Simon Steinhorst
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Languages German: native, English: fluent, French: basic
Residence Köln, Berlin
Nationality German
Height 172 cm / 5'8"
Hair dark blond(e)
Eyes blue-green
Training
2008 – 2012 Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
2006 – 2007 European Film College
Dialects Styrian
Sports Karate
Driving licence Car class

Simon Steinhorst was born in Starnberg in 1985 and spent his childhood and youth in Austria and Germany.

Since graduating from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, he has worked as a filmmaker and actor in theatre, film, and television. His animated short film Doom Cruise received the German Short Film Award in 2021.

As an actor, he became known through productions such as 30 Tage Lust, Start the Fck Up*, and his collaboration with Neo Magazin Royale. His screen credits also include the WDR/Arte feature Axiom, the SWR series 30 Tage Lust, the Austrian feature Der Weiße Kobold, and Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s Hysteria. His performance in 30 Tage Lust earned him the People’s Choice Award at Seriencamp Festival 2024 and the Deutscher Schauspielpreis for Best Duo in 2025.

Most recently, he appeared in the thriller-drama series Westend Girl, the science-fiction series Wake Up, which premiered at this year’s Munich Film Festival, and Caroline Link’s feature film Die Jahre mit Dir (2025). He is based in Cologne.

Film & TV   Selection

2026
NABU Image film     director: Leonard Mann     Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
2026
Siebzehn TV series     director: Arabella Bartsch     ARD     Nordpolaris
2026
Tatort - Murot und die Mittsommernacht TV movie     director: Sebastian Marka     Episode Featured Role     ARD     Hessischer Rundfunk
2026
Pestizid director: Christian Zipfel     Guest Role     Studio Zentral
2025
Tatort - Die Erfindung des Rades TV movie     director: Till Franzen     Episode Featured Role     WDR     Molina Film
2025
In aller Freundschaft TV series     director: Christian Singh     Episode Leading Role     MDR     Saxonia Media
2025
Die Toten vom Bodensee TV series     director: Michael Schneider     Episode Leading Role     ORF, ZDF     Graf Film
2025
Polizeiruf - Schwarzer Sommer TV movie     director: Max Gleschinski     Episode Featured Role     NDR     Razor Film
2025
Westend Girl TV series     director: Pola Beck, Stefan Schaller     Supporting Role     WDR/ Arte     Flare Film
2025
Wake Up TV series     director: Mia Maariel Meyer, Tim Trachte     Leading Role     ZDF     U5
2025
Vorwärts, Rückwärts, Seitwärts, Stopp Feature film     director: Lisa Weber     Supporting Role     Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion
2025
Summer Blues Feature film     director: Anna Ansone     Guest Role     Film Faust
2025
Die Jahre Mit Dir Feature film     director: Caroline Link     Supporting Role     Komplizen Film
2024
Helen Dorn TV series     director: Friedemann Fromm     Episode Featured Role     ZDF
2024
Tatort - Abstellgleis TV movie     director: Torsten C. Fischer     Episode Featured Role     WDR     Bavaria Fiction GmbH
2024
Polizeiruf München : Ein feiner Tag für den Bananenfisch TV series     director: Dror Zahavi     Bantry Bay Productions GmbH (München)
2024
Rembetis die Geisterjäger TV series     director: Sophie Averkamp     Episode Leading Role     ZDF neo     Eitelsonnenschein
2024
Die Sandale meiner Schwester Short film     director: Semih Korhan Güner     Leading Role
2023
30 Tage Lust TV series     director: Pia Hellenthal / Bartosz Grudziecki     Leading Role     SWR     Trini Götze / David Armati Lechner
2023
Hysteria Feature film     director: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay     Supporting Role
2023
Immaculata Short film     director: Kim Lêa Sakkal     Supporting Role     Kim Lêa Sakkal, Claus Reichel, Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay
2023
Wilma will mehr Feature film     director: Maren-Kea Freese     Supporting Role     Heino Deckert
2022
Hex Papa Hex Short film     director: Leonard Carow     Leading Role
2021
WaPo Duisburg TV series     director: Matthias Koßmehl     Episode Featured Role     ARD
2021
Der weiße Kobold TV movie     director: Marvin Kren     Leading Role     BR, ORF     Lotus-Film GmbH [at]
2021
Start the fck up TV series     director: diverse     Supporting Role     ZDFneo     Network Movie Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH
2021
Ein schöner Ort Feature film     director: Katharina Huber     Leading Role
2021
Milch ins Feuer Feature film     director: Justine Bauer     Supporting Role
2020
Vor der Leinwand Short film     director: Semih Korhan Güner     Leading Role
2020
Axiom Feature film     director: Jöns Jönsson     Supporting Role     WDR/Arte
2019
Die Chefin / Nachtgestalten TV series     director: Florian Kern     ZDF
2019
Bettys Diagnose / Irrwege TV series     director: Katrin Schmidt     Episode Featured Role     ZDF
2018
SOKO Köln / Der Schuss TV series     director: Daniel Helfer     Episode Featured Role     ZDF
2018
Alte Bande TV movie     director: diverse     Supporting Role     WDR     Elsani & Neary Media GmbH [de]
2015
Jetzt Nicht Feature film     director: Julia Keller     Supporting Role     Heimatfilm

Theatre   Selection

2022
Rigby theatre     director: Kaufmann/Witt     Theater Oberhausen / Ringlokschuppen Ruhr
2021
Die Ruhe theatre     director: Signa Köstler     Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg / Berliner Festspiele Theatertreffen
2019
Det Åbne Hjerte theatre     director: Signa Köstler/Arthur Köstler     Århus Festuge
2017
Das Heuvolk theatre     director: Signa Köstler/Arthur Köstler     Schillertage/Nationaltheater Mannheim
2017
Das Halbe Leid theatre     director: Signa Köstler/Arthur Köstler     Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
2016
Wir Hunde theatre     director: Signa Köstler/Arthur Köstler     Wiener Festwochen/Volkstheater Wien
2014
Ventestedet theatre     director: Signa Köstler/Arthur Köstler     Republique Theater Kopenhagen
2013
Club Inferno theatre     director: Signa Köstler/Arthur Köstler     Volksbühne
2013
Schwarze Augen Maria theatre     director: Signa Köstler/Arthur Köstler     Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg
2011
Die Hundsprozesse theatre     director: Signa Köstler/Arthur Köstler     Schauspielhaus Köln
2010
Saló theatre     director: Signa Köstler/Arthur Köstler     Republique Theater Kopenhagen

Audio   Selection

2026
Falter - Wahrheit existiert audio     Hörfunk     Schatz und Stöber
2025
Nichts daran ist witzig audio     director: Susanne Krings     Leading Role     WDR 1Live     WDR
2023
Greul audio     director: Stuart Kummer     Supporting Role     WDR 1Live     WDR

Awards

2025

Deutscher Schauspielpreis

"Best Duo" for 30 Tage Lust

2024

Seriencamp Festival

"Peoples Choice Award" for 30 Tage Lust

2020

Årets Reumert Theaterpreis

Det Obne Hjerte

2016

Grimme Preis

for Neo Magazin Royale

2016

Nestroy Preis

for Us Dogs