{{notability|1=Biographies|date=May 2025}} {{Short description|German actor}} '''Adrian Julius Tillmann''' (born 1997) is a German actor. He is also active as a musician under the stage name '''Ritter Lean''', and is known for collaborating with rapper Ski Aggu.
== Career ==
Tillmann has appeared in numerous episodes of German television shows. He is most well known for playing the lead role of Jasper in the Netflix original series ''Biohackers''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/tec/sef/22008486.html |title=Biohackers |website=Goethe-Institut |access-date=2024-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abbatescianni |first=Davide |title=Series review: Biohackers |date=August 2020 |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/391341/ |website=Cineuropa |access-date=2024-10-06}}</ref> He has also appeared in the long-running German crime series Tatort, episode {{ill|Tatort: Das Herz der Schlange|de|Tatort: Das Herz der Schlange}} ("The Heart of the Snake").
His first musical releases under the pseudonym ''Ritter Lean'' (a reference to Ritalin) appeared on SoundCloud. Starting in 2018, he also featured on the first songs by Ski Aggu,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZtkTQ0-Ld0 |title=Ski Aggu: From Afterhour to Election Party {{!}}{{!}} PULS Music Analysis |language=de-DE |access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref> whom Tillmann encouraged to pursue a music career. In 2023, he released his debut single, ''Einsame Insel.''<ref>{{Cite web |author=Micha Wagner |url=https://diffusmag.de/p/ritter-lean-und-seine-einsame-insel-der-beste-freund-von-ski-aggu-macht-jetzt-selbst-musik/ |title=Ritter Lean and his "Einsame Insel": Ski Aggu’s best friend is now making music himself |work=DIFFUS |date=2023-02-25 |language=de-DE |access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref> In the same year, his first EP, ''Auch ein Atze muss mal weinen,'' was released on the Jungeratze and Bamboo Artists labels.
In February 2025, Tillmann released his first full-length album ''Stell dir vor'',<ref>{{cite web |title="Stell dir vor" von Ritter Lean |url=https://www.radioeins.de/programm/sendungen/soundcheck/albumtipps/ritter-lean-stell-dir-vor.html |website=www.radioeins.de |language=de |date=28 February 2025}}</ref> which debuted at number 5 on the German music charts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-548166 |website=www.offiziellecharts.de}}</ref>
He has played at large music festivals, primarily in Germany, including Lollapalooza Berlin<ref name="Lolly" /> and Dockville.<ref>{{cite web |title=MS Dockville 2025 begeistert 50.000 Besucher |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/musik-und-kunstfestival-ms-dockville-2025-begeistert-50-000-besucher-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-250817-930-922609 |website=Süddeutsche.de |language=de |date=17 August 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life == Adrian Tillmann was born in Berlin in 1997.<ref>''[https://klostermann-thamm.de/schauspieler/adrian-julius-tillmann/ Adrian Julius Tillmann.]'' In: klostermann-thamm.de. Retrieved on July 26, 2020.</ref> He completed his acting studies in Potsdam at the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg in 2020.<ref>''[https://www.filmuniversitaet.de/portrait/person/adrian-julius-tillmann/ Adrian Julius Tillmann.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310155019/https://www.filmuniversitaet.de/portrait/person/adrian-julius-tillmann/ |date=2023-03-10 }}'' In: filmuniversitaet.de. Retrieved on July 26, 2020.</ref><ref>''[https://www.castforward.de/members/profile/adrianjulius-tillmann Adrian Julius Tillmann.]'' In: castforward.de. Retrieved on July 26, 2020.</ref> Outside of music, Adrian follows the football club 1. FC Union Berlin, thereby creating the gimmick of a Union Berlin fan, alongside Ski Aggu, a Hertha BSC fan. <ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/C0Ekd8ot-Lv/?utm_source=ig_embed</ref>
He is known for expressing his left-of-center political views on stage through chants against the far-right party in Germany known as the Alternative für Deutschland.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fröwein |first1=Robert |title=Ritter Lean: Über Nacht zum deutschen Rap-Star |url=https://www.krone.at/3733958 |website=Kronen |language=de |date=24 March 2025}}</ref><ref name="Lolly">{{cite web |title=Lollapalooza: Berliner Rapper spottet auf der Bühne über Merz |url=https://www.watson.de/unterhaltung/musik/413392843-lollapalooza-in-berlin-ritter-lean-ueberrascht-mit-merz-aussage |website=watson.de |language=de}}</ref>
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