After his Abitur, he first did an apprenticeship as a machine and plant fitter and then trained as an actor from 1985 to 1989 at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig and at the studio of the Chemnitz municipal theatre.
After completing his studies, Weber first received a guest engagement as an actor at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden in 1990 and from the 1991/92 season was permanently engaged by artistic director Dieter Görne for the following two years at the same theatre as an actor with a directorship.
[2] Since 1998, Weber has also made guest appearances at various theatres and continued his work as a freelance director after his time in Dresden.
He has directed productions in Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken, Mannheim, Lübeck, the Landestheater Tübingen and at the Berliner Ensemble.
Since August 2013, Weber has been general director at the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar.