# Tom Beck (actor)

Thomas Helmut "Tom" Beck (born 26 February 1978) is a German actor, singer, and entrepreneur.

## Early life

Beck finished high school in Neues Gymnasium Nürnberg. He then attended the Bavarian Theatre Academy in Munich, under the Musical degree programme, where he was trained musically and in dancing, and finished with his thesis, Beck-Stage.

## Career

Beck played and sang in two bands; he left King Schlayer, his second, in 2001 after the second year.
After receiving his award at the National Singing Competition in 2001, Beck was engaged as a performer in musicals between 2005 and 2007. Since 2004 he appeared in various television productions. From autumn 2008 to the end of 2013, Beck was seen in the action series Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei alongside Erdoğan Atalay as Kriminallhauptkommissar Ben Jäger. On 28 September 2012 Beck announced his exit from the series at the Bülent Ceylan Show. The last episode with Beck aired in December 2013.
On 11 March 2011 his first single Sexy was released, which went two weeks later directly in No. 50 in the singles charts. On 25 March 2011 Beck released his first album Superficial Animal, which debuted at number 36 of the German album charts. On 5 October 2012 he released his second studio album, Americanized.
Since his work for Cobra 11, Beck lives in Cologne.
In the summer of 2013, Tom Beck took part in the game show Schlag the Star and won. In October 2013 he participated in the TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge, finishing in 4th place. In February 2014, he also took part in the TV show TV total PokerStars.de Nacht.
In 2015, he played in the Sat.1 television movie Einstein, co-starring with Annika Ernst in the male lead role of police adviser Felix Winterberg. From January 2017 to March 2019, he has also taken over the role in the television series of the same name.
In 2016 he participated in the TV show Grill the Henssler. In the game show Schlag the Star he prevailed against Daniel Aminati and won 100,000 euros.
In 2020, he won the second season of the German version The Masked Singer as the Faultier ("Sloth").

## Entrepreneur

Beck is co-owner of the marketing and management company Check One Two Perfect GmbH, which, in addition to him, also manages YouTuber Bianca Heinicke (married name Claßen, "BibisBeautyPalace") and Julian Claßen ("Julienco"). Beck came under criticism in February 2015 as manager of the German YouTube - Star Bianca Heinicke. In one of her videos, Heinicke recommended a watch for around 250 EUR (~276,48 USD). However, she had concealed the fact that she made a profit via the Affiliate web link she offered under her video. Beck was accused by german TV Host Jan Böhmermann (Neo magazine Royale) of operating a business model with "mixture of the coolness of QVC combined with the seriousness and transparency of 9Live". The product placements would allow "13-year-olds to pay for his future pension".

## Filmography

| 2004: Eine unter Tausend 2004: Ein krasser Deal 2004: Rosamunde Pilcher – Land der Sehnsucht 2004: Mädchen, Mädchen 2 – Loft oder Liebe 2004: Schulmädchen 2004: Der Ermittler – Objekt der Begierde 2005: Rotkäppchen 2005: Der letzte Zeuge 2005: Alles außer Sex 2005: Die Rosenheim-Cops 2005: Reblaus 2006: In aller Freundschaft – Starke Söhne 2006: Polizeiruf 110 – Tod im Ballhaus 2006: Unser Charly 2006: Die Frauen der Parkallee 2007: Spurlos 2007: Beim nächsten Tanz wird alles anders 2007: Rosamunde Pilcher – Pfeile der Liebe 2007: Inga Lindström – Hochzeit in Hardingsholm 2007: Forsthaus Falkenau 2008: SOKO 5113 – Schwelbrand | 2008: Dörte’s Dancing 2008–2013, 2019: Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (88 episodes) 2009: Rabbit Without Ears 2 2009: Donna Leon – Wie durch ein dunkles Glas 2010: C.I.S. – Chaoten im Sondereinsatz 2011: Cologne P.D. – Durch fremde Fenster 2011: Geister all inclusive [de] 2011: Ausgerechnet Sex! 2013: Break Up Man [de] 2014: Joy of Fatherhood 2014: Therapy Crashers 2014: Everything is Love [de] 2014: Bella – Meine allerschlimmste Freundin 2014: Landliebe 2015: Einstein (pilot film) 2015: The Misplaced World [de] 2016–2019: Einstein (TV series) 2017–2018: You Are Wanted 2024: Viktor Gantz - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle |

## Discography
### Albums

* 2011: Superficial Animal (2011)
* 2012: Americanized (2012)
* 2013: Americanized Tour 2013 (2013)
* 2014: Unplugged in Köln (2014)
* 2015: So wie es ist (2015)

### Singles

* 2011: Sexy (2011)
* 2011: Drive My Car (2011)
* 2011: The Longing (2011)
* 2012: Der Moment (2012)
* 2012: Ain't got you (2012)
* 2012: Nice Guys Finish Last (2012)
* 2013: This Time (2013)
* 2014: Fort von hier (2015)
* 2020: Pinguine (2020)

## Tours

* Americanized Tour (2013)