Timo Jacobs

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Timo Jacobs (* 1974 in Itzehoe ) is a German actor , director and producer . He owns his own production company called “timo jacobs productions”.

Life

Timo Jacobs has been making films since 2003. First with cult director Klaus Lemke , with whom he shot four films as the main actor and one as a supporting actor .

Jacobs then took part in numerous international and German productions, including films such as Dreileben - Komm mir nicht nach directed by Dominik Graf and Dreileben - Eine Minute Dunkel by Christoph Hochhäusler . Both films premiered at the Berlinale 2011 and were nominated for the German Film Award and received the German Television Award and the Grimme Award. In 2011 Jacobs played the main role alongside Mario Adorf in the film Gegengerade , which focuses on the environment of the FC St. Pauli football club . He also played in the comedy Blutzbrüdaz with the rapper Sido , the film is about the breakthrough of two Berlin rappers in the music business. Timo Jacobs has appeared in international productions in Spike Lee's war film Buffalo Soldiers '44 - The Miracle of St. Anna - a film about African American soldiers in World War II. In Carlos - The Jackal by Olivier Assayas , he played Christian Moeller, a member of the revolutionary cell alongside Julia Hummer .

In Giorgio Diritti's war epic L'uomo che verrà , he played alongside Alba Rohrwacher and was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Rome International Film Festival. Timo Jacobs received the New Berlin Film Award for Beach Boy . The film Pete the Heat , in which Timo Jacobs played the leading role, won the 2011 Montblanc Film Prize. His first film, the comedy Klappe Cowboy! . He directed with Ulf Behrens , played the leading role and produced the film. Shut up cowboy! celebrated its premiere at the Max Ophüls Filmfest in Saarbrücken and won national and international film and directing awards.

In the theater, Jacobs was seen in a multiple role in the play The Elective Affinities of Goethe as well as in various guest appearances in the Celle Castle Theater. In 2011 Timo Jacobs played King Oedipus of Sophocles in the play of the same name at the Zurich Theater.

Timo Jacobs can mainly be seen in films and has meanwhile been active in over 80 feature films.

In the comedy Bornholmer Strasse he could be seen as Uwe, Christian Schwochow directed and the film was awarded the Bambi as TV event of the year . For his appearance in Tatort: ​​Borowski und der Himmel über Kiel , also directed by Christian Schwochow, Timo Jacobs was nominated for the 2016 Actor Award by the Association of German Actors.

From 2013 to 2016 he worked on his second feature film, Mann im Spagat . He produced the Berlin comedy, wrote the screenplay with Federico Avino , directed and starred alongside actors like Clemens Schick , Meret Becker , Rolf Zacher and Friedrich Liechtenstein .

For his directorial work with Mann im Spagat , Timo Jacobs was nominated for the 2017 German Directing Award by the Bundesverband Regie (BVR). With Mann im Spagat , Jacobs continued to attract international attention: Mann im Spagat was the opening film of the Achtung Berlin New Film Award 2016 and won the award for the best comedy 2017 at the Canada International Film Festival as well as two other prizes at the Queens World Film Festival in NYC. The film toured the world and was shown in selected German cinemas.

Since the end of 2016 Jacobs can be seen as Commissioner Jan Michalski in the ZDF crime series Der Kriminalist at the side of Christian Berkel .

He has been a member of the German Film Academy since 2018 .

Timo Jacobs lives in Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

theatre

  • 2006: Push Up
  • 2006: End of the line longing
  • 2007: The round dance
  • 2010: North of Providence
  • 2011: Oedipus The King / Sophocles
  • 2012: Leonce and Lena
  • 2013: The elective affinities

Awards

  • 2005: "Best Talent Award" spot "Fischmarkt, Digger!"
  • 2007: "Audience Favorite Actor", 48h film festival in Berlin for "84"
  • 2009: "Grand Prize of the Jury", Rome International Film Festival for "L'uomo che verrà"
  • 2010: Montblanc Film Prize, Hamburg Film Festival for "Pete The Heat"
  • 2011: "New Berlin Film Award" film "Beach Boy" at the Achtung Berlin Film Festival
  • 2011: Nominated "Best leading Actor" at 48h film festival for "Tender Moments"
  • 2011: Nomination for the German Television Award 2011 "Dreileben"
  • 2012: “Honorable Mention” for “Klappe Cowboy!” At the Achtung Berlin Film Festival
  • 2012: "Dreileben" for the Grimme Prize Special 2012
  • 2012: "Special Diploma" for the self-ironie in "Klappe Cowboy!" international competition of feature films DeboshirFilm St.Petersburg / Russia
  • 2014: BAMBI 2014 in the category "TV event of the year" for "Bornholmer Straße"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ imdb.com
  2. ↑ Man in the splits. ( Memento from October 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) at: www.kino-zeit.de
  3. ^ Film festival "Achtung Berlin". on: tagesspiegel.de
  4. ↑ Timo Jacobs. In: deutsche-filmakademie.de. German Film Academy , accessed on March 31, 2019 .
  5. ↑ cremeguides.com
personal data
SURNAME Jacobs, Timo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Itzehoe