
Hamburg, Germany
Thando Walbaum was born on September 8, 1985, in Hamburg, Germany. He is the son of musicians Bethina Walbaum and Dumasani Mabaso. His mother is German, while his father is a South African of Zulu descent. He has two older half-brothers in South Africa. He grew up in Hamburg's Schanzenviertel district and still lives there today. He also spends time in South Africa. Walbaum had his first TV role for Studio Hamburg in 1999 in an episode of the children's series *Die Pfefferkörner*. In the movie *Emil und die Detektive*, he played Hassouna. In 2005, he got his first leading role in the film adaptation of the book *Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!* with Veronica Ferres. He played the role of real-life Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi as a mixed-race teenager in Nazi Germany. The film was nominated for the Golden Camera. In 2013 he played the drummer Lukas in the feature film *Systemfehler - Wenn Inge tanzt*. In 2015-2016 he appeared as Amar Akram in 45 episodes of *Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten*. Walbaum also plays drums and percussion professionally, performing together with his parents with the musical group *Dube* which focuses on traditional South African township music.

as Verkäufer

as Max Grahammer
1997

as Mojo Obasanjo
2015

as Verkäufer
2012

as Jeremy
1999
2000
2005

as Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi
2006

as Hassouna
2001
as Tillmann Spindler
2002

as Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi
2006

as Lukas
2013

2003
as Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi
2006
as Verkäufer
1 ep.

as Max Grahammer
1 episodes

as Mojo Obasanjo
1 episodes

as Verkäufer
1 episodes

as Jeremy
1 episodes
1 episodes
1 episodes

as Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi
2 episodes
as Tillmann Spindler
21 episodes