Aaron Altaras is a German actor. He had roles in the 2017 film The Invisibles, the 2018 film Mario, and the TV series Unorthodox (2020) and Unfamiliar (2026).
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Early life and education
Aaron Altaras was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Adriana Altaras and Wolfgang Böhmer. Altaras' mother, a Croatian Jew, was forced to escape Croatia with her parents, Jakob and Thea Altaras, because his grandfather had been politically persecuted by the League of Communists of Croatia. His mother is an actress, theater director, and writer, and his father is a composer.
Altaras attended the Heinz Galinski elementary school in Berlin. While there, he was discovered by a casting team for the movie Mogelpackung Mann. In 2006 he began attending the gymnasium Jüdische Oberschule Berlin (Berlin Jewish High School).
Career
Altaras achieved nationwide attention with the lead role in the ARD TV movie Not All Were Murderers based on the childhood and youth memories of Michael Degen, a German actor and writer who survived the Nazi regime as a Jewish boy in Germany.
In 2026, he played Russian agent Mark Sinclair in the Netflix / Gaumont German spy drama Unfamiliar.
Filmography
2004: Mogelpackung Mann
2005: Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne
2006: Not All Were Murderers
2006: Allein unter Bauern
2008: Höllenritt
2008: Tatort: Tod einer Heuschrecke
2010: Tatort: Hitchcock und Frau Wernicke
2010: The Children of Blankenese
2015: Connect
2017: The Invisibles
2018: Mario
2020: Unorthodox
2022: Just Something Nice
2023: The Interpreter of Silence
2025: Rave On
2026: Unfamiliar (TV series)
The Girl with the Leica (2026)