German actor
Ludwig Blochberger
(born 3 December 1982) is a German actor. He is best known for his appearance in the coming of age movie
Summer Storm
dealing with issues around sexual orientation. He also appeared on German TV drama programmes including
The Old Fox
,
Tatort
and
Brittany Mystery
. Furthermore he portrayed the Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt
, in the TV documentary drama
Helmut Schmidt - Lebensfragen
.
Early life
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Ludwig Blochberger was born in 1982 in East Berlin. His father Lutz Blochberger (an actor and director) and his mother Gitta Blochberger (a
puppeteer
)
[1]
[2]
studied at this time at the
Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
in Berlin. In 1984, the family moved to
Dresden
, due to the theater engagements of the two parents. In 1990, Ludwig attended the
Kreuzschule
in Dresden for one year.
[3]
Then in 1992 they moved to
Vienna
,
[4]
and he stayed with the
Vienna Boys' Choir
until 1995.
[3]
With this famous Austrian boys choir, he got to know the world early via the joint concert tours (Japan,
[2]
Australia, USA). In 1995, he had his first theater appearance, he participated in the open air theater in
Chur
(in
Switzerland
) in the theater production of
Woyzeck
. Then he could continue with other performances at the Vienna
Burgtheater
,
[5]
among other things, he played
Prince Edward III
in the production of
Edward II
, directed by Claus Peymann.
[6]
In 1999, Ludwig returned to his native Berlin and in 2000, he starred in the multi-award-winning TV three-part mini-series
The Manns - Novel of a Century
, as the role of 'Klaus Heuser', alongside actor
Armin Mueller-Stahl
.
[5]
In the same year, he ended his school career and one year later began his acting studies at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.
While still a drama student, he was in the cinema production of
Summer Storm
(directed by
Marco Kreuzpaintner
) and also in the 2006
Oscar-winning
film
[7]
The Lives of Others
(directed by
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
).
[8]
Then in the TV movie
Der Vater meiner Schwester
,
[9]
(directed by Christoph Stark), a family drama in which Ludwig starred together with
Katharina Schuttler
and
Christian Berkel
, which premiered at the
Munich Film Festival
and earned him an Undine Award nomination for Best Young Actor (TV).
[10]
In 2005, he completed his acting training and worked in three episodes of
Tatort
, among others, he played a leading role as directed by Niki Stein.
[11]
[12]
In the movie
The Last Train
(directed by
Joseph Vilsmaier
&
Dana Vavrova
), he played the unscrupulous
SS
Obersturmfuhrer
Crewes, who escorted one of the last deportation trains to
Auschwitz
.
[13]
Among his most important theatrical works to date include the productions of director
Hans Neuenfels
, who in 2005 brought him to
Bochum
for his world premiere of
Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee
, an "opera for piano" at the
Ruhrtriennale
(arts festival in Ruhr). Ludwig played the role of
Franz Schubert
alongside the baritone singer
Olaf Bar
in this fictional encounter between the two musical geniuses.
[14]
For this production, there is also a 60-minute film documentary by director
Enrique Sanchez Lansch
Sound of the Ruhr
. In 2007, Neuenfels cast him in the title role of
Baal
, written by
Bertolt Brecht
, at the
Munchner Volkstheater
.
[15]
In the same year Ludwig also played for the first time under the direction of his father Lutz Blochberger, in the main role in the world premiere of the tragicomedy
Heil Hitler!
,
[16]
by the playwright
Rolf Hochhuth
at the
Academy of Arts, Berlin
.
[17]
In 2013 Italien film director Liliana Cavani cast him as Pope Innocent III in her film adaptation “Francesco” (2013). Furthermore he portrayed the former German Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt
in the TV documentary drama “Helmut Schmidt - Questions of Life” directed by Ben von Grafenstein.
[5]
[18]
From 2013 to 2015 Blochberger starred as Riwal in the German crime series “Inspector Dupin” based on the novels by author Jean-Luc Bannalec which were filmed in Brittany (France). From 2015 to 2021 he then starred in the crime series “The Old Fox” as commissioner Tom Kupfer. In “The End of Dreams” (2023) directed by Olga Chajdas he was playing the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Rudolf Hoss. The docudrama series was filmed at the original location in Poland. Since 2024 he is performing a solo concert reading of “The Book of Those Killed by Neil Young” by
Navid Kermani
where he sings and plays songs by
Neil Young
live on guitar.
Personal life
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Ludwig Blochberger is father of a Portuguese-German son, born in 2021.
He is a three time Berlin Marathon finisher.
