Alexander Moissi

Alexander Moissi, an Albanian famous actor, was born on April, 1879, in Durres. He started his career when he was 19-years old. He went in Viena with the encouragement and support of Austrian actor Josef Kainz. Then he went in Prague and Germany where he became a protégé of the influential director Max Reinhardt. Alexander Moissi became famous with roles of Hamlet, Fedya in Tolstoy's Burried Alive, etc.

Moissi preformed 1400 times befor more than one million people.

He died on March 22, 1935 in Viena. In his Honour, The High college of Drama in Tirana and the Professional Theatre of Durres are called "Alexander Moissi".