Languages: German (mother tongue), English, Russian (fluent)
Residence: Berlin
Place of birth: Russia
Nationality: German
Height: 1.80m (5' 10.9“)
Hair: dark brown
Eyes: blue-grey
Training: István Szabó, Björn Johnson, Dieter Wardetzky (acting), Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Akademie, Berlin (acting, singing), Leningrad National Ballet, Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Hochschule, Dresden (violin, piano, singing)
Accents: east european accents
Pitch of the voice: bass/baritone
Musical instruments: violin (masterclass), piano
Dance: ballroom
Sports: athletics, diving, skiing, volleyball
Driving licence: car (B), motorcycle (A), boat
Winner Radio Eins Kurzfilmrolle 2014 for BUSINESS AS USUAL
Humanrights Award Amnesty International 2014 for BUSINESS AS USUAL
Audience Favourite DC Shorts 2014 for BUSINESS AS USUAL
Murnau Short Film Award 2010 for THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT
Max Ophüls Festival 2010: nom. 'Best Short Film' for THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT
New York City Short Film Festival 2010: nom. 'Audience Award' for THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT
First Steps Award 2009: nom. 'Best Short Film' for THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT
ITVA Bronze Award 2009 for THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT
45th Monte Carlo Television Festival: nom. 'Best Ensemble' for ABSCHNITT 40
Förderpreis Deutscher Film: nom. 'Best Rising Actor' for KIKI & TIGER
2018 | Der Kroatien-Krimi | Constantin Television | TV series | Director: Michael Kreindl | 2 episodes
2018 | Vikings | World 2000 Entertainment | History Channel | TV series | created by Michael Hirst | season 6, recurring
2017 | Der Alte - "Die Kunst des Scheiterns" | Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion | TV series | Director: Johannes Grieser
2017 | Der Kroatien-Krimi - "Mord auf Vis" + "Messer am Hals" | Constantin Television | ARD | TV series | Director: Michael Kreindl
2017 | Witnesses | Ark Pictures | feature film | Director: Konstantin Fam
2017 | The Violin | Ark Pictures | short film | Director: Konstantin Fam | nom. Golden Eagle "Best Short Film"
2017 | Obsession | dffb | short | Director: Nikol Medvecka
2016 | Berlin Station - "Proof of Life" | Paramount | Epix | TV series | Director: John David Coles
2016 | Der Kroatien-Krimi - "Der Teufel von Split" + "Tod einer Legende" | Constantin Television | ARD | TV series | Director: Michael Kreindl
2015 | Before Dawn | X Filme Creative Pool | feature film | Director: Maria Schrader
2015 | The Transporter Refueled | EuropaCorp | feature film | Director: Camille Delamarre
2014 | Starfighter | Zeitsprung Pictures | RTL | TV movie | Director: Miguel Alexandre
2014 | Unter Gaunern - "Das schwarze Schaf" | x Filme Creative Pool | ARD | TV series | Director: Sophie Allet- Coche
2014 | Occupied | Yellow Bird | TV2 | TV series | Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
2014 | Ein starkes Team "Späte Rache" | UFA Fiction | ZDF | TV series | Director: Thorsten Näter
2014 | Business As Usual | Legrain Productions, Studio Babelsberg, Carte Blanche Film, BR | short | Director: Lenn Kudrjawizki | co-writer, director
2013 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Paramount Pictures | Paramount Pictures | feature film | Director: Kenneth Branagh
2012 | Polizeiruf | Realfilm | ARD | TV series | Director: Nicolai Rohde
2012 | Alarm für Cobra 11 | Action Concept | RTL | TV series | Director: Nico Zavelberg
2012 | Die letzte Spur | Novafilm | ZDF | TV series | Director: Andreas Herzog
2011 | Schicksalsjahre | teamWorx | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Miguel Alexandre
2011 | Der Mann mit dem Fagott | Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion | ARD, Degeto | TV movie | Director: Miguel Alexandre | 2 episodes
2011 | Crime Scene | Superfilm | ARD, ORF | TV series | Director: Harald Sicheritz
2011 | Die Draufgänger | Constantin TV | RTL | TV series | Director: Florian Kern
2011 | Paul Kemp - "Disharmonie" | Dor Film | ORF, ARD | TV series | Director: Harald Sicheritz
2010 | Die letzte Lüge | Buntfilm | feature film | Director: Jonas Grosch
2009 | Thank You Mr. President | Legrain Productions | short | Director: Lenn Kudrjawizki | co-writer, director
