Nicolás Artajo
Nicolás Artajo-Kwasniewski (born May 1, 1985 in Berlin ) is a German actor , presenter , audio book speaker , voice actor and director .
Life
Nicolás Artajo comes from a Polish / Spanish / German family, has been in front of the camera since he was three years old and has played in over 30 film and television productions.
From 2002 to 2004 he was at the Startbrett drama school in Berlin. In 2016 he successfully completed a master’s degree in history and German literature at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
In 2015 he played one of the leading roles in the film Meier Müller Schmidt , directed by Sebastian Peterson , which premiered at the 49th Hof International Film Festival and was nominated for the “New German Cinema Award”. In 2018, the horror film Skin Creepers was released in German cinemas, in which he also played the leading role. In the fairy tale film Snow White he played the prince at the side of actress Laura Berlin . From 2005 to 2007 he was part of the main cast of ZDF - Telenovela Ways to Happiness .
Starting in 2011, he presented the handicraft program Art Attack in over 130 episodes , which has since been shown daily on Disney Channel and Disney Junior . With the friendship stories with Winnie the Pooh he hosted another show for Disney in 2012. Several guest appearances followed in various Disney formats, as well as moderation for the Disney Channel summer games.
Artajo has appeared in hundreds of films and series as a voice actor. Among other things, he is the voice of Jamie Bell and Michael Cera . In the Steven Spielberg animated film adaptation, The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn , he spoke the title role of Tintin .
For many of his audio book readings, he was nominated and awarded the German Audio Book Audience Award and the German Record Critics' Award. As a voice actor, he was nominated for the German Dubbing Award in 2001 for the film Billy Elliot and was awarded the German Dubbing Award in the category "Outstanding TV Series" in 2008 for the series Weeds - Small Deals among Neighbors .
Nicolás Artajo developed the concept for the ARD online series "Backstories" in 2018 and directed the 7 episodes. He also worked repeatedly as a 2-unit director for ARD and made numerous short films. For the film Water under the Bridge , which was produced in Warsaw and Berlin , he was able to win Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach for the leading role in his film. Artajo co-produced the 2018 movie Skin Creepers .
Since 2008 he has also worked as a dubbing director and dialogue book author.
He is the son of the theater director and voice actress Iris Artajo . His brother Maximilian Artajo also works as an actor and voice actor.
Filmography
- 1989: The Night Frost Affair (TV movie)
- 1991: Siebenstein
- 1992: The Bodyguard Episode 5 - Deadly Eve
- 1993: Transit - The story of a company (six-part television film)
- 1993: thirst for revenge
- 1994: boiled beef
- 1994: The moon shines for lodgers too (TV series, an episode)
- 1994–1997: Stefanie For All Cases (TV series, 36 episodes)
- 1995: Good Times, Bad Times (TV series, an episode)
- 1998: The Child Haters (TV movie)
- 1998: Hello, Uncle Doc! (TV series, episode poison scandal)
- 1999: Götterdämmerung - Tomorrow dies Berlin (TV movie)
- 1999: Lexx - The Dark Zone (TV series, episode)
- 2001: Dr. Sommerfeld - News from the Bülowbogen - In the dilemma
- 2001: Who the Gods Love (short film)
- 2003: Mama makes it possible (TV movie)
- 2004: Hello Robbie! (TV series, an episode)
- 2003: SOKO Wismar - Quadruple (TV series, one episode)
- 2003: How do I raise my parents? (TV series, an episode)
- 2005: The Man Women Want (TV Movie)
- 2005: Krimi.de (TV series, two episodes)
- 2007: In the middle of life
- 2005–2007: Paths to Happiness (TV series, 138 episodes)
- 2009: Snow White (TV movie)
- 2010: cruise to happiness
- 2011: Brennpunkt Berlin (short film)
- 2012: Big Shoes (short film)
- 2013: Therapy (short film)
- 2014: Fair Decision. Social spot
- 2015: Meier Müller Schmidt
- 2015: Inga Lindström: Don't mess with Lilli (TV movie)
- 2018: Skin Creepers
- 2019: In all friendship - The nurses
Moderation
- 2018: Percy Jackson event for the "Erfurt Children's Book Days"
