{{short description|German actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Lucas Reiber | image = Lucas_Reiber,_german_actor,_2016.jpg | alt = | caption = Reiber, 2016 | birth_name = Lucas Reiber | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|10|4|mf=y}} | birth_place = Berlin, Germany | nationality = | years_active = 2006–present | occupation = Actor }}
'''Lucas Reiber''' (born October 4, 1993)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schauspielervideos.de/fullprofile/schauspieler-lucas-reiber.html|title=LUCAS REIBER Schauspieler, Nachwuchsschauspieler, Synchronschauspieler, Musicaldarsteller|accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref> is a German actor. He is best known for his roles in the films ''Suck Me Shakespeer 2'', ''The Red Band Society'' and ''Die Mutter des Mörders'', and for portraying Niklas in the television series ''Binny and the Ghost''.
==Biography== He was born and raised in Lichterfelde, Berlin before moving to Kreuzberg when he was 14.<ref name="Schulze"/> His mother is Claudia Reiber and he has a sister, Lisa Reiber.<ref name="getty">{{cite web |title=Lucas Reiber with his mother Claudia Reiber and his sister Lisa... |url=https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/lucas-reiber-with-his-mother-claudia-reiber-and-his-sister-news-photo/538425846 |website=Getty Images |accessdate=8 March 2019 |language=en-gb}}</ref> His father became a vegan.<ref name="Scherff"/>
Reiber first appeared on stage in 2003 at the age of ten; he impersonated the young Gavroche in the musical ''Les Misérables'' at the Theater des Westens.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Studt |first1=Jan M. |title=musicalzentrale - Les Misérables - Theater des Westens Berlin - Keine aktuellen Aufführungstermine |url=https://musicalzentrale.de/index.php?service=0&subservice=2&details=266 |website=musicalzentrale.de |accessdate=10 March 2019}}</ref> From 2008, he was a member of the "junge Ensemble" (jE) of the Friedrichstadt-Palast, where he studied singing, acting and dance from 2008 to 2011. He took part in several productions there.<ref>{{cite web |title=junges Ensemble |url=https://www.palast.berlin/backstage/junges-ensemble/ |website=Friedrichstadt-Palast |accessdate=10 March 2019 |language=de-DE}}</ref> From 2011 onwards, further acting coachings and singing lessons followed.
In 2009, under the direction of Peter Keglevic, he played his first film role in the two-part television film Ken Follett's ''{{Ill|Ice Fever|de|Ken Folletts Eisfieber}}'' (based on ''Whiteout''). He impersonated the teenager Craig alongside Heiner Lauterbach (as Craig's grandfather 'Stanley Oxenford') and Sophie von Kessel (as Craig's mother 'Olga').<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corbelle |first1=Carlos |title=Eisfieber - 2009, FILMREPORTER.de |url=https://filmreporter.de/kino/35829-Eisfieber |website=filmreporter.de |accessdate=8 March 2019 |language=de}}</ref> In his first feature film, the youth film ''Rock It!'' (2010), he played the role of Marc, the keyboarder of the rock band, alongside Maria Ehrich and Emilia Schüle.<ref name=Rock>{{cite web |title=Rock It! - Filmkritik - Film - TV SPIELFILM |url=https://www.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/rock-it,4027863,ApplicationMovie.html |website=TV Spielfilm Online |accessdate=8 March 2019 |language=de-DE}}</ref> Before the film, he had keyboard lessons for six years and then got guitar lessons for the film.<ref name="Koch"/> In 2011, he starred alongside Christian Ulmen in the feature film ''{{ill|Someone Like Him|de|Einer wie Bruno}}''; he played the young musician Benny Schmidtbauer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Feld |first1=Ulrich |title="Einer wie Bruno": nicht perfekt, aber berührend |url=https://www.fnp.de/kino-tv/einer-bruno-nicht-perfekt-aber-beruehrend-10880653.html |accessdate=8 March 2019 |work=www.fnp.de |date=5 August 2015 |language=de}}</ref>
In the film comedy ''Fack ju Göhte 2'' (2015), Reiber played the role of Etienne ("Ploppi").<ref>{{cite web |title=Gewinnen Sie 5x einen signierten Handschuh von Fack Ju Göhte 2-Star Lucas Reiber |url=https://www.golfmagazin.de/news/gewinnen-sie-4x-einen-signierten-handschuh-von-fack-ju-goehte-2-star-lucas-reiber/ |website=GOLF MAGAZIN |accessdate=8 March 2019 |language=de-DE |date=19 March 2018}}</ref> a boy with Asperger's Syndrome.<ref name="Schulze"/> In the opinion of Christoph Schröder, Reiber formed "the only ray of hope" in ''Fack ju Göhte 2'' in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schröder |first1=Christoph |title="Fack ju Göhte 2": Chantalismen in Strandkulisse |url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2015-09/fack-ju-goehte-2-film-elyas-m-barek-jella-haase |accessdate=8 March 2019 |work=Die Zeit |date=9 September 2015 |language=de-DE}}</ref> In 2016, he received together with Anna Lena Klenke, Max von der Groeben and Jella Haase, the Bavarian Film Award.<ref name="Schulze"/>
Reiber then participated in several television films in major and minor roles. In the ZDF channel three-part ''{{ill|Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga|de|Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga}}'', he had in the 3rd part of the small role of bellboy Raphael. In the ZDF television comedy ''{{ill|Friendship on Hold|de|Zwei mitten im Leben}}'', he played Henry, the friend of the drug-consuming 17-year-old son of the mayor Bea Westkamp (Johanna Gastdorf).
