“Tatort”: This is the brand new Munich commissioner | EUROtoday

The actor Carlo Ljubek would be the new Munich “Tatort” commissioner: from 2026 he shall be investigating as Chief Detective Nikola Buvak within the ARD collection. This was introduced by Bayerischer Rundfunk within the night in Munich.

Ferdinand Hofer will due to this fact stay on the Munich Homicide Squad as Chief Detective Kalli Hammermann. The first case is anticipated to be filmed on the finish of 2025.

Ljubek follows within the footsteps of Miroslav Nemec and Udo Wachtveitl, who ran the Munich murder squad as a duo for many years, as Commissioners Ivo Batic and Franz Leitmayr. According to BR, the 2 shall be seen in “Tatort” 5 extra occasions after which say goodbye to obligation after precisely 100 circumstances collectively within the 2025/2026 “Tatort” season. The pair’s impending retirement had already been introduced at the start of the yr – a turning level within the historical past of the Sunday night crime thriller.

“A great honor and a wonderful challenge”

Carlo Ljubek acquired his performing coaching on the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich. He then labored on the Schauspiel Köln and later on the Schauspielhaus Hamburg and on the similar time started taking pictures for movie and tv. Most just lately he performed main roles within the Netflix collection “Sleeping Dogs” by Stephan Lacant and Francis Meletzky, in Caroline Link’s ZDF collection “Safe” and within the movie “Alle die du sind” by Michael Fetter Nathansky. He was additionally within the Munich crime scene as soon as – within the 2024 episode “The Wunderkind”.

“Crime scene inspector in Munich, that is a great honor and a great challenge,” stated Ljubek. He can also be returning to one among his “so many homes”. When he was 16, he moved to Munich to reside together with his father, performed soccer for TSV 1860 and later studied performing right here. “I’m really looking forward to the city and this exciting journey.”

The accountable BR program space supervisor Bettina Ricklefs stated: “We are very pleased to have won such an experienced and charismatic actor like Carlo for the role of the new chief inspector Nikola Buvak.” It is equally nice that Ferdinand Hofer is making certain continuity within the state capital. She is completely satisfied that the custom of Croatian and Bavarian roots is being continued among the many investigators.

Hofer wrote: “I am looking forward to working with my new teammate Carlo Ljubek. Of course we’ve already had our first beer together.”