Leonard Proxauf (born 27 November 1995) is an AustrianLeonard Proxauf Agentur-Profil bei proXauf - Die Agentur actor, best known for his role as Martin in the film The White Ribbon.
Life and career Proxauf was born in Berlin. His mother is Austrian actress and artist agent Katja Proxauf. He started filming at the age of 9. His first minor role was the character of young Behrendt in the 2006 film Lohn deiner Angst. Proxauf booked his first major role in 2006. He played Jonas Block in the 2006 film Nevermore. In 2008 he played the small role of Christian Buddenbrook (played as an adult by August Diehl) in the literary film The Buddenbrooks.
The previous peak in Proxauf's acting career was the role of the reverend's son Martin in Michael Haneke's historical drama The White Ribbon (2009). For the European co-production, which tells of mysterious incidents in a north German village on the eve of the First World War, the 14-year-old won the Young Artist Award.Young Artist Award winner 2010
Proxauf will be seen in spring 2011 in the German television (ZDF) crime series The Inspector and the Sea as the police inspector's son, Niklas. He will also appear in a television (ZDF) film Der Test. In 2011 Proxauf filmed a guest leading role in the German TV crime series Tatort, which was aired on German TV in April 2012 and a lead role in the movie which will be released in autumn 2012.
Awards Year Award Category Work Result Ref.2010Young Artist AwardBest Young Actor in an International Feature FilmThe White Ribbon
Filmography + Film and television Year Title Role Notes 2006 Lohn deiner Angst Young Behrendt 2006 Nevermore Jonas Block 2008Buddenbrooks Young Christian Buddenbrook 2009 Martin Young Artist AwardBest Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Actor(shared with Leonie Benesch)2010GömböcPaulShort film 2010 The Inspector and the Sea NicklasTV series — 2 episodes 2011 Dear Mr. StarrAntonShort film 2012 TatortPaul TremmelTV series — 1 episode2012Operation SugarFlorin2013Felix2014SafariShort film2015PeinLeoShort film2015No CommentThomas2015Shed My SkinChristoph2015SOKO WismarTim BrandtTV series — 1 episode2015Leipzig HomicideNoah HausmannTV series — 1 episode2017Die EifelpraxisMax BognerTV series — 1 episode 2024 Scorched Earth Bob World premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival
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