Elvis Clausen

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Elvis Clausen (* 1987 in Hanover ) is a German actor .

Life

Clausen is of Ghanaian descent. Since 2011 he has worked as a theater actor on various German-speaking stages, including at the Lüneburg Theater (2011; as the devil Samiel in "Der kleine Freischütz" based on motifs from the opera Der Freischütz ). At the North German Tourneetheater in Hamburg he was engaged as a tomcat in the fairy tale play Puss in Boots based on motifs by the Brothers Grimm (2011; directed by Franz Breit) and as Israel Hands in Treasure Island based on Robert Louis Stevenson (2012; directed by Franz Breit).

From October 2013 to 2017 he studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin . In 2014 he took on the role of Driss at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in a stage version of Pretty Best Friends based on Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache (director: Martin Woelffer). In the 2015/16 season he appeared at the Berlin Schaubühne alongside Ursula Werner as Andrej in the play The Mother of Bertolt Brecht .

Clausen has also worked for film and television. In 2012 he was seen in a leading role in the Sat.1 series On Heart and Kidneys ; he played the young African chef Lamin. From October 2013 he had a three-month series role in the RTL series Unter uns . He played the African John Badawi, the husband of the series character Leonie Weidenfels ( Sarah Stork ), who leads a fictitious marriage with him in order to enable him to stay in Germany. In the Swiss film Schweizer Helden (2013; director: Peter Luisi ) he played the young asylum seeker Akin alongside Klaus Wildbolz . In the German comedy Coming In by Marco Kreuzpaintner , he took on the supporting role of the African Ndugdu.

He had episode roles in the ZDF television series Der Kriminalist (2014; as Tayo Yeboah, the suspect young Nigerian husband of a murdered flight attendant) and in SOKO Stuttgart (2014; as an illegal Kenyan Boma Sasura).

In the fairy tale film Die Salzprinzessin (2015; Director: Zoltan Spirandelli ) he took on the leading role of the charming African Prince Thabo from the distant kingdom of Bokanda.

For his portrayal in the movie Lucky Loser - A Summer in Trouble , he received a 2017 nomination for the “New German Cinema Award” in the drama category at the Munich Film Festival . In the 13th season of the television series Notruf Hafenkante (2019), Clausen took on one of the leading roles in the episode as a suspected car mechanic Ronnie Elba.

Clausen also works as a voice actor ; he was in the feature films Django Unchained (director: Quentin Tarantino , 2012) as Rodney and Der Medicus (director: Philipp Stölzl , 2013).

Clausen lives in Berlin .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Elvis Clausen profile and vita at Schauspielervideos.de. Retrieved December 12, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c d Elvis Clausen short biography. Internet presence of the film Schweizer Helden . Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c d Elvis Clausen is new to "Unter Uns" . RTL website from August 27, 2013. Accessed December 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ Invitation to the press and photo session on the set of “Die Salzprinzessin” . WDR / Presseportal of July 7, 2015. Accessed December 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ WDR filmed “Die Salzprinzessin” for the ARD series “Six in one go” . WDR website from July 2, 2015. Accessed December 26, 2015
  6. ↑ 3 questions for ... - Actor: Elvis Clausen . Retrieved December 26, 2015
  7. ^ The nominations for the New German Cinema Award . Official website of the Munich Film Festival from June 12, 2017. Accessed June 24, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Clausen, Elvis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover