Actor
Thando Walbaum
September 8, 1985 · Hamburg, Germany
Thando Walbaum was born on September 8, 1985, in Hamburg, Germany. He is the son of musicians Bethina Walbaum and Dumasani Mabaso. His mother is German, while his father is a South African of Zulu descent. He has two older half-brothers in South Africa. He grew up in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel district and still lives there today. He also spends time in South Africa.
Walbaum had his first TV role for Studio Hamburg in 1999 in an episode of the children's series *Die Pfefferkörner*. In the movie *Emil und die Detektive*, he played Hassouna. In 2005, he got his first leading role in the film adaptation of the book *Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!* with Veronica Ferres. He played the role of real-life Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi as a mixed-race teenager in Nazi Germany. The film was nominated for the Golden Camera.
Often works with
Jürgen Tarrach
2 titles together
When Inge Is Dancing, Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!
Tobias Retzlaff
2 titles together
Emil and the Detectives, Unsre Mutter ist halt anders
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
2 titles together
Emil and the Detectives, Einsatz in Hamburg
Petra Kelling
2 titles together
Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden, Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!
Tim Wilde
2 titles together
Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden, Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!
Albrecht Ganskopf
2 titles together
Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden, Einsatz in Hamburg
