Thomas Astan

Born in Schmallenberg on 15 September 1942, Astan appeared in television series such as Der Kommissar, The Old Fox, and Derrick.^[2] However, in 1996 he was ordained a Catholic priest and joined the Salesians of Don Bosco. He became a member of the Künstlerseelsorge of the Archdiocese of Berlin in 1999,^[3] a position he left in 2015.^[4] He also directed Sunday school at the church of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Mitte.^[5] In 2015, he joined the Benediktbeuern Abbey and taught at the Zentrum für Umwelt und Kultur Benediktbeuern [de]. He was also president of the Impulse für die Straßenkinder e. V.

Astan died in Soyen on 11 October 2024, at the age of 82.^[6]

• Der Tod läuft hinterher [de] (1967)
• Der Kommissar (1969–1976)
• Tatort (1974–1986)
• Derrick (1975–1991)
• The Old Fox (1977–1984)
• Notarztwagen 7 (1977)