kaufbeuren, Germany. He was an actor, known for Löwengrube (1989), Augsburger Puppenkiste: Als der Weihnachtsmann vom Himmel fiel (2017) and Der Clown und die lieblose Stadt (1975). He died on October 11, 2025 in Augsburg, Germany.

In 1983 he received the first award for outstanding acting achievements from the Association of Friends of the Bavarian State Theater in Munich (today: Kurt Meisel Prize), in 1994 the Art and Culture Prize of the City of Kaufbeuren and in 1998 the Ostallgäu Dialect Prize.

He took acting lessons from Ellen Mahlke in Munich, among others. In 1963, he made his debut as Franz Moor in The Robbers at the Franconian-Swabian City Theatre. This was followed by engagements at the Landestheater Schwaben in Memmingen and, from 1970 to 1977, at the Stadttheater Ingolstadt. Guest performances and engagements at theaters in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland followed.

Peter Pius Irl was a German author, actor and director.

From 1989 to 2007, he taught theologians in speech training and rhetoric at the Augsburg seminary, and in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a Knight of the Papal Order of St. Sylvester.

After school he trained as a church painter and restorer.