Ludwig Trepte (born 17 May 1988 in East Berlin) is a German television and film actor best known internationally for a leading role as Viktor Goldstein in Generation War (2013) and for his role as Alexander Edel in the German miniseries (2015).
Life and acting career His father is Stephan Trepte who was a member of the East German rock group Lift, Electra and Reform. He did not receive formal drama training and began his acting career at the age of twelve when he appeared in the German television mini-series (2001).
In 2006, he played the leader of a Nazi clique in his second feature film . For his third major role in the feature film Out of Hand, he received the award for best young actor at the 27th Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize 2006.
Furthermore, Trepte was leading actor in the TV movie Auf ewig und einen Tag (2006), the film (2007) and in the television movie Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe (Good Morning, Mr. Grothe) (2007), for which he received the Grimme Prize in 2008. In director Christoph Röhl's film Ein Teil von mir ('A Part of Me') he played a reserved, amiable and out of responsibility for his child, stealing very young man who has surprisingly become a father. In the youth drama Outta Control in 2008, he played the role of a behavioral adolescent, for which he again in 2009 received the Grimme-Preis. In 2009, he went to France, to film directed by Wolfgang Fischer and starring Frederick Lau and Alice Dwyer.
Ludwig Trepte received international attention in 2013 as 'Viktor Goldstein' in the three-part TV movie Generation War (or 'Our Mothers, Our Fathers' in Germany). The film was awarded in 2014 with the international Emmy in the category TV Movie / Mini-Series. In 2013, he stood in front of the camera for the eight-part Danish television series 1864, which revolves around the defeat of Denmark in the German-Danish War of 1864. The script and direction was the responsibility of Ole Bornedal. Also Trepte turned in leading roles for the Christian Schwochow tv film and movie Im Spinnwebhaus. The short film The Last Will by Dustin Loose based on the eponymous short story by Swedish bestselling author Håkan Nesser, It was a Finalist for Foreign Film at the Student Academy Awards in 2015.
In 2014, Ludwig Trepte took over the role of 'Lothar Erler' in the three-part Tannbach - fate of a village under the direction of Alexander Dierbach, in addition to Nadja Uhl, Martina Gedeck and Jonas Nay.
Awards 2006: Won - Best Young Actor at the 27th Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize for Keller - Teenage Wasteland 2008:the Goldene Kamera's Young Talent Award - "Lilli Palmer & Curd Jürgens Memorial Camera" 2009: the Grimme Prize for Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe 2012: Nomination – Jupiter Award for Best German Actor for Was du nicht siehst
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2001Emil and the DetectivesSchüler2005 Thomas ThiessOut of HandPaulalso known as Keller - Teenage Wasteland2006 Matze2007 Evil Images Lukas(Short) Adam2008 1st of May: All Belongs to You 'Pelle' PelletierEin Teil von mir JonasAlso known as A Piece of Me, directed by Christoph Röhl2009 AntonIm nächsten Leben Firefighter (Feuerwehrmann) Marcel2014 The Last Will (or Erledigung einer Sache) Jakob Adler(Short), based on the eponymous short story by author Håkan Nesser2015 Allein unter Irren Alex Schulte(Short)Im SpinnwebhausFelix2016 Nowhere Dannyalso known as Nirgendwo2017 TigermilchAfghanistan Veteran2018 Spielmacher Anton Weil 2027 Wind of Change Klaus Meine
Television Year Title Role Notes2001 Paulas SchuldJunge 1(TV movie) Beim nächsten Coup wird alles anders Paper BoyTV mini-series, 5 episodesPolizeiruf 110 jüngerer SchülerTV series, 1 episode2001-2015 TatortChristian Jareis 2001/ Baris Sahin 2008/ Lars Leroux 2011/ Erik Trimborn 2015TV series, 4 episodes2002-2014 Küstenwache Jacob Jäger / AndrejTV series, 2 episodes2003 Im Namen des GesetzesStefan BrinkmannTV series, 1 episode2004 Sabine!!SebastianTV series, 1 episode2006 The Secret of St. Ambrose Julian Cramer(TV movie) Auf ewig und einen TagGregor Luckner - Younger(TV movie) Der letzte Zeuge Sezen AksulTV series, 1 episode2007 Verlassen Marc(TV movie) SchimanskiLena's brotherTV series, 1 episodeGuten Morgen, Herr GrotheNico(TV movie) 2008 Das DuoManuel HertzTV series, 1 episodeOutta ControlOliver Rother(TV Movie, also known as Ihr könnt euch niemals sicher seinCommissario LaurentiMichele GiustinaTV series, 1 episode2010 Kreutzer kommt Roger(TV movie) Aghet - Ein VölkermordHambardzoum Sahakian(TV Movie documentary) 2011 GroßstadtrevierMoritzTV series, 1 episodeDie Pfefferkörner HannoTV series, 1 episodeEin Fall für zweiUli CasparTV series, 1 episode2012 Kurt(TV movie)Der DickeLothar BrücknerTV series, 1 episodeRat mal, wer zur Hochzeit kommtHrvoje Tomasovic(TV movie)The Last CopSimon HertelTV series, 1 episode2013 Vincent(TV Movie documentary) Generation WarViktor GoldsteinTV mini-series, 3 episodes Known in Germany as Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter.Der große SchwindelFlorian(TV movie) 2014 1864HeinzTV mini-series, 5 episodes Axel Hoffmann(TV movie) Letzte Spur BerlinArno SchwarzTV series, 1 episode2015 Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die AutobahnpolizeiRichieTV series, 1 episodeDeutschland 83Oberleutnant Alex EdelTV series, 8 episodesShades of GuiltFelixTV series, 1 episodeTannbachLothar ErlerTV series, 3 episodes2016 Die Kinder der Villa EmmaJosko Indig(TV movie) 2017 Culpa - Niemand ist ohne Schuld (TV series) JonasTV mini-series, 1 episodeDie Firma danktSandor(TV movie) Kommissar Marthaler - Die Sterntaler-Verschwörung Daniel Fichtner(TV movie) Philip Melanchthon(TV movie) 2017-2018 4 BlocksNicoTV series, 7 episodes2018 Deutschland 86Alex EdelTV series, 10 episodes, follows on from Deutschland 83Tanken: mehr als SuperDanievTV series, 12 episodesEin starkes TeamJan TarpTV series, 1 episode2019Bauhaus - A New EraMarcel BreuerTV series, 6 episodes
Personal life Trepte is married and lives in Berlin with his wife Deborah, who works at a film PR agency, and their daughter Mathilda, born in 2011. On 20 August 2018 it was announced that he and his wife are expecting their second child. He has three half-brothers and a half-sister.
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