Jonas Nay

Actor · Born September 20, 1990 (36) · Lübeck, Germany

Jonas Nay was born in Lübeck, Germany on September 20th, 1990. He is an actor as well as a composer, known for his roles in projects such as 4 Against Z (2005), Line of Separation (2015), Homevideo (2011), Deutschland 83 (2015), Deutschland 86 (2018) and Deutschland 89 (2020). He has won German Television Awards and Grimme Awards for his role in Home Video (2011).

What are Jonas Nay's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

29%

Survival

24%

Bonds

20%

Morality

18%

Society

10%

Identity4 Deception2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4

Dark

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

Heavy

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 3 of 5 analyzed roles.

Hero

3 of 5

Shadow

1 of 5

Mentor

1 of 5

Heroas Stefan in We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)
Heroas Martin Rauch in Deutschland 83 (2015)
Heroas Christian Voigt in A Minute's Silence (2016)
Shadowas Max in Persian Lessons (2020)
Mentoras Nils in The Four of Us (2021)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

3

Dread

3

Melancholic

3

Contemplative

2

Bittersweet

2

Other

1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking3 Bittersweet3 Haunting2 Unsettling2

How their films end · 1 with a twist

Bittersweet3
Tragic1
Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jonas Nay's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Cohen Media Channel1 title, show their title on Cohen Media Channel
MHz Choice1 title, show their title on MHz Choice
PBS Masterpiece1 title, show their title on PBS Masterpiece

Subscription and free streaming for Jonas Nay's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

40 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Final Hours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Show 4 episodes · as Jan Morava
Three Lives Long (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as King
My Lady in Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as Denis Reuter
Bookish(2025)
Show 2 episodes · as Felix
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Messiah Superstar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Show 8 episodes · as Leon Pohl
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 6 episodes · as Stefan Baretzki
Weihnachtspäckchen ... haben alle zu tragen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Composer
Transatlantic(2023)
Show 3 episodes · as Walter Mehring
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
INTIMATE. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Show 4 episodes · as Jonas · as Jonas Nay
A Thousand Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
as Lars Bogenius
Little America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Show 6 episodes · as Siegfried Strumm
The Four of Us(2021)
Composer · as Nils
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Persian Lessons(2020)
as Max
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Accidental Rebel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
as Max
Der Club der singenden Metzger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 4 episodes · Actor
The Master Butcher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Composer · as Fidelis Waldvogel
Comrades and Cash - Geheime Geschafte unter dem Eisernen Vorhang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
as Narrator
Regrettably Kin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Lenny Lühr
A Minute's Silence(2016)
as Christian Voigt
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Jennifer – Sehnsucht nach was Besseres (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Summer Solstice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
as Guido
Deutschland 83(2015)
Show 26 episodes · as Martin Rauch / Moritz Stamm / Frank Jonas
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Line of Separation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Show 4 episodes · as Friedrich Erler
We Are Young. We Are Strong.(2014)
as Stefan
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Hirngespinster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as Simon Dallinger
Dear Courtney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
as Paul Thomas
Nichts mehr wie vorher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Daniel Gudermann
King Ordinary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Alexander Müller
Death on the Baltic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Jan Kossack
Die Frau von früher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
as Alex
Sechzehneichen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
as Tim
Letzte Spur Berlin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Show 1 episode · as Felix Knuppke
Jorinde und Joringel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Joringel
Homevideo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Jakob Moormann
Der Kriminalist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 1 episode · as Heiner Diebold
4 Against Z (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 41 episodes · as Otti Sörensen
KRIMI.DE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 1 episode · as Niko
The Peppercorns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Show 1 episode · as Tim
Tatort(1970)
Show 1 episode · as Kilian · as Tobias Rahn
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Partynation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as King

Career shape

Star power in the 94^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 40 titles, 39 of them dated from 1970 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

Persian Lessons (2020)

$4.8M worldwide

Highest rated

Persian Lessons (2020)

Midcredits 94^th

Film career

19702026

Peak 2021 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

2011Screen debut· Homevideo
2011First top-billed film· Homevideo

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting39 of 40 · 62^ndMusic3 of 40

By decade

1970s1 · acting1990s1 · acting2000s3 · acting2010s21 · 21 acting · 1 crew2020s13 · 12 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 17% of 6 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Jonas Nay's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79^th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74^th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

82^ndpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

76^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

75^th and up4
25^th to 49^th3
Below 25^th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 8 titles are Mixed.

Universally Loved1
Crowd Pleaser3
Mixed4

Most loved · actor

Persian Lessons (2020)

Midcredits 94^th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 52. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jonas Nay's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films

Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 42 · moderate

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Jonas Nay work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jonas Nay's MovieCove titles; Alexander Beyer shares the most, 2.

Alexander Beyer2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Alexander Beyer
David Schütter2 titles See all 2 shared titles with David Schütter