Simon Frühwirth is an Austrian actor. At 17 dropped out of school and began working as an assistant director at the Theater der Jugend in Vienna. In 2019 he made his debut in Gregor Schmidinger 's psychological drama "Nevrland" and was awarded the Best Young Actor at the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival in Saarbrücken and the acting prize at the Diagonale 2019. He also featured in "Hamburger Tatort Tschill Out" (2020) and "Im Land der starken Frauen" (2022).