- 2018: Percy Jackson event at the Hamburger Literaturhaus
- 2017: The Disney Channel Summer Games 2017 (5 episodes)
- 2017: The Freemaker Adventures. Call for competition (Disney Channel)
- 2016: On the pots, ready, delicious. Season 1 (as a guest. Disney Channel)
- 2015: Hamburg Animation Award. Laudator
- 2015-2017: Disney Magic Moments. Season 2–4 (as a guest)
- 2012: Friendship Stories with Winnie the Pooh (18 episodes for Disney Channel)
- 2011-2015: Art Attack (130 episodes for the Disney Channel)
- 2011: “100% Music” award ceremony in the Hans Otto Theater Potsdam
Film direction
- 2006: Watergate (short film)
- 2007: Play with me (short film)
- 2007–2010: Water under the Bridge (short film)
- 2011: Brennpunkt Berlin (short film)
- 2012: Big Shoes (short film)
- 2013: Therapy (short film)
- 2017: 2nd Unit at In allerfreund - The young doctors (episodes 127, 128, 129)
- 2018: 2nd Unit at In allerfreund - The young doctors (episodes 160, 161, 162)
- 2018: 2nd Unit at In allerfreund - The young doctors (episodes 169, 170, 171)
- 2018: Backstories: In all friendship - The young doctors (ARD online series: 7 episodes)
- 2019: 2nd Unit at In allerfreund - The young doctors (episodes 181, 182, 183)
- 2019: 2nd Unit at In allerfreund - The nurses (episodes 9, 10, 11, 12)
Co-producer
- 2018: Skin Creepers (cinema)
Synchronous direction (selection)
- 2008–2010: Backyardigans (40 episodes for Nickelodeon)
- 2010–2011: The Hard Time of RJ Berger (24 episodes for MTV)
- 2010-2013: Big Time Rush (62 episodes for Nickelodeon)
- 2012: 200 MPH (feature film)
- 2012: Big Time Movie (feature film)
- 2012: Dragon Age. Dawn of the seeker (feature film)
- 2012: Green Lantern (26 episodes for Kabel 1)
- 2013: Underemployed (12 episodes for MTV)
- 2013: Crooked Arrows (feature film)
- 2014–2015: Stalker (20 episodes for Sat 1)
- 2013-2016: Devious Maids (49 episodes for Pro 7)
- 2016-2018: Soy Luna (series for Disney)
- 2016: Un, dos, Chef (series for Disney)
- 2017: Training Day (13 episodes for Pro 7)
- 2016-2018: The Mick (33 episodes for Pro 7)
- 2018-2019: Costume Quest (13 episodes for Amazon)
- 2020: White Lines (10 episodes for Netflix)
Synchronization (selection)
- 2000: Billy Elliot - I Will Dance as Billy Elliot
- 2005: King Kong as Jimmy
- 2008: Jumper as Griffin
- 2011: The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn as Tim
- 2012: A Risky Plan as Joey Cassidy
- 2013: Nymphomaniac: Vol. 2 as K
- 2013: Snowpiercer as Edgar
- 2015: Fantastic Four as Ben Grimm / Das Ding
- 2019: Rocketman as Bernie Taupin
- 2007: Juno as Paulie Bleeker
- 2007: Superbad as Evan
- 2008: Nick & Norah - soundtrack of a night as Nick
- 2009: Year One - Every beginning is difficult than Oh
- 2010: Scott Pilgrim versus the rest of the world as Scott Pilgrim
- 2012: Youth in Revolt as Nick Twisp / Francois
- 2013: That's the End as Michael Cera
- 2018: Gloria - Life doesn't wait as Peter
Movies
- 2004: Cinderella Story - Chad Michael Murray as Austin Ames
- 2004: My wife, her in-laws and I - Ray Santiago as Jorge Villalobos
- 2006: Eragon - The Legacy of the Dragon Riders - Ed Speleers as Eragon
- 2008: Wild Child - Top Notch bitchy - Alex Pettyfer as Freddie
- 2008: Frontal Nutschen - Aaron Taylor – Johnson as Robbie
- 2009: Jennifer's Body - Boys According to Their Style - Johnny Simmons as Chip
- 2009: The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Eric Anderson as Kristofferson Silverfox
- 2010: StarStruck - The Star Who Loved Me - Sterling Knight as Christopher Wilde
- 2011: In Time - Your time is running out - Vincent Kartheiser as Philippe Weis
- 2015: Violetta - The Path to Success - Diego Domínguez as Diego
- 2016: Captain Fantastic: To the wilderness and back - George MacKay as Bodevan "Bo"
- 2017: A Silent Voice - Miyu Irino as Shōya Ishida
- 2019: The Favorite - Intrigue and Insanity - Nicholas Hoult as Harley
- 2019: Yesterday - Himesh Patel as Jack Malik
- 2019: The White Crow as Rudolf Nureyev
- 2020: Bad Boys for Life - Jacop Scipio as Armando Armas
- 2020: Tenet - Himesh Patel as Mahir
Series
- 2004: Gilmore Girls - Chad Michael Murray as Tristan DuGrey
- 2005–2007, 2011: Desperate Housewives - Cody Kasch as Zach Young
- 2006–2008: Ned's Ultimate School Madness - Alex Black as Seth Powers