In the ARD TV movie ''Sprung ins Leben'', he appeared in March 2014, alongside Simone Thomalla, in his first major role on television. He played the talented football player Sebastian, who uses a wheelchair after a car accident.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sprung ins Leben |url=http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/227487.html |accessdate=8 March 2019}}</ref> He excelled in his role a "sensitive portrait of a traumatized young people".<ref name="Koch">{{cite news |last1=Koch |first1=Florian |title=Lucas Reiber: Fürs Fernsehen in den Rollstuhl |url=https://www.bunte.de/tv-show/lucas-reiber-fuers-fernsehen-den-rollstuhl-76964.html |accessdate=8 March 2019 |work=BUNTE.de |date=17 June 2015 |language=de}}</ref> In the TV two-parter ''After the Fall'' (''Die Himmelsleiter'') in 2015, he played Bruno Zettler,<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucas Reiber - Die Himmelsleiter - Sehnsucht nach Morgen - ARD, Das Erste |url=https://www.daserste.de/unterhaltung/film/die-himmelsleiter-sehnsucht-nach-morgen/darsteller/lucas-reiber-als-bruno-zettler-100.html |website=www.daserste.de |accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=de}}</ref> the son of Cologne based black market dealer and former NS - Ortsgruppenleiter Armin Zettler. In the ZDF thriller ''Die Mutter des Mörders'' (The mother of the murderer), he had the lead role, on the side of Natalia Wörner. He played Matis, the 20-year-old, mentally handicapped son of the supermarket saleswoman Maria,<ref name="Schulze"/> who comes under suspicion of murder after a violent crime. For his acting performance, he was awarded the 2016 New Faces Award.<ref name="getty"/>
Reiber also took over roles in television series. In the third season of the RTL series ''Doctor's Diary'', he played in the scenes with the childhood memories the role of the young Marc Meier, played by Florian David Fitz.<ref name="Koch"/> In the multi-award-winning Disney series ''Binny and the Ghost'', he was in both seasons as Niklas Neudecker in front of the camera. Two episodes in which he starred as episodes were awarded the 'Goldener Spatz' in 2015. He had further episodes of main roles in the television series ''Heldt'' (2013, as paraplegic accident victim Manuel Unterberg) and in ''Leipzig Homicide'' (2013, the best friend of a young man who died of an overdose of crystal meth). In January 2017, Reiber was in the ZDF crime series ''SOKO 5113'' (or SOKO Munich) in an episode main role to see; he played Matti Fauser, the ex-boyfriend of a dead youngster tennis player.<ref>{{cite web |title=SOKO Munich (E: 16 S: 42) (Victory in the genes) (50 min) |url=https://tv.krone.at/soko-muenchen-serie-krimiserie-sky-krimi-27122018/4863628 |publisher=tv.krone.at |accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=de}}</ref>
In addition to his film career, Reiber occasionally performs in the theater. In March / April 2013, he appeared in the theater on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin in the role of teenage and half-orphan Jay in the tragicomedy ''A normal family'' by Neil Simon. His stage partners were Peggy Lukac (as grandmother) and Chiara Schoras (as Aunt Bella).<ref>{{cite web |title=Eine ganz normale Familie |url=https://www.komoedie-berlin.de/produktionen/eine-ganz-normale-familie.html |website=Komödie Berlin |accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=de}}</ref>
Reiber is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy).<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitglied anzeigen |url=https://www.deutsche-filmakademie.de/mitglieder/1792/ |website=Deutsche Filmakademie |accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
