Carlo Ljubek

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Carlo Ljubek
Born (1976-05-21) May 21, 1976 (age 45)
NationalityGerman
OccupationActor

Carlo Ljubek (born May 21, 1976 in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German actor.

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Life

Carlo Ljubek was born as a son of Croatian migrants in Bocholt, Germany. He graduated after his actor's training 2002 in Munich, Germany at the Otto-Falckenberg-School. At the intimate theatre of Munich ( Münchner Kammerspiele ), which is affiliated to the school he performed among other plays in Shakespeares What You Will . He then performed at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden , Germany from 2002 to 2007. Since summer 2007 he is employed at the playhouse Cologne (Kölner Schauspiel), where he was very successfully seen as Siegfried (Nibelungen saga) and Jason ("The Golden Fleece").

After a few appearances on German TV he further played in movie productions, such as Sherry Hormans "Guys and Balls" or Stefan Komandarev's "The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner" (based on the novel of Ilija Trojanow)

He is married to the actress Maja Schöne and has a daughter. [1]

Theater

1999 to 2002, Muenchner Kammerspiele

2002 to 2007, Staatstheater Wiesbaden

2007 to 2009 playhouse Cologne

Film / TV

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References

  1. "TV-Wagnis: Die Schöne im Fernsehen". TVSpielFilm.de (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2020.