Tamer Arslan was born and grew up in Berlin. During his voluntary social year, he gained his first theater experience at the drama school in Pescara. He played his first roles in film in the ZDF series Kriminaldauerdienst and in the ZDF movie Wohnungstausch und Liebesrausch, directed by Berno Kürten. In 2008, he decided to train at the FilmSchauspielSchule Berlin. Since then he has appeared in productions including Ferienlager – Die 3. Generation at Ballhaus Naunynstraße and Macbeth at Hans-Otto-Theater in Potsdam, directed by Lukas Langhoff. He appeared in the feature films Westerland (Tim Staffel; 2010) and The Palace (Anthony Maras; 2011), among others.