Stephen Sikder
Biography
Stephen A. Sikder (born October 22, 1966, in Esslingen am Neckar) is a German-Indian actor, casting director, and politician for the CSU. After completing his *Abitur* (secondary school graduation), Sikder underwent acting training from 1985 to 1987 at the Zerboni Acting School in Munich. Subsequently, he studied in New York under Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof at the HB Studio. Since the early 1990s, Sikder has worked in various areas of film and television production. In 1995, he founded the casting agency Dream Team Munich and has since served as a casting director on over 100 productions. These include international projects such as *The Trapp Family – A Life of Music*, the *Rosamunde Pilcher* series, the remake of *Der Seewolf* (The Sea-Wolf), as well as numerous television series and feature films. Sikder gained wider public recognition as an actor through his role as Rashid Daruwalla in the series *Lindenstraße*. He has held other roles in productions including *Sternenberg*, *Sturm der Liebe*, *Lotta in Love*, *Tatort*, *Pan Tau*, and *Das Internat*. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the ensemble for the BR comedy series *Fraueng’schichten*. In the theater, Sikder has collaborated with artists such as Cordula Trantow and Kurt Weinzierl. From 2008 to 2022, he served as a board member of the Federal Association of Casting Directors (BVC) and regularly moderated panel discussions at the Munich Film Festival. Additionally, he is a member of the German Academy for Television. In 2006, Sikder married the actress Kerstin Näfe, who is known professionally by the stage name Kristin Naefe. The couple has one son.
Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles
Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes • as Anwalt
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Frederic Roman
SOKO Kitzbühel is an Austrian television series produced by ORF and ZDF. It is a spin-off of the German crime series SOKO 5113. It is set in the renowned Tyrolean tourist centre of Kitzbühel. The production company "beo-Film" has produced the show since 2001. The German abbreviation SOKO stands for Sonderkommission, "special commission", a task force with specific duties.
Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes • as Ishat Gupta
The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as (uncredited)
Hundreds of years after humans have settled on Mars, Regulator Rogul and Lord Jens Maul, lead a force of Martians to Earth in order to conquer the planet. Queen Metaphor looks to the gay heroes aboard the spaceship Surprise -- Captain Kork, Mr. Spuck, and first engineer Schrotty -- for help.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Pius Schmolke
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 1999, 16 episodes • as Ajah Shapouri
Die Rote Meile is a German television drama that aired on Sat.1 and follows the lives of strippers, prostitutes and their pimps in the district of St. Pauli in Hamburg. The first season premiered on 1 October 1999 and consisted 26 episodes. The show was a rival to the RTL drama Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast; both airing in the same time-slot - Monday nights at 9:15 pm. A second season was ordered by the network in the spring of 2000 and started airing on Thursday nights at 8:15 pm on 14 December 2000. The show was canceled in the beginning of 2001, airing its last episode on 8 March 2001.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Poor Bibi - due to her bad marks in maths she has to spend the whole summer in the boarding school of Altenberg to scrape through a series of exams - otherwise she'd stay down in school, being forced to repeat the year. No camping, no white-water rafting, no vacation at all. So it doesn't surprise anyone that the young witch is quite disgruntled when arriving at Altenberg Castle. Her roommate is a touchy unpleassant fashion victim and headmaster Quirin Bartels is so muddle-headed that he can't even remember the names of his students properly. But then Bibi makes friends with Elea, a girl wheelchair-bound since a terrible accident where she also lost her beloved parents. Now Bibi is determined to help the sensitive Elea, searching a way to heal her from her palsy legs.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes • as Herr Tagore
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After the death of their father three sisters, sixteen year old Lou, Charly who is in her early twenties and Emmie who is a mere child, have to try and run the family's horse farm between them. They have to overcome all manner of adversity in order to keep their beloved farm.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Nachtschwärmer
Two young lads in Munich, Germany manage to score dates with drop-dead gorgeous underwear models. Now they must find a way to get past the formidable bouncers of Munich's poshest night club, 'Spy.'
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Babu Sivaganeshan
Franz Engi returns to his hometown after being away for 30 years. A lot of things have changed in that time. There are only few families with children left in the village and that is why the school is about to be closed down. Franz decides to save the school and teacher Eva's job in a very unusual way....