Barnaby Metschurat plays the failed ex-employee in "Tatort: Der Welten Lohn". It's not his first exciting TV project.
The Berlin actor Barnaby Metschurat (46) convinces in the "Tatort: Der Welten Lohn" (1.11., 8:15 pm, the first) all along the line in the role of a "failed between self-destructive implosion and desperate explosion", as the crime writers do describe. But the Sunday crime thriller is just one of the many exciting film and television projects he has already worked on.
Young talent award for "Solino" and "Anatomie 2"
Barnaby Metschurat made his acting debut in 1993 in the crime series "Wolffs Revier" (Sat.1), and had his first major role (16 episodes) in 1995 in the television series "Our Teacher Doctor Specht" (ZDF). He really attracted attention in the industry in 2002. At that time he was chosen for his leading roles in the films "Solino" by the Hamburg director Fatih Akin (47, "From Nowhere") and "Anatomie 2" by the Austrian Oscar winner Stefan Ruzowitzky ( 58, "Die Fälscher") was awarded the Young Actor Award at the Bavarian Film Awards.
Success as detective inspector Leo Falckenstein
Metschurat was seen from 2007 to 2010 as the son of a newspaper publisher and detective inspector Leo Falckenstein in the unusual crime series "KDD – Kriminalfamiliedienst" (ZDF), which mainly revolved around the everyday work of the police unit and the professional and private issues of the employees. The series attracted attention. In 2007 it was named "Best Series" at the German Television Prize, followed in 2008 by the prestigious Adolf Grimme Prize and another nomination for the German Television Prize.
International series project with Donald Sutherland
After biopics such as "Krupp – Eine deutsche Familie" (2009, ZDF), cinema dramas such as "Satte Farben vor Schwarz" (2010) or highly acclaimed crime series such as "Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach" (2015, ZDF), he was with the Canadian Hollywood in 2015 -Star Donald Sutherland (85, "The Hunger Games") for the international crime series "Crossing Lines" (2013-2015, Sat.1) in front of the camera.
Corona series with Lavinia Wilson
In April, Barnaby Metschurat and his life partner, the Munich actress Lavinia Wilson (40), played a troubled Berlin couple who suddenly suffered from the corona pandemic in the comedy series "Inside – Everyone is the same on the Internet" (ZDF), which started rolling surprisingly quickly faces completely new challenges.
It was the first series in which the pandemic played a role and the filming was also overshadowed by it. "All couples in 'Inside' are couples in real life, too. Otherwise the authors would never have the chance to show a couple together in one picture because of the contact ban," Wilson told spot on news about the unusual project.