Axel was born in Salzburg, and studied dance and voice at Point Park College Pittsburgh USA. His credits include performances with Pittsburgh Playhouse Company and „Best of Disney“ at Disney World Florida. He performed in several productions of Vereinigte Bühnen Vienna such as the German Premiere of „Grease (Ens., Eugene, J.Casino), European Premiere of Disney`s „Beauty and the Beast“ (Salt, Gaston, Beast), World Premiere of Roman Polanski`s „Dance of the Vampires“ (Ens., Graf von Krolock) and Walter Bobbie`s „Chicago“ (Aaron, Billy Flynn).
With the hit musical „Chicago“ Axel made his West End debut at the Adelphi Theatre in London as „Fred Casely“ and also made his way to Theater des Westens in Berlin.
Other credits include: „West Side Story“ at Bregenzer Festspiele, „Crazy for You“ (Bobby Child) at Grazer Oper and Landestheater Linz...
Axel appeared on TV shows, in TV-Spots (Audi ...) and Galas such as „A Night of 100 Stars“with „A Chorus Line“ at the Palladium in London.
Axel also works as a choreographer and Body&Mind Trainer.