Lenn Kudrjawizki @ SPIELKIND

Lenn Kudrjawizki

Actor | 1975 | German | Berlin

Personal Data

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

Awards

Winner radioEins short film award 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

Feature | Television

2018 | Traumfabrik | Traumfabrik Babelsberg | feature film | Director: Martin Schreier

2017 | Der Alte - "Die Kunst des Scheiterns" | Neue Münchner Fernsehproduktion | TV series | Director: Johannes Grieser

2017 | Witnesses | Ark Pictures | feature film | Director: Konstantin Fam

2017 | Obsession | dffb | short | Director: Nikol Medvecka

2015 | Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe | X Filme Creative Pool | feature film | Director: Maria Schrader

2015 | The Transporter Refueled | EuropaCorp | feature film | Director: Camille Delamarre

2010 | Die letzte Lüge | Buntfilm | feature film | Director: Jonas Grosch

2007 | Seven Days Sunday ("Sieben Tage Sonntag") | feature film | Director: Niels Laupert

2007 | GSG9 | typhoon | Sat.1 | TV series | Director: Michael Wenning

2001-2006 | Abschnitt 40 | RTL | TV series | Director: Andreas Senn, Florian Kern, Udo Witte, Rolf Wellingerhof, Kilian Riedhof

2004 | Grosse Lügen | Schiwago Film | feature film | Director: Jany Tempel

2003 | Die Kirschenkönigin | ndF | ZDF | TV series | Director: Rainer Kaufmann | mini series

2002 | PiperMint... Das Leben möglicherweise | feature film | Director: Nicole-Nadine Deppé

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

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

Stage

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Lenn Kudrjawizki grew up in East Berlin, where his father had a job as a scientist and his mother worked as an interpreter. He discovered the violin and at the age 6 years old he performed on stage at the Leningrad State Ballet. Lenn attended a grammar school where he received acting, singing and violin lessons. In Dresden he studied violin. As a teenager Lenn made his television debut in 1994 in the role of Vladimir in the film KATRIN AND WLADIMIR. Since then, Lenn has been part of over 50 TV and movie productions, such as: JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT by Kenneth Branagh, the Oscar-winning film THE COUNTERFEITERS (Stefan Ruzowitzky) and in POPE JOAN, directed by Sönke Wortmann. Since 2016 Lenn has played the main role of commissioner in ARD television series KROATIEN KRIMI. He also plays a role in the sixth season hit series VIKINGS which is due to air in 2019.

In 2007, Lenn made his directorial debut with the short film TODAY IS MY DAY. His second work as a director and author was THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT (2009), which was very successfully represented at various international festivals and for which he received the prestigious Murnau Award. He was honored with the Amnesty International Human Rights Award for BUSINESS AS USUAL.

In addition, he founded the world’s first Co2-reduced orchestra “The Berlin Show Orchestra” with his company Legrain Productions. With his campaign “Start with Heart” Lenn bicycled with other colleagues all the way from Germany to the set in Croatia. The initiative benefits children in need and will be held regularly from now on.