Nikolaus Timm

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Nikolaus Timm (born December 6, 1950 in Cloppenburg , † October 14, 1994 in Berlin ) was a German actor and director .

Life

Nikolaus Timm grew up with his brother Rudolf as the son of Franz and Johanna Timm nee. Luttmann († July 28, 2012 ) in Cloppenburg. After finishing school, he first learned a commercial profession before going to the Hamburg University of Music and Drama in 1972 under the direction of Eduard Marks . During his studies in Hamburg he painted a lot and took lessons from Reiner Müller-Tombrink. He exhibited some of his paintings in companies and sold them to finance his studies. After his studies he played at various German theaters, the Oldenburg State Theater , Theater Bremen , Ernst Deutsch Theater in Hamburg, Theater im Zimmer Hamburg, Altonaer Theater Hamburg and the Schillertheater (Berlin) .

In 1985 he founded the Theater im Zimmer Berlin , which he mainly directed. Among other things, he staged the play by Peter Hack's A Conversation in the Stein House about the absent Herr von Goethe with Monica Gruber as Frau von Stein, which was filmed by ZDF / 3sat in 1991 and broadcast in three parts by 3sat in 1992.

«[...] Nikolaus Timm also loved experiments. He staged theater in the disco and issued discount stamps for his theater. He financed his free theater work as an actor […] »(-BZ: October 24, 1994) and from funding from the Berlin Senate . Nikolaus Timm died in Berlin in 1994 at the age of 44.

Theater roles (selection)

  • 1976: Judge Adam in "The Broken Krug" Theater on Marschnerstrasse Hamburg
  • 1977–1979: Ferdinand in Cabale and love " Oldenburgisches Staatstheater "
  • 1977–1979: Painter in Children of the Sun "Oldenburg State Theater"
  • 1977–1979: Leonce in Leonce and Lena "Oldenburgisches Staatstheater"
  • 1977–1979: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet "Oldenburgisches Staatstheater"
  • 1980–1982: Sebastian in What you want " Theater Bremen "
  • 1980–1982: August special in a joke he wants to make "Theater Bremen"
  • 1983: Lohmann pupil in Professor Unrath " Ernst Deutsch Theater in Hamburg"
  • 1983: Painter in Children of the Sun " Schillertheater (Berlin) "
  • 1984: The executioner in fear and misery in the third Reich "Schillertheater (Berlin)"
  • 1985–1986: Speaker in One Piece Monologue "Schiller Theater Berlin Werkstatt"
  • 1986: various roles in Piaf " Theater im Zimmer Hamburg"
  • 1987: Pepel in the night asylum "Schillertheater (Berlin)"
  • 1987: Steven Daniels in Aloen "Schlosspark Theater"
  • 1988: Duff in landscape "Theater im Zimmer Hamburg"
  • 1988: Prince of Myshkin in a monologue by Prince Myshkin "Theater im Zimmer Hamburg"
  • 1988: Welder in Der Schweisser "Theater im Zimmer Hamburg"
  • 1989: God of Manhattan in The Good God of Manhattan " Altonaer Theater Hamburg"
  • 1989: Picolino in Wallenstein "Altonaer Theater Hamburg"
  • 1990: Macki Messer in the Threepenny Opera "Oldenburgisches Staatstheater"
  • 1990: Clavigo in Clavigo "Goethe Theater Frankfurt"
  • 1990: Magician in Divine Sinphony " Theater im Zimmer Berlin "
  • 1992: Jack in I get out and do my own show "Altstadttheater Spandau Berlin Freilichtbühne an der Zitadelle "
  • 1991–1993: Sequence, Egeus, Philostrat in, A Midsummer Night's Dream "Altstadttheater Spandau Berlin open-air theater at the Citadel "

Directorial work (selection)

  • 1985: 1 = 1 = 1 or why I "Theater im Zimmer Berlin"
  • 1986: The beautiful apathetic "Theater im Zimmer Berlin"
  • 1986: Miracles of everyday life "Theater im Zimmer Berlin"
  • 1988: Orgy "Theater im Zimmer Berlin"
  • 1989: A conversation in the Stein house about the absent Herr von Goethe "Theater im Zimmer Berlin"
  • 1989: Piaf - (Welt am Sonntag, August 27, 1989) "Theater im Zimmer Berlin"
  • 1991: Unrestrained speeches by angry women "Altstadttheater Spandau Berlin im Theaterladen"
  • 1992: The maids "Altstadttheater Spandau Berlin in the theater shop"
  • 1992: Madame de Sade "Altstadttheater Spandau Berlin in the theater shop"
  • 1992: Prince Myshkin "Altstadttheater Spandau Berlin in the theater shop"
  • 1993: A Midsummer Night's Dream "Altstadttheater Spandau Berlin open-air stage at the Citadel "

Filmography (selection)

  • 1982 under the sun
  • 1983 night watch
  • 1984 Alberta
  • 1986 Roth detective agency
  • 1988 Sunday morning
  • 1991 company outing
  • 1994 Your Excellency the Ambassador

Web link

literature

  • Special issue Theater, Film / TV, Funk, catalog by Peter Hacks from Drei Masken Verlag on page 22.
personal data
SURNAME Ok, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Cloppenburg
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1994
Place of death Berlin