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
Notes
|
1998
|
Wie eine schwarze Mowe
|
Carl Theodor
|
(TV Movie)
|
2001
|
The Manns - Novel of a Century
|
Klaus Heuser
|
(TV Mini-Series)
|
2002
|
Liebling, bring die Huhner ins Bett
|
Kai Teuffel
|
(TV Movie)
|
Dr. Sommerfeld ? Neues vom Bulowbogen
|
Hajo Henisch
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2003
|
Wolff's Turf
|
Jakob Zinner
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Tage des Sturms
|
Jugendlicher
|
(TV Movie)
|
Die Stimmen
|
Heiko Adler
|
(TV Movie)
|
Die Cleveren
|
Frank Walberg
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2004
|
Die Konferenz
|
Victor Leysen
|
(TV Movie)
|
Die Versuchung
|
Matthias Brendel
|
(TV Movie)
|
2005
|
Die Wache
|
Mark
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Der Vater meiner Schwester
|
Paul Schneider
|
(TV Movie)
|
Die letzte Schlacht
|
Hannes Schachelhuber
|
(TV Movie)
|
2005 - 2006
|
Arme Millionare
|
Hartwig von Thurnberg
|
TV series, 3 episodes
|
2005 - 2012
|
Tatort
|
Alexander Kern (2005)
[20]
/ Lukas Eckermann (2005)/ Manuel Dettmer (2006)/ Sebastian Lesniak (2012)
|
TV series, 4 episodes
|
2005 - 2013
|
Leipzig Homicide
|
Bernd Michels (2005)/ Torsten Flimm (2013)
|
TV series, 2 episodes
|
2006
|
Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee
('Schumann, Schubert and the Snow')
|
Franz Schubert
|
(TV Movie)
|
2006 - 2014
|
SOKO Wismar
|
Pepe Passlack (2006)/ Pfleger Michael (2014)
|
TV series, 2 episodes
|
2006 - 2019
|
Cologne P.D.
|
Holger Meyer (2006)/ Dietmar Reichenbach (2011)/ David Becker (2019)
|
TV series, 3 episodes
|
2007
|
Die Todesautomatik
|
FDJ-Funktionar
|
(TV Movie)
|
Alarm fur Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei
|
Billy the Kid
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2007 - 2017
|
Vienna Crime Squad
|
Ben Steiner (2007)/ Johannes Ebner (2017)
|
TV series, 2 episodes
|
2008
|
Stolberg
|
Eddi von Westhofen
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Notruf Hafenkante
|
Christoph Wagner
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Der Kriminalist
|
Lars Wolkenhaar
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Kustenwache
|
Hannes Bornsen
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2008-2018
|
The Old Fox
|
Matthias Holt (2008)/ Moritz Fuchs (2010)/ Fabian Ferencz (2014)/ (Tom Kupfer 2015-2018)
|
TV series, 27 episodes
|
2009
|
Liebling, weck die Huhner auf
|
Kai Teuffel
|
(TV Movie)
|
Polizeiruf 110
|
Hagen Dietrich
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Der Raketenmann - Wernher von Braun und der Traum vom Mond
|
Wernher von Braun
1928-1945
|
(TV Movie documentary)
[21]
|
Ein geheimnisvoller Sommer
|
Paul
|
(TV Movie)
|
Ein starkes Team
|
Armin
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2009 - 2014
|
SOKO Kitzbuhel
|
Flo Hacker (2009)/ Moritz Nowak (2014)
|
TV series, 2 episodes
|
2010
|
Until Nothing Remains
|
Chris
|
(TV Movie)
|
2011
|
Der Staatsanwalt
|
Boris Glatt
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Tango
|
Jens
|
(TV Short)
|
Nord Nord Mord
|
Claus Niebecker
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Danni Lowinski
|
Burkhard Adam
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Doctor's Diary
|
Johannes Minze
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2012
|
Ein Fall fur zwei
|
Felix Lessing
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Lena Fauch
|
Max Trautenwolf
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Spreewaldkrimi
|
Rene Muller
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Die Chefin
|
Florian Koch
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2013
|
Helmut Schmidt - Lebensfragen
|
Helmut Schmidt
(aged 23?35)
|
(TV Movie)
|
Stuttgart Homicide
|
Alexander Konrad
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Bloch
|
Lukas Rudolf
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Letzte Spur Berlin
|
Tom Zielke
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
Generation War
|
Freitag
|
TV Mini-series
, 1 episode
|
Mein Kampf mit Hitler - 'Machtergreifung' 1933
|
Sebastian Haffner
[3]
|
(TV Movie)
|
2014
|
Francesco
|
Papa Innocenzo III
|
(TV Movie)
[3]
|
Murder by the Lake
|
Jonas Zimmermann
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2014 - 2018
|
Commissaire Dupin
|
Inspector Riwal
|
TV series, 5 episodes
|
2015
|
Kommissarin Heller
|
Maik Voigt
|
TV series, 1 episode
[1]
|
2016
|
Hidden Identity
[
de
]
|
David Wendt
|
(TV Movie)
|
2017
|
Munchen Mord - Auf der Straße, nachts, allein
|
Lukas Finke
|
(TV Movie)
|
Die Spezialisten - Im Namen der Opfer
|
Frank Singer
|
TV series, 1 episode
|
2018
|
Commissaire Dupin
|
Inspector Riwal
|
(TV Movie)
|
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20 February
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