2009 | Crime Scene | teamWorx | RBB, ARD | TV series | Director: Bodo Fürneisen
2008 | Pope Joan | Constantin Film | Constantin Film | feature film | Director: Sönke Wortmann
2008 | Die Pfefferkörner | Studio Hamburg | ARD, Kika | TV series | Director: Miko Zeuschner
2007 | Seven Days Sunday ("Sieben Tage Sonntag") | feature film | Director: Niels Laupert
2007 | GSG9 | typhoon | Sat.1 | TV series | Director: Michael Wenning
2006 | The Counterfeiters | Magnolia Filmproduktion | Sony Pictures Classics | feature film | Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | won Oscar for 'Best foreign language film of the year' 2008, nom. 'Golden Berlin Bear', nom. for 6 German Film Awards
2006 | Today is my Day | Legrain Productions | short | Director: Lenn Kudrjawizki | co-writer, director
2001-2006 | Abschnitt 40 | RTL | TV series | Director: Andreas Senn, Florian Kern, Udo Witte, Rolf Wellingerhof, Kilian Riedhof
2006 | Die Zeit die man Leben nennt | Rich and Famous Overnight | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Sharon von Wietersheim
2004 | Grosse Lügen | Schiwago Film | feature film | Director: Jany Tempel
2003 | Die Kirschenkönigin | ndF | ZDF | TV series | Director: Rainer Kaufmann | mini series
2003 | Die Cleveren | Studio Hamburg | RTL | TV series | Director: Axel de Roche
2002 | PiperMint... Das Leben möglicherweise | feature film | Director: Nicole-Nadine Deppé
2002 | Die Verbrechen des Prof. Capellari | Modern Media | ZDF | TV series | Director: Thomas Jauch
2002 | Tatort - "Der Prügelknabe" | MTM | ARD | TV series | Director: Thomas Jauch
2001 | Kiki & Tiger | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg | feature film | Director: Alain Gsponer
2001 | Hollywood Schaukeln | short | Director: Micky Suelzer
2001 | Enemy at the Gates | Paramount Pictures | Paramount Pictures | feature film | Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
1999 | England! | Egoli Tossell | feature film | Director: Achim von Borries
1994 | Katrin und Wladimir | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Jens Becker
1999 | Die natürliche Tochter | Theater Zerbrochenes Fenster, Berlin | theatre | Director: Peter Schlesselmann
1994 | Das Lächeln am Fusse der Leiter | German State Department for Art and Culture, for UNICEF | theatre | Director: Marianne Sägebrecht
Lenn Kudrjawizkis family moved with him as a child from Leningrad (USSR) to East Berlin. At the age of four, Lenn auditioned on the stage with the Leningrad State Ballet. At five, he became enchanted with a violin that his father brought down from the attic of the family home. This was to play an important part in his life. Later he attended a secondary school for music in Berlin where he studied acting, voice, and violin. In Dresden he refined his skills on the violin and graduated with a Master of Arts in Music in 2003. In 1994 Lenn made his television debut as a teenager with the role of Wladimir in the film KATRIN UND WLADIMIR. Jean-Jacques Annaud’s DUEL – ENEMY AT THE GATES followed, as well as Alain Gsponer’s feature film KIKI & TIGER. From 2001 to 2006 Lenn was a series regular in the highly acclaimed RTL series ABSCHNITT 40. Since, he was performing in more than 50 TV and feature film productions, including POPE JOAN, THE COUNTERFEITERS – 2008 Oscar winner for best foreign-language film -, Paramount Pictures’ JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT, directed by Kenneth Branagh and most recently THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED – written and produced by Luc Besson. Since 2016 Lenn is back as a detective in the KROATIEN KRIMI for ARD (national German Television).
Lenn was giving his directors debut in 2007 with the short film TODAY IS MY DAY. His second work as a director and writer was THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT (2009), that successfully toured international festivals and has won the renowned award Murnaupreis.
In 2014, Lenn filmed his third short film BUSINESS AS USUAL – THE PROPHET FLIES, for which he received the Amnesty International Human Rights Award. In addition to this, he founded the world wide first sustained orchestra “The Berlin Show Orchestra” with his company Legrain Productions and is committed to the sustainability concept for CO2 reduction.
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