Nicolás Artajo

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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

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

Co-producer

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)

Jamie Bell

Michael Cera

Movies

Series

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Start list 2016. (PDF; 11 kB) In: barnsteiner-film.de. barnsteiner-film, 2016, accessed on March 10, 2016 .
  2. ↑ hoerspiele.de
personal data
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