Date of Birth

21 December 1995, Berlin, Germany

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Born in 1995 in Berlin, Aaron is the son of director and actress Adriana Altaras and composer Wolfgang Böhmer. Aaron played his first major role in the TV feature Mogelpackung Mann at the age of 9. He has since made a number of appearances in TV and screen productions, e.g. Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne (2004), Allein unter Bauern (2006), Hoellenritt (2007), and most notably in Nicht alle waren Moerder (2006), a film that tells the story of young Michael Degen, a Jewish boy who survived Nazi Germany to later become a well-known actor. Aaron played lead, and the film won one of Germany's most prestigious TV awards, the Grimme Preis. Though Aaron has made significant steps onto the terrain of acting, soccer remains his foremost passion.

Trivia

• Son of Adriana Altaras and Wolfgang Böhmer.
• Brother of Leo Altaras.
• Aaron's maternal grandfather was Jakob Altaras, a Sephardi Jew, from Split, Dalmatia, who was a prominent physician and president of the Jewish community in Giessen. Aaron's maternal grandmother was Thea Altaras, a prominent architect, from Zagreb, who was Ashkenazi Jewish. Both of Aaron's grandparents were Holocaust survivors who fought in the resistance during WWII.