[2] After studying medicine at the University of Jena for one and a half years, from 2001 to October 2004 he attended the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin.

Already during his studies Tischendorf became known to a wider audience in the ProSieben television series 18 – Allein unter Mädchen, in which he played one of the four leading roles.

[3] Then he starred the male lead role in the television films The Whore including sequels and Isenhart: The Hunt Is on for Your Soul [de].

He was seen as Olympian Manfred Ommer in the ARD documentary drama Vom Traum zum Terror: Olympia München 1972.

In 2013 Tischendorf embodies one of the male lead roles in the RTL television series Doc meets Dorf.