Tim Grobe

**Tim Grobe** (born 1969 in Duisburg) is a German actor.

## Career

After graduating from high school, Tim Grobe first studied German at the University of Cologne. From 1993 to 1997 he completed acting training at the Berlin University of the Arts. After completing his training, he received an engagement at the Städtische Bühnen Wuppertal. There he was a permanent member of the ensemble from 1997 to 2000. In 2000 he was awarded "Best Young Actor" at the Theatertreffen North Rhine-Westphalia. In 2000 he also received the “Juggler”, the award for “Best Actor” on the stages of the city of Wuppertal. From 2000 to 2002 he was engaged at the Schauspielhaus Cologne, then from 2002 to 2005 at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden. He appeared as a guest at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, the Theater an der Wien and the Schauspiel Frankfurt (season 2002/03).

Important stage roles were roughly: Franz Moor in Die Räuber (at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden), Kasimir in Kasimir and Karoline as well as the title roles in the theater plays Aias (Schauspiel Köln, season: 2001/02, director: Thirza Bruncken), The Marquis of Keith von Frank Wedekind (Staatsschauspiel Dresden, premiere: season 2002/03), Leben des Galilei (Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 2003), Orestie (Staatsschauspiel Dresden, premiere: season 2003/04) and in Kleist's Amphitryon.

Tim Grobe has been a permanent member of the ensemble at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg since 2005. There he played u. a. Freddie in Faces based on the film by John Cassavetes (2005; director: Ivo van Hove), Just in Minna by Barnhelm, or das Soldiersglück (2007; director: Karin Henkel), Sir Tobias von Rülps in What You Want (2008; director: Klaus Schumacher), the pastor in Who eats from the tin bowl (2009; director: Daniel Wahl), Peter in Ein Volksfeind (2008; director: Jarg Pataki), in several roles in Faith, Love, Hope (2009; director: Karin Henkel) , the thief in Tannöd (2009; director: Crescentia Dünßer and Otto Kukla) and Macheath in Brecht / Weills Die Dreigroschenoper (2010; director: Jörg Pataki).

At the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg he played in the season 2012/13 directed by Dominique Schnizer in the premiere of the play Life and Heirs by Oliver Kluck. Grobe can always be seen in musical roles and as a singer on stage. In 2012 he was a singer in the song evening Sylt - An error of God? by Dietmar Loeffler at the Hamburg Kammerspiele. In 2013 he performed at the Hamburg Kammerspiele in the musical evening family ties of Franz Wittenbrink and Lutz Hübner. In June 2013 he worked in the Hamburg Kammerspiele as pimp Ronaldo in the premiere of the satirical comedy The Hostage Taking by Hans Scheibner. Directed by Hanns Christian Müller, Alexandra Kamp was his partner.

In the 2014/15 season he had a guest engagement at the Klagenfurt City Theater; in Aron Stiehl's staging of the operetta Im Weißen Rössl he played the Berlin manufacturer Wilhelm Giesecke. In the 2014/15 season he made guest appearances at the Karlsruhe State Theater as Frank in the comedy topping-out ceremony by Lutz Hübner and Sarah Nemitz and as Oberon in Ein Midsummer Night's Dream.

Tim Grobe also worked for film and television. However, the focus of his artistic work as an actor was theater work. In 2012 he appeared in the television film The Harbor Pastor alongside Jan Fedder as sexton Eddi. He also took on this role in the sequel The Harbor Pastor and the Gray Child, which was first broadcast in January 2015. Grobe also continued this role in the third film in the television series entitled The Harbor Pastor and the Blue Sky (first broadcast: October 2016). In the Dortmund crime scene crime scene: Mein Revier (2012), he played a small supporting role. In April 2015 he was in the crime scene: Happy Easter to see the falcon. He embodied Axel, a former member of the "Bad Easter Bunnies" activist group. In the fairy tale film Prinz Himmelblau and Fee Lupine (first broadcast: December 2016), he played the small role of the keeper.

Grobe also had episode roles in the series Notruf Hafenkante (2012; as alcohol-dependent moving company Henrik Meffert), Großstadtrevier (2012/2013, as star lawyer Dr. Wentz), Alles Klara (2013; as Falkner Hans Stemmer), SOKO Leipzig (2014; as a resident and neighbor Lothar Gerhardt), Die Pfefferkörner (2014; as ammunition smuggler Thorsten Fricke) and SOKO Hamburg (2018, as a class teacher and alleged suspect Dennis Bruckmann).

Grobe also worked as a speaker for radio plays and audio books. He lives in Hamburg.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the German dub of *Duluth*, he voices Walter J. McCarthy Jr.