Frederick Lau

Frederick Lau, 2018

Frederick Lau (born August 17, 1989 in West Berlin ) is a German actor . He is a Grimme Prize winner and a two-time winner of the German Film Prize .

Private life

Frederick Lau, 2011

Frederick Lau grew up in Berlin-Steglitz and still lives there today. He has been in a relationship with Annika Kipp since September 2013 ; In 2015 the couple married. The two have three children.

Lau is close friends with his actor colleague Kida Khodr Ramadan . In 2018, Ullstein published their book Together we are Kings. What makes men friends.

Career

In 1999 he first applied for a film role. At first he was looked after by the agency Faces , now he is with Players . The breakthrough as an actor paved the former Berlin judo master the role of the assertive student Tim in Dennis Gansel's literary adaptation The Wave . For this achievement he received the German Film Award for Best Supporting Actor . In 2015 he received the German Film Prize again , this time for best leading actor in Victoria .

Filmography (selection)

cinemamovies

• 2001: three star red
• 2002: The letter from the cosmonaut
• 2003: The flying classroom
• 2004: Bibi Blocksberg and the secret of the blue owls
• 2004: who kisses an iguana?
• 2004: rock crystal
• 2004: The Enchanted Otter
• 2005: Prophecies of doom - time of reconciliation
• 2008: The wave
• 2008: free swimmer
• 2008: The discovery of the currywurst
• 2009: The Countess
• 2009: What You Don't See
• 2010: Picco
• 2010: New Vahr South
• 2012: Turkish for Beginners
• 2012: Oh boy
• 2012: Life is not for cowards
• 2012: Ummah - Among friends
• 2013: his last race
• 2014: Not my day
• 2014: Coming In
• 2014: We were kings
• 2015: Outside the Box
• 2015: 3 Turks and a baby
• 2015: Victoria
• 2015: dream women
• 2015: Death to the hippies !! Long live punk
• 2016: scraps!
• 2016: Change of page
• 2016: Zoomania (voice actor)
• 2016: How Men Talk About Women
• 2016: Pets (voice actor)
• 2016: SMS for you
• 2016: the cold heart
• 2017: Simple
• 2017: The captain
• 2017: Gutland
• 2018: Playmaker
• 2018: Woof - Follow the dog
• 2019: Pets 2 (voice actor)
• 2019: Sweethearts
• 2019: so close to the horizon
• 2019: the perfect secret
• 2020: Nightlife
• 2020: concrete frenzy
• 2020: Man from Beirut

Television films

• 2000: the policewoman
• 2001: Jonathan's love
• 2001: How do you get a garbage man?
• 2002: shamrock kisses cactus
• 2003: who kisses an iguana?
• 2003: Red light - In the thicket of the big city
• 2004: Stars also shine during the day
• 2005: Negroes, Negroes, chimney sweeps!
• 2005: The Wall - Berlin '61
• 2006: to the limit
• 2007: darling, we inherited!
• 2007: a late girl
• 2007: How do I seduce my husband
• 2009: A village is silent
• 2010: New Vahr South
• 2010: Go West - freedom at any price
• 2010: Laconia , two-part
• 2011: Stankowski's millions
• 2012: Kreutzer comes ... to the hospital
• 2014: Not for cowards
• 2014: a surefire plan
• 2014: Bornholmer Strasse
• 2015: Starfighter - You wanted to take the skies
• 2015: added time
• 2015: Murder Commission Berlin 1
• 2018: Night Shift - Long Live Death
• 2020: Caroline Link - The decision

TV Shows

• 1999: roller coaster - the big brother
• 2001: Double assignment Berlin - woe to him who loves
• 2001: Dr. Sommerfeld - News from Bülowbogen - A dream team
• 2002: Death is not a broken leg - Grandpa
• 2002: Stranger Children - Snakes in the Fire (voice actor)
• 2003–2004: Stefanie - A woman takes off
• 2003: Be careful - no angels! - Cell phone fever
• 2004: Police call 110 - The mother of Monte Carlo
• 2004: SOKO Leipzig - happy family
• 2005: Einstein Castle (episodes 341–343)
• 2005: SOKO Cologne - sniper
• 2005: Our 10 Commandments - Commandment 2: You shall not abuse the name of the Lord your God
• 2006: The Criminalist - Dead Silence
• 2007: Tatort - Before it gets dark
• 2008: crime scene - garbage
• 2009: Doctor's Diary (guest actor)
• 2009: Emergency call harbor edge - knock out
• 2009: The Teacher (guest actor)
• 2010: THE SNOBS - You can do without yourself
• 2011: Tatort - A Better World
• 2011: Commissioner Stolberg - Between the Worlds
• 2012: Wilsberg: Halbstark
• 2012: Tatort - The forest is black and silent
• 2013: Dandelion Cheese, The Secret Recipe
• 2016-2018: Blockbustaz (4 episodes)
• 2016: Temple (2 episodes)
• 2017: 4 blocks (6 episodes)

Short films, music videos

• 2008: Oliver Pocher - Bring him home (music video)
• 2011: Hotel Desire (short film)
• 2013: Maxim - My Soldiers (music video)
• 2013: B-Tight - Time Heals Nothing (Music Video)
• 2013: Maxim - rearview mirror (music video)
• 2014: Sido , Cro , MoTrip , Celo & Abdi , Prinz Pi , Afrob , Olli Banjo , Bartek Nikodemski , Teesy & Megaloh - Riskier Alles (music video)
• 2017: Marteria - Antimarteria
• 2018: Lary , MoTrip - Sand (music video)
• 2018: Roast Apple - Pretty Lady (Music Video)

Works

• Frederick Lau, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Nana Heymann: Together we are kings. What makes men friends. Ullstein extra, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86493-066-9 .

Awards

• 2004
  • Children's TV award EMIL for his play in the TV drama Who kisses an iguana?
• 2005
  • Goldener Sparrow as the best actor for Who kisses an iguana?
• 2008
  • German Film Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for Die Welle
  • Undine Award for Best Young Character Actor in a Feature Film for Die Welle
• 2011
  • Grimme Prize for Neue Vahr Süd (as leading actor)
  • Bavarian TV Award in the Best Actor category for Neue Vahr Süd
  • German Comedy Award in the Best TV Comedy category for Neue Vahr Süd (as leading actor)
• 2015
  • German Audio Book Prize - Best interpreter for Bringing Es by Verena Güntner
  • German Film Award in the Best Actor category for Victoria
• 2017
  • German Academy for Television : Award in the category of best leading actor for 4 blocks
• 2018
  • Bavarian Film Award 2017: Actor Award together with David Kross for Simpel

Web links

Commons : Frederick Lau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Frederick Lau in the catalog of the German National Library
• Frederick Lau in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Frederick Lau at filmportal.de (with photo gallery)
• Frederick Lau in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
• Agency profile at the Players agency , accessed on August 27, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frederick Lau secretly married his girlfriend Annika Kipp. bz, June 21, 2015, accessed June 22, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Frederick Lau: Baby number 3 is here! klatsch-tratsch.de , October 27, 2019, accessed on November 4, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Frederick Lau "The German Film Award 2015" ... I'm sure it will be a big one! Video on YouTube, June 20, 2015, accessed July 19, 2015.
4. ↑ Children's film projects : kinderfilm-gmbh.de ( Memento from September 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of March 12, 2015, p. 23
6. ↑ The winners of the Bavarian Film Prize