Thomas Astan (15 September 1942 – 11 October 2024) was a German Roman Catholic priest and actor.
[1] Born in Schmallenberg on 15 September 1942, Astan appeared in television series such as Der Kommissar, The Old Fox, and Derrick.
[2] However, in 1996 he was ordained a Catholic priest and joined the Salesians of Don Bosco.
He became a member of the Künstlerseelsorge of the Archdiocese of Berlin in 1999,[3] a position he left in 2015.
[4] He also directed Sunday school at the church of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Mitte.