Langston Uibel

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Langston Uibel
Born (1998-02-04) February 4, 1998 (age 27)
London, England, UK
CitizenshipBritish, German
OccupationActor

Langston Uibel (born February 04, 1998) is a German-British actor who appeared in films, television series, and theaters. He is known for the Netflix series Dogs of Berlin (2018) and Unothodox (2020). [1] [2]

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Biography

Uibel was born in London, England, to a German mother and a Jamaican father. He lived in London until 2006, when his family moved to Berlin. He completed his Abitur at a bilingual English-German high school in Berlin and chose not to attend university, pursuing acting instead. [3]

Uibel began acting at age nine in the 2008 film Speed Racer, directed by the Wachowskis. In the same year, he played a child soldier in the short film The String Puppet, screened at Berlinale Talents. [1] [4]

In 2013, he appeared in Hanni & Nanni 3 as a boarding school student. In 2014, he had a guest role in the crime series Letzte Spur Berlin. In Freistatt (2015), he portrayed an Afro-German student facing racial harassment. In 2017, he appeared in High Society and played Raphael Bou’Penga in Dogs of Berlin. [1] [3]

Uibel received the Blaue Blume Award in 2018 for his role in Liebesstreifen and the Young Icon Award in 2019 for Dogs of Berlin.

He played Finn in Isi & Ossi (2020) and portrayed Axmed in Unorthodox and its spin-off Unorthodox: The Next Chapter (2020–2023). In 2021, he joined How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) as Joseph. [3] In 2023, he appeared in Afire, which won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2023, Uibel made his professional theater debut in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Vienna’s Burgtheater, directed by Barbara Frey. He previously participated in youth productions at Berlin’s Schaubühne. [1]

In addition, Uibel co-manages the Dalston Jazz Bar in London with his father, Robert Beckford. [2] [3] He has written about diversity in the film industry and contributed political opinion pieces to GQ Germany, Vogue , and Noizz.de.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007Speed Racer-Feature film
2008The String Puppet                                Child Soldier            Short film                  
2011Sellout                                          Main Child              TV short                    
2013Hanni & Nanni 3                                  Internatsschüler        Uncredited                  
2014Leichenschmaus (Funeral Feast)                Jamie Lark              Short film                  
2014Oblivio                                          Samuel                  Short film                  
2015Freistatt (Sanctuary)                          Anton                                               
2015Letzte Spur Berlin (Last Trace Berlin)        Marvin Schmitz          TV series; 1 episode        
2016Les marées blanches                              Citseko                  Short film                  
2017Berlin Station                                  Parking Valet            TV series; 1 episode        
2017High Society                                    Siddharta Schlonz                                   
2018Dogs of Berlin                                  Raphael Bou'Penga        TV series; 8 episodes      
2018Um Himmels Willen (For Heaven's Sake)          Wolfi Wöller            TV series; 3 episodes      
2018Ein Fall für zwei (A Case for Two)            Martin                  TV series; 1 episode        
2018SOKO Leipzig (Leipzig Homicide)                Raoul Merad / Bockel    TV series; 2 episodes      
2018Liebesstreifen (Love Strip)                    Lasse                    Short film                  
2018Glanz ist für die meisten nur ein bisschen Licht (For Most People, Shine Is Just a Little Bit of Light)TygerShort film            
2019Die Chefin (The Boss)                          Romano Stäber            TV series; 1 episode        
2020Isi & Ossi                                      Finn, Rich Date                                     
2020Unorthodox                                      Axmed                    Miniseries; 4 episodes      
2021How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)                  Joseph                  TV series; 6 episodes      
2021Tod von Freunden (Death of Friends)            Cem                      Miniseries; 1 episode      
2021Girl Who Cried Wolf                              Lars                    Short film                  
2023Roter Himmel (Afire)                          Felix                                               
2023A Night in Lisbon                                -                        Short film                  
2023791 km                                          Polizist Kevin Fischer                             
2023Sechs auf einen Streich - Die verkaufte Prinzessin (The Bartered Princess)BertholdTV movie                
2024Zitronenherzen (Lemon Hearts)                  Paolo                    TV movie                    
2025School of Champions                              Oscar                    TV series; 6 episodes      

Theater

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hainz, Manuela (2025-02-19). "Berlinale 2025: Hinter den Kulissen mit Langston Uibel und David Schütter". GQ Germany (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  2. 1 2 Vorbringer, Anne (2023-02-11). "Langston Uibel: „Eine konservative Regierung in Berlin wäre mein Albtraum"". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Hildesheim, Paulina; Herpell, Gabriela (2023-04-27). "Was heißt es, Schwarz zu sein, Langston Uibel?". SZ Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-16.
  4. "Filmdreh mit Langston Uibel und Maja-Céline Probst - Nachrichten aus Rudersberg - Zeitungsverlag Waiblingen". www.zvw.de (in German). 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2025-06-16.