Benito Bause & Tim Oliver Schultz

Known for his versatile roles in theater and television, he also captivates audiences as a musician under the stage name Ben Mwanga.

Benito Bause was born in Warstein in 1991 and grew up in Lüdenscheid and Hanover. After reading a book by the Polish theater theorist and director Jerzy Grotowski and attending a live theater performance at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, Bause decided to pursue a career as an actor and studied acting at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig. Benito Bause lives in Berlin.

Tim Oliver Schultz – is an award-winning, exceptional talent in the German film and television landscape. For his charismatic leading roles in hit productions such as “Club der roten Bänder,” he has been honored with the Grimme Prize, the German Television Award, and the International Emmy Kids Award, among others. He is also known to millions of viewers from box office hits like “Manta Manta – Zwoter Teil” and “Systemfehler – Wenn Inge tanzt.” He is currently enjoying great success as Detective Jonas Becker in the star-studded RTL series “Alpentod” (March 2026) and will appear in the ZDF series “My Ex” starting in spring 2026.

But Tim isn’t just a hit on screen: As a nature-loving bon vivant, he regularly takes his over 180,000 Instagram followers along to his retreat on the outskirts of Berlin. There, he demonstrates his craftsmanship in DIY projects or whips up culinary delights in his outdoor kitchen. This down-to-earth nature, paired with his natural star appeal and humor, makes him an authentic crowd-pleaser—whether in TV crime dramas, on social media, or in entertainment shows.

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