Thomas Ohrner celebrates 60: No comeback, but big plans!

Thomas Ohrner celebrates 60: No comeback, but big plans!

München, Deutschland - On June 3, 2025, Thomas Ohrner celebrated his 60th birthday and looks back on an impressive career. The Munich, born in Munich, who is known as Thomas "Tommi" Ohrner, began his career as a child star with advertising spots in diaper. His big breakthrough came in 1979 with the role of the title hero in the ZDF Christmas series "Timm Thaler" [tz.de] . This role made him the idol of many children and positioned him as a fixture on German television.

After "Timm Thaler", further successes followed with series such as "Merlin" and "Manni, the Libero". Ohrner became the star of an entire generation through bravo cover and fan mail. He switched behind the scenes and moderated various radio programs early on, including at RTL radio and later at Klassik Radio, where he has been working as a program manager and moderator since 2016 [klassikradio.de] .

an active life in new roles

Although Ohrner repeatedly returned in acting, for example in the ARD series "Forbidden Love", he has mainly worked as a radio presenter in recent years. In a recent interview, he made it clear that he was not planning a return to the camera, unless a really exciting project would surprise him [tz.de] .

at the age of 60 wants to enjoy his life and plans travel with his partner Anne Arnholdt, whom he met in the Munich S-Bahn. Among other things, a cruise is on the plan. Ohrner describes himself as someone who is anchored in the here and now and rarely looks into the past or the future [klassikradio.de] .

A look back at his career

Ohrner's roots in the media world go far back. He already had his first film experience at eight months when he turned his mother advertising recordings. At the age of only four he was in front of the camera for commercials, and in 1969 he celebrated his first short role in the ZDF criminal series "The Commissioner" [wikipedia] .

He was part of numerous successful series and projects on German television and over the years also active as a voice actor, among other things as the voice of Geißen-Peter in "Heidi". In addition to his television successes, Ohrner also had a music career in which he sang [wikipedia] .