Tilman Strauß, Photo: © Heiko Schäfer
Salome, Photo: Katrin Ribbe, 2026
Salome, Photo: Katrin Ribbe, 2026
Tilman Strauß in »Die Erfindung der RAF...«, Photo: Thomas Aurin, 2016
Tilman Strauß in »Borgen«, Photo: Arno Declair, 2016
Tilman Strauß in »Borgen«, Photo: Arno Declair, 2016
Tilman Strauß in »FEAR«, Photo: Arno Declair, 2015
Tilman Strauß in »FEAR«, Photo: Arno Declair, 2015
Tilman Strauß in »Nachtasyl«, Photo: Katrin Ribbe, 2015
Tilman Strauß in »Nachtasyl«, Photo: Katrin Ribbe, 2015
Tilman Strauß in »Nachtasyl«, Photo: Katrin Ribbe, 2015
Tilman Strauß in »NEVER FOREVER«, Photo: Arno Declair, 2014
Tilman Strauß in »Tartuffe«
Tilman Strauß in »For the Disconnected Child«, Photo: Arno Declair, 2013
Tilman Strauß in »Romeo und Julia«, Photo: Arno Declair, 2013
Tilman Strauß in »Dämonen, Photo: Arno Declair, 2012
Tilman Strauß in »Dämonen« , Photo: Arno Declair, 2012
Tilman Strauß in »Fräulein Julie« , Photo: Steven Cummiskey, 2010
Tilman Strauß
He first studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Ulm and then from 2006 to 2010 at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. From 2009 to 2016 he was a member of the ensemble at the Schaubühne. Afterwards he worked as a freelance actor, including at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg and the Maxim Gorki Theater. He also appeared in several film productions, 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 he was nominated for the Förderpreis Deutsches Kino in the category »Best Actor« for his work in »Wir waren Könige«.
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)