- 2007–2009: Prison Break - Marshall Allman as LJ Burrows
- 2007-2010: Kyle XY - Matt Dallas as Kyle
- 2007–2014: Weeds - Small Deals Among Neighbors - Hunter Parrish as Silas Botwin
- 2008: Ghost Whisperer - Matthew Florida as Brad
- 2009–2011: Sonny Munroe - Sterling Knight as Chad Dylan Cooper
- 2010: Ghost Whisperer - Voices from Beyond - Andrew J. West as Jake Olmstead
- 2012–2018: The Middle - Charlie McDermott as Axl Heck
- 2014–2015: Devious Maids - Drew van Acker as Remi Delatour
- 2015: The Vampire Diaries - Marco James as Liam Davis
- 2015–2016: Violetta - Diego Domínguez as Diego Hernández
- since 2015: Grey's Anatomy - Giacomo Gianniotti as Dr. Andrew DeLuca
- since 2016: Into the Badlands - Aramis Knight as MK
- 2020: Miraculous - Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir as Felix de Vanily
Audiobooks (selection)
- 2007: Maestro
- 2009: Slumdog Millionaire
- 2010: The time of miracles
- 2011: Jodi Picoult : In the eyes of others, Lübbe Audio , ISBN 978-3785745106
- 2012: Demon Heart
- 2013: pact with death
- 2014: The three
- 2015: I'll be dead then
- 2015: I've never seen a day so wild and beautiful
- 2016: These broken stars - Lilac & Tarver by Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner
- 2016: Magnus Chase: The Sword of Summer
- 2017: Smash 99: Dead End Bar
- 2017: Magnus Chase: The Hammer of Thor
- 2017: Albie Bright: One universe is not enough
- 2018: The Chronicles of Maradaine: The Blue Hand Circle
- 2018: Magnus Chase: The Ship of the Dead
- 2018: Lost in Ice and Snow: The Unbelievable Story of the Danilov Siblings
- 2019: Green Hank: A really amazing thing
- 2019: When thunder and light meet
- 2019: When the morning drives the darkness away
- 2020 ( Audible : 2019): Marshall Ryan Maresca: The Alchemy of Chaos (The Chronicles of Maradaine 3), audio book download, ISBN 978-3-8387-9070-1
- 2020: Bianca Iosivoni: Feeling Close to you
- 2020: Like the calm before the storm
Radio plays (selection)
- The Playmos (as Emil)
- Juliet and Romeo (as Romeo)
- Imperator (paparazzo)
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (as the Little Prince)
- The king of the purple city
- 2002: Edith Nesbit : The Children of Arden (Dick) - Director: Robert Schoen (Children's radio play - SWR)
- A world for Madurer (children's radio play - SWR)
- Jostein Gaarder's Christmas secret
- A sams for Martin Taschenbier (Martin Taschenbier)
- The Christmas ghost in the Grand Hotel
- The plan of the abolition of the dark (children's radio play - SWR)
- Leon Dream Walker I-III (Leon)
- Sigmund Freud (8 episodes. As "About Me")
Awards (selection)
- 2001: Nomination for the German Dubbing Prize for Billy Elliot
- 2008: German synchronous price for weeds - small deals among neighbors
- 2010: German Audiobook Audience Award ( Hörkules ) 2nd place for Slumdog Millionaire
- 2010: Prize winner at the Art Amphora Children and Youth Festival Bulgaria for Snow White
- 2015: Nomination for the New German Cinema Award for Meier Müller Schmidt
- 2016: Nomination for the German Record Critics' Prize for reading the audio book So Wüst und Schön I haven't seen a single day
- 2018: Nomination in the category “Best Film” at the Horrorant Film Festival Athens for Skin Creepers
- 2018: Nomination for the German Audiobook Audience Award (Hörkulino) for the reading of Lost in Ice and Snow: The Unbelievable Story of the Danilow Siblings
- 2019: Prize of the German Record Critics for the reading of Lost in Ice and Snow: The Unbelievable Story of the Danilow Siblings . Leaderboard 1/2019
- 2019: Jury award for best feature film at the "Dead Ends Award" for Skin Creepers
Web links
- Nicolás Artajo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nicolás Artajo in the German dubbing index
- Nicolás Artajo at ZAV-Berlin
- Nicolás Artajo at Filmmakers
Individual evidence
- ↑ Start list 2016. (PDF; 11 kB) In: barnsteiner-film.de. barnsteiner-film, 2016, accessed on March 10, 2016 .
- ↑ hoerspiele.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Artajo, Nicolás |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Artajo-Kwasniewski, Nicolás (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, presenter, voice actor and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Germany |