==Awards== * 2016: Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actor for film ''Fack Ju Göhte 2''<ref name="Schulze"/> * 2016: Bunte's 'New Faces Award' for Best Newcomer for TV Movie ''The Mother of the Murderer'' (or ''Die Mutter des Mörders'')<ref name="getty"/>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2010 |''Rock It!'' |Marc |<ref name=Rock/> |- |rowspan=4 |2011 | ''Klarer Fall für Bär – Gefährlicher Freundschaftsdienst'' | Benjamin Bielmann | |- |''{{ill|Someone Like Him|de|Einer wie Bruno}}'' |Benny Schmidtbauer |<ref>{{cite web |title=Einer wie Bruno |url=http://www.oberon-film.de/einer-wie-bruno.html |website=www.oberon-film.de |accessdate=10 March 2019}}</ref> |- |''Warzenputtel'' |Sid |(Short) |- |''Kinderspiel'' |Vanessa's Boyfriend |(Short) |- | rowspan="2" |2012 |''Für Elise'' |Kai |<ref>{{cite web |title=Für Elise - farbfilm verleih |url=http://farbfilm-verleih.de/filme/fuer-elise/?context=cinema |website=farbfilm-verleih.de |accessdate=10 March 2019}}</ref> |- |''Lore'' |German soldier |<ref>{{cite web |title=UCL SSEES Library: Bain Graffy Film Collection: DVD-4292 |url=http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/videos/dvd4292.htm |website=www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk |accessdate=9 March 2019}}</ref> |- |2014 |''Beeke'' |Frieder |(Short) |- | rowspan="3" |2015 |''Fack ju Göhte 2'' |Etienne |Known in English as ''Suck Me Shakespeer 2'' |- |''Verrückt nach Fixi'' |Jannis |<ref>{{cite web |title=Verrückt nach Fixi im TV - Sendung - TV SPIELFILM |url=https://www.tvspielfilm.de/tv-programm/sendung/verrueckt-nach-fixi,5c52a21c8189657cc58b09b2.html |website=TV Spielfilm Online |accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=de-DE}}</ref> |- |''{{Ill|Beck's Last Summer|de|Becks letzter Sommer (Film)}}'' |Andy Shevantich |<ref>{{cite web |title=Becks letzter Sommer, Film 2015 - Kritik - Trailer - News |url=https://www.moviejones.de/filme/43593/becks-letzter-sommer.html |website=Moviejones.de |accessdate=10 March 2019 |language=de}}</ref> |- |rowspan=3|2017 |''Fack ju Göhte 3'' |Etienne |<ref name="Scherff"/><ref name="Schulze">{{cite news |last1=Schulze |first1=Rita |title=Lucas Reiber: "Der Körper macht es immer richtig" |url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article212372893/Lucas-Reiber-Der-Koerper-macht-es-immer-richtig.html |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=www.morgenpost.de |date=28 October 2017 |language=de-DE}}</ref> |- |''{{ill|Hanni & Nanni 4|de|Hanni & Nanni – Mehr als beste Freunde}}'' |Ole |<ref>{{cite web |title=Hanni & Nanni - Mehr als beste Freunde : Bild Lucas Reiber, Rosa Meinecke |url=http://www.filmstarts.de/personen/427530/bilder/detail/?cmediafile=21389724 |website=FILMSTARTS.de |accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=de}}</ref> |- |''The Invisibles'' |Jochen Arndt |<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucas Reiber, Kriminalakte |url=https://kriminalakte.wordpress.com/tag/lucas-reiber/ |accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Malley |first1=Sheila |title=The Invisibles Movie Review & Film Summary (2019), Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-invisibles-2019 |date=25 January 2019 |website=www.rogerebert.com |accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |- |2019 |''Am Ende Legenden'' |Tom |(filming) <ref name="Kappei">{{cite news |last1=Kappei |first1=Lena |title="Am Ende Legenden": Zwischen Fame und Freundschaft |url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/leute/article215563107/Am-Ende-Legenden-Zwischen-Fame-und-Freundschaft.html |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=www.morgenpost.de |date=15 October 2018 |language=de-DE}}</ref> |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |2010 |''{{Ill|Ice Fever|de|Ken Folletts Eisfieber}}'' |Greg |(TV movie) |- |2010-2012 |''Crime.de'' |Tristan |TV series, 2 episode |- |rowspan=3|2011 |''Notruf Hafenkante'' |Lukas |TV series, 1 episode |- |''Doctor's Diary'' |Marc Meier |TV series, 4 episodes<ref name="Koch"/> |- |''Klarer Fall für Bär'' |Benjamin |(TV movie) |- |rowspan=4|2013 |''The Old Fox'' |Lukas Kroesinger |TV series, 1 episode |- |''Leipzig Homicide'' |Jolle Strand |TV series, 1 episode |- |''Heldt'' |Manuel Unterberg |TV series, 1 episode |- |''{{ill|Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga|de|Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga}}'' |Page Raphael |TV mini-series, 1 episode |- |rowspan=3|2014 |''Father of Four Sons'' |Konstantin Bergers |TV series, 1 episode |- |''Sprung ins Leben'' |Sebastian Jäger |(TV movie) |- |''{{ill|Friendship on Hold|de|Zwei mitten im Leben}}'' |Henry |(TV movie) |- |2014-2016 |''Binny and the Ghost'' |Niklas Neudecker |TV series, 3 episodes |- |rowspan=3|2015 |''Prinzessin Maleen'' |Peter |(TV movie) |- |''Die Mutter des Mörders'' |Matis / Son |(TV movie) |- |''After the Fall'' |Bruno Zettler |TV mini-series, 2 episodes |- |2015-2017 |''SOKO 5113'' |Boris Neubert, jung 2015 <ref>{{cite web |title=SOKO München - Sommer '94 |url=https://www.zdf.de/serien/soko-muenchen/sommer-94-100.html |website=www.zdf.de |accessdate=9 March 2019 |language=de}}</ref>/ Matti Fauser 2017 |TV series, 2 episodes |- |rowspan=2|2016 |''The Red Band Society'' |Victor |TV series, 4 episodes, series based on Spanish series ''Polseres vermelles'' |- |''Der Urbino-Krimi'' |Fabio Soltare |TV series, 1 episode |- |rowspan=3|2017 |''Katie Fforde: Bruderherz'' |Anthony Cahill |(TV movie) <ref>{{cite web |title=Katie Fforde – Bruderherz – Kritik zum Film bei Tittelbach.tv |url=http://www.tittelbach.tv/programm/reihe/artikel-4704.html |website=tittelbach.tv - der fernsehfilm beobachter |accessdate=8 March 2019 |language=de}}</ref> |- |''Der Kriminalist'' |Florian Friedland |TV series, 1 episode |- |''Die Spezialisten - Im Namen der Opfer'' |Ulf Wiebold (26 J.) |TV series, 1 episode |- |}
<!-- Fünf Finger sind ne Faust (pre-production) Milan add later if film or tv movie-->
==Personal life== He likes jogging, cycling and playing a lot of volleyball.<ref name="Koch"/> In 2015, he was living in a shared flat,<ref name="Koch"/> in Moabit.<ref name="Schulze"/> He believes in sustainability and wears fair trade clothes.<ref name="Scherff">{{cite news |last1=Scherff |first1=Victoria |title="Es sind die kleinen Sachen, über die man sich bewusst werden kann und die man easy ändern kann" |url=https://utopia.de/schauspieler-lucas-reiber-interview-fack-ju-goehte-66958/ |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=Utopia.de |date=23 October 2017 |language=de-DE}}</ref> In 2018, he was driving an Opel Insignia GS car.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dettner |first1=Anja |title=Lucas Reiber: "Let’s Dance würde ich nicht machen. Einen Tanzfilm schon eher" |url=https://www.promipool.de/stars/lucas-reiber-let-s-dance-wuerde-ich-nicht-machen.-einen-tanzfilm-schon-eher |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=Promipool.de |date=9 March 2018 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=3559131}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reiber, Lucas}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:People from Steglitz-Zehlendorf Category:German male film actors Category:German male voice actors Category:21st-century German male actors Category:Male actors from Berlin