Acting
Thomas Balou Martin
Born
1962-10-27 (63)
Place of birth
Stuttgart, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
62 titles
Known for
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.2A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.
Die Rosenheim-Cops
2002
6.4The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
SOKO Köln
2003
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
5.9No synopsis available yet.
SOKO Wismar
2004
6.0The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.
SOKO Stuttgart
2009
Film credits
2020s · 5 titles
6.2Helvi's world is turned upside down when she discovers the existence of a technically advanced Elfkin gang that, in stark contrast to Elfie’s own clan, is second to none when it comes to fun and thrill-seeking. Can Helvi’s friendship with Bo, the youngest gang member, reconcile the two Elfkin clans after more than 250 years?
The Super Elfkins
2024
Animals and plants play an important role in the Christian festival. This documentary answers questions about the natural history of Christmas: How are the descendants of the biblical donkey doing? How do Santa's reindeer survive the winter? And what does the robin have to do with all this? Adventurous stories set in dreamlike landscapes around the world.
Tierische Weihnachten - Zwischen Tannenzweigen und Tierpfoten
2025
9.0The amazing story of stunts, men and women who risk their lives every day on set to get the perfect action scene.
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
2023
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Das Grundgesetz der Tiere
2024
7.4Violent squalls, hail, waterspouts, lightning... storms put animals and plants to the test. At a time when climate change is multiplying extreme weather events, this documentary plunges into the heart of a storm, from the heavy, dry atmosphere that precedes it to the deluge that follows.
Der Sturm - Tiere bei Blitz und Donner
2023
2010s · 10 titles
7.217-year-old Jana has a congenital heart defect. To defy fate, Jana seeks every challenge, plunges into every wild and dangerous adventure. Her parents does not like that and are even more in constant fear of their daughter.
Rock My Heart
2017
6.4When Banker Till (Axel Stein) is kidnapped during a bank robbery, he has the time of his life...
Not My Day
2014
NRAn immigrant family wants to bring grandmother's ashes to Germany, in a cookie jar. But they did not expect the conscientious compliance of German customs officials at the airport.
Grandmother
2011
4.7Andrea, a childless single, humiliates herself on a date with ex‐crush Gregor, blacks out, and wakes in his bed. Determined to change, she meets ideal lawyer Chris. As she and friends imagine a future, Andrea discovers she’s pregnant - certain Chris is the father despite doubt about that night.
Frisch gepresst
2012
5.2A single man must suddenly look after his nephew.
The Almost Perfect Man
2013
7.0September 18, 2015: The U.S. EPA announces that VW has been cheating on the prescribed emissions test for years through electronic manipulation. A total of eleven million vehicles are affected. A storm of indignation rages, a scandal with a history. How could this happen? The documentary takes a look behind the scenes of the German company.
Die Macht und ihr Preis – Die Akte VW
2018
NRJakob Hansen is a very engaged trainee teacher, who faces his final practical exam for becoming a teacher. Some girls are crushing on him, which brings the soon-to-be teacher into trouble. Two students vent their frustration on him and thus put the ideals of the educator to the test. On the day of the exam, the showdown happens.
Adequate
2011
4.5Shock on the night of love: Instead of the tender hand of his neighbor Maren Wenning, the married suburban Casanova Rudi Sterzenbach suddenly feels the bloody hand of a murder victim on his face in the dark cellar. The man lying there with his skull smashed in is the speculative shark Armin Teller. Ironically, also wrapped in the banner of a citizens' initiative against the gentrification of the quarter. An initiative in which they are both active.
Alles Verbrecher - Leiche im Keller
2015
No synopsis available yet.
Unter den Händen
2011
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Die Müttermafia-Patin
2015
2000s · 8 titles
4.6Anja, a student, and Leonhard, a judge, meet at Marlene, his ex-wife, and Paul's house, marry shortly afterwards and have a son, Daniel. However, Anja's desire for love is not fulfilled in their relationship. When she is not careful, Daniel scalds himself and is admitted to hospital. Subsequently, Anja drinks more alcohol and begins an affair with Paul. When Marlene and Leonhard find out, Leonhard files for divorce. After an alcohol poisoning, Anja goes to rehab. During an outing with the therapy group, Anja throws herself out of a window and dies.
Impossibly Yours
2007
5.5For Hans Pollack and his friends, soccer is the most wonderful hobby in the world. They all worship the world-class forward Pablo Dios. Their adoration goes so far that it makes them forget the birth of a daughter, gamble away a house, "accidentally" kidnap the rich and arrogant football star, and tear apart the family. However, Pablo and Hans gradually develop an unlikely friendship...
Football Rules Ok
2000
No synopsis available yet.
Club der Träume - Türkei, Marmaris
2003
7.3Klaus Berger is a committed journalist who reports to the local department of the Erfurt daily newspaper. Since the death of his wife, Klaus alone is taking care of his eleven-year-old daughter Anna, so that he has his hands full with his job and child care. He does not have enough time for Anna. A woman who could take something away from him is missing in his life. But when Klaus falls in love with the attractive lawyer Judith Wagner, there is a not small problem: Anna can not stand the self-confident lawyer. The tide turns when the two "women" come closer thanks to their shared passion for sailing.
Eine Mutter für Anna
2005
6.2Juliane Engelhardt works at the reception of the cosmetics company "Winter Cosmetics International". Not exactly her dream job, but better than nothing. But then the great opportunity opens up for her: After dropping out of medical school, Jule is not quite sure where to go. When the long-time chief secretary of the CEO, Annedore Zimmermann, collapses with a heart attack, Dr. Phillip Richter is quick to replace. Since Jules' presence of mind saved Ms. Zimmermann's life, she suggests Jule as assistant secretary. Jules Start in the anteroom of the CEO looks like a ...
