Niklas Kohrt spent his childhood and youth in Berlin. In 1999 he got his "Abitur" (A-Levels) at the Karl-Schiller-Oberschule and began his one-year national service in a hospital.
In October 2000 he started studying culture-, politics- and theater science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin first. After two years he stopped his studies to study at the renomated Hochschule für Schauspielkunst „Ernst Busch“ Berlin. During his studies for acting he was engaged for the role of Keith in Lars Norens play Kälte in 2004, which played at the Deutschen Theater in Berlin. In the season 2005/2006 Niklas Kohrt became a member of the theater ensemble at the Deutsches Theater and has been acting in several plays so far. He also acted in several films for cinema (recently Teenage Angst).
In 2008 he received the Alfred-Kerr-Darstellerpreis des Berliner Theatertreffens for his performance in Gerhart Hauptmanns Die Ratten as Bruno Mechelke. A little later he was chosen as best newcomer ( bester Nachwuchsschauspieler) by the committee of the magazine Theater heute for the same role.
Beginning with season 2009/2010 Niklas Kohrt became a member of the theater ensemble at the das Schauspielhaus Zürich, as guest actor he was taking part in several plays at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.
