Tyron Ricketts

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Tyron Ricketts (2019)

Tyron Peter Ricketts (born June 29, 1973 in Weiz ) is an Austrian actor and musician .

Life

The Berliner by choice, the son of an Austrian and a Jamaican, began his acting career with leading roles in Colorful Dogs (1995) and Rosenkavalier (1996). This was followed by a leading role in Kanak Attack (2000), further roles in Rillenfieber (2000), Knockin 'on Heaven's Door , Samba in Mettmann (2004) as well as supporting roles in television films and the leading role in the Sat.1 production Bridal Couple on Trial . From September 2006 to October 2009 he was also a detective commissioner Patrick Diego Grimm on the investigative team of the ZDF series SOKO Leipzig .

In addition, from 1996 to 2000 he presented the hip-hop and rap magazine Word Cup on the music broadcaster VIVA , before this format was replaced by the Mixery Raw Deluxe program . In 2003 he was the presenter of an ARTE special for the program Tracks .

During his time at VIVA, Tyron Ricketts was also involved in various music projects, including the band Mellowbag .

The artist also participates in projects that aim to reduce racial discrimination and improve understanding between people of different skin colors and / or origins, including the Brothers Keepers initiative and the Afro-German project , to which Tyron Ricketts also contributed a song of the same name . In this, he criticizes the fact that in films - although he was born in Austria and grew up in Austria and Germany - he often only plays the “cliché black”: “[...] The Eddy Murphy impersonator, mim 'the drug dealer, me play the basketball and football player [...] ” .

In 2010 he worked with singer Julie and Montana Beats on the project "Respekt 2010".

In late 2012, Ricketts emigrated to America because of better scripting offers and lived in Los Angeles for two years, where Harry Belafonte helped him to gain a foothold in the United States. He has lived in Berlin since 2017.

Filmography (selection)

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Bipolar Opposites (with Mellowbag)
  DE 75 09/13/1999 (3 weeks)
Singles
Tabula Rasa (with Mellowbag, Freundeskreis & Mr. Gentleman )
  DE 13 03/30/1998 (16 weeks)
  AT 18th 05/31/1998 (9 weeks)
  CH 6th 04/26/1998 (18 weeks)
Props (with mellowbag)
  DE 89 08/16/1999 (1 week)
Ce Qu'on Sait (with Dankner )
  DE 35 04/09/2001 (4 weeks)
  CH 34 04/08/2001 (6 weeks)

Albums

  • 1997: Around the Clock in a Day (with Mellowbag)
  • 1999: Bipolar Opposites (with Mellowbag)
  • 2012: world rider

Singles

  • 1995: Droits de l'Homme (with Mellowbag)
  • 1997: Illusion / It's a Long Way to Go (with Mellowbag)
  • 1998: Illusion (with Mellowbag)
  • 1998: Tabula Rasa (Mellowbag + Freundeskreis feat. Mr. Gentleman )
  • 1999: Props (with Mellowbag)
  • 2000: Day to Day (with Mellowbag)
  • 2001: Adriano (Last Warning) (with Brothers Keepers )
  • 2001: Ce qu'on sait (Baby Do You Wanna Get Down With Me) (with Dankner )
  • 2001: Afro-German (title song of the short film Afro German against right-wing violence)
  • 2012: world rider
  • 2012: everything is fine

Web links

Commons : Tyron Ricketts  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on Panthertainment
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH
personal data
SURNAME Ricketts, Tyron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ricketts, Tyron Peter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Wheat