Tilman Strauß
Born in 1982 in Ulm. He initially studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Ulm and from 2006 to 2010 at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. From 2009 to 2016, he was a member of the Schaubühne ensemble. He has worked freelance, including at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg and the Maxim Gorki Theater. He has appeared in various films, including »DeAD« (2011), »Wir waren Könige« (2012), and »Berlin« (2014), as well as in the TV production »Tatort – Die Wiederkehr« (2015). In 2009, Tilman Strauß received the Ensemble Award at the Schauspielschultreffen in Zurich and in 2014 was nominated for the German Cinema Promotional Award in the category “Best Actor” for his work in »Wir waren Könige«. Most recently, he has worked, among others, for Tatort.
All productions
Karl von Moor in Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller, Director: Lars Eidinger (2008)
Volker in Die Nibelungen by Friedrich Hebbel, Director: Marius von Mayenburg (2009)
Was kann eine gute stehende Schaubühne eigentlich wirken? Part 2, Realisation: Patrick Wengenroth (2009)
Was kann eine gute stehende Schaubühne eigentlich wirken? Part 3, Realisation: Patrick Wengenroth (2010)
Tomas in Dämonen by Lars Norén, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (2010)
Die Kontrakte des Kaufmanns by Elfriede Jelinek, Director: Pedro Martins Beja (2010)
Jean in Miss Julie after August Strindberg, Director: Katie Mitchell and Leo Warner, 2010)
Cassio in Othello by William Shakespeare, Director: Thomas Ostermeier (2010)
Antigone by Sophokles, Director: Friederike Heller (2011)
Einsame Menschen by Gerhart Hauptmann, Director: Friederike Heller (2011)
Onegin in Eugene Onegin after Alexander Puschkin, Director: Alvis Hermanis (2011)
The Black Rider by William S. Burroughs, Tom Waits and Robert Wilson, Director: Friederike Heller (2012)
The Yellow Wallpaper after Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Director: Katie Mitchell (2013)
Mercutio in Romeo und Julia by William Shakespeare, Director: Lars Eidinger (2013)
For the Disconnected Child by Falk Richter, Director und Choreography: Falk Richter (2013)
Valère in Tartuffe by Molière, Director: Michael Thalheimer (2013)
NEVER FOREVER by Falk Richter and TOTAL BRUTAL, Text and Director: Falk Richter (World Premiere 2014)
Divided Heaven by Christa Wolf, Director: Armin Petras (2015)
The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorki, Director: Michael Thalheimer (2015)
FEAR A play by Falk Richter, Director: Falk Richter (World Premiere 2015)
Borgen after the tv series by Adam Price, Director: Nicolas Stemann (2016)
The Invention of the Red Army Faction by a Manic-Depressive Teenager in the Summer of 1969 by Frank Witzel, Director: Armin Petras (2016)
Salome by Einar Schleef after Oscar Wilde, Director: Michael Thalheimer (2026)