Jonas Nay

Jonas Nay (, born 20 September 1990) is a German actor and musician known for starring as Martin Rauch in Deutschland 83 and its sequels, Deutschland 86 and Deutschland 89. Early life Jonas Nay was born in Lübeck in 1990 days before the reunification of Germany. An active boy, he rarely watched television growing up preferring to spend his leisure time on his interests of sport and music. He received his secondary education at the , a (selective school) with a music specialty, where he also played in the school's band. Career Because of his interest in the theatre, Nay responded to a newspaper advertisement looking for actors in 2004 and successfully auditioned for a part in the German children's series on German TV station NDR. In the first two seasons of the television series, Nay portrayed character Otti Sörensen while using the stage name Jonas Friedebom. In the following years, he played minor roles in several television productions on German television stations ARD and ZDF.