Vorzimmer zur Hölle
2009
5.1Gisela is a young wife and mother, living in a working class German Housing Scheme. She is a supermarket cashier, her husband a delivery driver. The marriage is stale but together they are working their way up into the middle class. George and Gisela evidently knew each other as teenagers. They live on the same scheme and George introduces her to his friend Paul. There is instant mutual attraction. Gisela spontaneously goes to a party that they invite her to that evening, where she and Paul begin a sexual relationship.
Gisela
2005
No synopsis available yet.
Der letzte Bissen
2007
6.5The talk therapist Roland Arnsberg falls from the clouds when his longtime girlfriend Chris gives him the passport. An affair with Regine, as it were in acute relationship needs, helps Roland though from his mood depression. However, when he learns that she is the wife of his most affectionate patient, his world gets completely out of joint. The turbulent game of hide and seek finally opens the eyes, which is the right woman for him. Only Chris needs a little longer, until you dawn: There can only be one.
Therapie und Praxis
2002
1990s · 3 titles
6.2Stephan Renner from the SEK shoots the terrorist Harloff during an operation. He had previously killed his wife Barbara with his partner Tatjana. For this, Renner is sentenced to several years in prison and also loses custody of his daughter. When he is released, he is threatened by anonymous calls.
Adrenalin
1996
No synopsis available yet.
Schräge Vögel
1997
No synopsis available yet.
Die unerwünschte Zeugin
1998
Series credits
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.2Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
1970
6.2A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.
Die Rosenheim-Cops
2002
6.4The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
SOKO Köln
2003
6.4The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
SOKO Köln
2003
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
5.9No synopsis available yet.
SOKO Wismar
2004
6.0The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.
SOKO Stuttgart
2009
5.8Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
Hamburg Dockland
2007
5.8Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
Hamburg Dockland
2007
No synopsis available yet.
Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
No synopsis available yet.
Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
6.0Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP was a German hospital drama television series which aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and caregivers in the fictional Hamburg Hansa Clinic, located in the Altona district.
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP
1997
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Bettys Diagnose
2015
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Bettys Diagnose
2015
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Bettys Diagnose
2015
4.9Series written by Christiane Sadlo about writer and journalist under the pseudonym "Inga Lindström" and her family. Characterized by impressive landscapes, all of which are shot on location in Sweden. Series has no continuous storyline, and each episode is filled with new characters.
Inga Lindström
2004
5.8A medic lives with his small and strange family between the mountains and every episode he comes across a situation with not only his patients but also his family and friends.
Der Bergdoktor
2008
5.8A medic lives with his small and strange family between the mountains and every episode he comes across a situation with not only his patients but also his family and friends.
Der Bergdoktor
2008
7.3Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.
Der Fahnder
1984
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Das perfekte Promi-Dinner
2006
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Heldt
2013
5.4No synopsis available yet.
Der Staatsanwalt
2005
7.6Pastewka is a German television sitcom that began airing on German TV channel Sat.1 in 2005. The series, currently in its sixth season, is set in Cologne, with German actor Bastian Pastewka starring as a fictionalized version of himself. It has been compared to Seinfeld and Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm. The series was awarded, among others, the Rose d'Or and the German Television Prize. Series was directed by Joseph Orr and Jan Markus Linhof.
Pastewka
2005
5.5SK Kölsch is a German television series.
SK Kölsch
1999
1.0Stolberg is a German detective television series, starring chief inspector Martin Stolberg. The series is more serious and less flashy than other contemporary German detective series.
Kommissar Stolberg
2006
6.0Helen Dorn is an expert Police Commissioner, who’s years of experience have given her killer instinct when it comes to crime. On the department head’s orders, Helen Dorn become involuntary partners with Detective Chief Superintendent Gregor Georgi, with Helen in the role of Georgi’s superior. After initially ruffling some feathers, as Gregor thought he was about to take over a case as head investigator and not confronted with a new superior, the two prove to be a solid pairing: Helen’s famed intuition is matched by Gregor’s rational analysis and precision. But will he be able to unearth her mysterious past?
Helen Dorn
2014
4.7Faced with staff shortages, the chief of a Cologne police department convinces two retired homicide detectives to come back into the force. As their immediate superior is a young woman, a generational cultural clash is inevitable.
Rentnercops
2015
4.4Hallo Robbie! is a German television series.
Hallo Robbie!
2001
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Die Garmisch-Cops
2012
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Die Klempnerin
2019
No synopsis available yet.
Dings vom Dach
2005
8.0The two-part documentary “Automania” unfolds the history of the automobile as a relationship between man and machine. The car: drug, technical wonder, object of desire. Like hardly any other machine, the car is more than that. It is loved, cherished and cared for, protected and used for self-expression. At the same time, it is a sign of economic prosperity: whoever drives a (certain) car has made something of himself. And what applies individually also applies to societies: The car creates jobs and prosperity. But the dream relationship that lasted for 100 years has fallen into crisis. The films tell in an entertaining, moody and emotional way about the rise of the car to become an icon of the West and suggest future prospects. The films combine factual informations with nostalgically colourful memories of eyewitnesses. In addition, there are statements by experts as well as politicians and business representatives.
Automania
2021
NRHow did it all begin? In the series THE TRAUMATICA STORY, we look back on 20 years of HORROR – 10 years of TRAUMATICA! In our series, you can look forward to highlights from two dark decades, exclusive behind-the-scenes insights and fascinating conversations with those who have been part of the award-winning horror event.
The Traumatica Story
2026