{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1990)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP primary sources|date=September 2015}} {{unreliable sources|date=September 2015}} }}
{{Infobox person | name = Brandon Ludwig | image = Canadian Screen Awards - Brandon Ludwig.jpg | alt = Brandon Ludwig | caption = Brandon Ludwig at the Academy Canadian Screen Awards red carpet March 13, 2016 | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|9|30}} | birth_place = Kitchener, Ontario | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | other_names = DON BR4N | education = Waterloo University | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2007–present | known_for = Gamer's Paradise | notable_works = | height = 1.8m | website = [http://www.brandonludwig.com] }} '''Brandon Ludwig''' (born September 30, 1990) is a Canadian actor. He achieved international recognition for portraying a promiscuous and dim-witted but good-natured roommate on the television show Gamer's Paradise.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Gamer's Paradise|url=https://www.amazon.com/Gamers-Paradise/dp/B087Y65DQ7|access-date=2021-01-26|website=www.amazon.com}}</ref> His persona on the show was considered a "ladies' man," with a marked childish side.
== Early life == Ludwig was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ludwig raised in Kitchener|url = http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4928654-film-serves-as-a-call-to-action-/|website = www.therecord.com|access-date = 2015-09-28}}</ref> He graduated from the University of Waterloo.<ref>{{Cite web|title = UW graduating students|url = https://uwaterloo.ca/classical-studies/news/congratulations-all-our-graduating-students-2007|access-date = 2015-09-28}}</ref> His early acting education came from the Second City School in Toronto where he moved after university to pursue his acting career.
== Career == Ludwig had his first role in a Canadian film in 2007 with his brother Sheldon Ludwig.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1597103/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_19|title = Brandon & Sheldon's first role| website=IMDb }}</ref> He went on to book over 100 different jobs in his career before he was able to get into television.<ref>{{Cite web|title = IMDb Resume for Brandon Ludwig (I)|url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3037818/resume|website = IMDb|access-date = 2015-09-29}}</ref> Sheldon went on to create a film/TV production company, Don Shal Productions.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Don Shal Productions|url = http://donshalproductions.com|website = donshalproductions.com|access-date = 2015-09-28}}</ref> Brandon on the other hand, acted in various roles in film and television such as: A Fighting Man, My Babysitter's a Vampire, Man Seeking Woman.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Vibrant Magazine, Brantford Expositor|url = http://virtual.brantfordexpositor.ca/doc/Brantford-Expositor/winter_vibrant2014/2014121501/28.html#27|access-date = 2015-09-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150929220340/http://virtual.brantfordexpositor.ca/doc/Brantford-Expositor/winter_vibrant2014/2014121501/28.html#27|archive-date = 2015-09-29|url-status = dead}}</ref> Ludwig's most notable achievement came when he contributed to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HitRecord on TV television show where they won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media – Social TV Experience; Joseph shared the Emmy with his contributors.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Joseph Gordon-Levitt Dodges Short Emmy Speech Limits With Long Video|url = https://deadline.com/2014/08/joseph-gordon-levitt-thanks-tv-academy-for-pivots-first-emmy-award-video-819431/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140814221133/http://deadline.com/2014/08/joseph-gordon-levitt-thanks-tv-academy-for-pivots-first-emmy-award-video-819431/|url-status = dead|archive-date = August 14, 2014|access-date = 2015-09-29|first = The Deadline|last = Team| date=14 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://brandonludwig.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Brandon-Ludwig-Emmy-contribution-thank-you-HitRecord-on-TV.jpg|title = Emmy contribution}}</ref> Brandon and Sheldon partner together in the industry and are known as the Ludwig Bros. Ludwig is directing Canadian Star which is a documentary about bringing to light the subject of name recognition in Canada; the documentary will be released in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Documentary goes on the search for a Canadian star-making movement {{!}} Metro News|url = http://www.metronews.ca/news/kitchener/2014/10/23/documentary-goes-on-the-search-for-a-canadian-star-making-movement.html|access-date = 2015-09-28|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150929195703/http://www.metronews.ca/news/kitchener/2014/10/23/documentary-goes-on-the-search-for-a-canadian-star-making-movement.html|archive-date = 2015-09-29|url-status = dead}}</ref> Ludwig's next project will be The Dunner (movie working title) with Sanctuary sci-fi star Robin Dunne with his brother and Dave Roberts.<ref>{{Cite web|title = News about Brandon Ludwig|url = http://brandonludwig.com|website = brandonludwig.com|access-date = 2015-09-28|first = Actor|last = Director}}</ref>
Since 2020, Ludwig has been a regular on the podcast Beam Me Up Scotty, created and hosted by his friend Kenny Scott Guffey.
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role |- |2008 |''Rent-a-Goalie '' |Yellow Cats Goalie |- |2010 |''The Bridge'' |Bennie |- |2010 |''My Babysitter's a Vampire'' |Electro-Vampire |- |2014 |''HitRecord on TV'' |Game Announcer |- |2014 |''A Fighting Man'' |Bobby |- |2015 |''Man Seeking Woman'' |Xander |- |2016 |''Lost & Found Music Studios'' |A&R Rep |- |2016 |''11.22.63'' |Rookie |- |2020 |Gamer's paradise |Big |} 2022 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14871494/?ref_=nm_knf_t_3_dr A Night of the Undead]
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