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Who is Timur Bartels?
Timur Bartels, born 1995, lives in Berlin and is an actor, musician and producer. He is known from the series “Club der roten Bänder” (VOX, 2015–2017); in cinema he appeared in “Ballon” and “Die Hochzeit”, among others. As TIMUR he has released music since 2019. He is represented by Agentur Carola Studlar, Munich.
Source: Agentur Carola Studlar (agency profile), EPK TIMUR 2023, as of .
Facts
- Name
- Timur Bartels
- Born
- 1995
- Work
- Actor, musician, producer
- Based in
- Berlin
- Languages
- German (native), English (fluent)
- Acting agency
- Agentur Carola Studlar, München
- Booking and PR
- Julia Weiß, info [at] easyartists [dot] com
- Music
- TIMUR, Spotify
Biography
On television, Timur Bartels is known from “Club der roten Bänder” (VOX, 2015–2017). The series received, among others, the Grimme Preis (Kinder & Jugend, 2016), the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (Best Series, 2016 and 2017) and an International Emmy Kids Award (Best Series, 2018). In 2016 he personally received the Audi Generation Award as best actor; in 2018 (Young Icon Award) and 2020 (ROMY) he was nominated as best newcomer actor. Recent work includes “Endstation Weihnachten” (ZDF, 2026), “Frühling” (ZDF, 2025) and “Der Staatsanwalt” (ZDF, 2024), and on streaming “Rumspringa” (Netflix, 2021) and “Friedliche Weihnachten” (Amazon, 2022).
In cinema he appeared in “Ballon” (directed by Michael Herbig, 2017) and in “Die Hochzeit” (2019), “Das Beste kommt noch!” (2021) and “Manta Manta – Zwoter Teil” (2022), each directed by Til Schweiger.
As TIMUR, Timur Bartels releases music. “Alles Erlaubt” (feat. Gringo) came out in 2019, his first EP in 2022. He wrote and performed the title songs for “Manta Manta – Zwoter Teil”, “Friedliche Weihnachten” and “Rumspringa”. Live, he first appeared as support for SDP, followed by shows with Montez, Clueso and others; in 2023 he played Sommerpallooza, Sprungbrett Festival and Open Flair, among others.
As a producer, he was nominated for best short film at the Palm Beach International Film Festival in 2016 with “20x”. He is managing director of TB easy media GmbH, which operates the brands easy artists and easy productions. He speaks German (native) and English (fluent) and has taken coaching with Frank Betzelt and Ivana Chubbuck.
Source: Agentur Carola Studlar (agency profile), EPK TIMUR 2023, as of .
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Contains the short and long biography in German and English. Press photos are available on request.