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Leon Rüttinger

Leon Rüttinger

Information

Acting age
18-33 years
Year of birth
1996 (28 years)
Place of birth
Freiburg
Height (cm)
171
Weight (in kg)
60
Eye color
green
Hair color
brown
Hair length
Medium
Place of residence
Berlin (DE)
Housing options
Dortmund (DE), Vienna (AT), London (GB), Hamburg (DE), Freiburg im Breisgau (DE), Cologne (DE), Zürich (CH), Edinburgh (GB)
Nationality
German
Languages
German(native)EnglishFrench
Dialects
American-StandardBadisch(native dialect)English-Standard(native dialect)
Instruments
PianoXylophone
Sport
HikingParkourAcrobaticsClimbingFencing (sports)SlackliningHigh divingCanoeFencing (stage)FrisbeeKayakRacerSwimmingWrestlingYoga
Dance
Argentine tangoFolk danceImprovisation danceStandard
Main profession
Actor
Specializations
Speaker
Singing
Backing vocalsChoirClassic
Special skills
ImprovisationBarmanStuntTightrope walking
Pitch
Tenor
Driver's licenses
Mopeds up to 50 cc & 45 km / h
Beneath the Night (Short film. 2024 – 2025) 'Jasper (SR)'
Director: Maximilian Karakatsanis Producer: Linus Krömer Distribution: KHM - Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (de) Written by: Maximilian Karakatsanis
Elephant in the Room (Short film. 2024 – 2025) 'Johannes (SR)'
Director: Micha Muhl Producer: Maximilian Köhler Distribution: SWR, Arte, ADK Ludwigsburg Written by: Micha Muhl
Finn (Short film. 2024) 'Finn (MR)'
Director: Silas Absi Producer: Rantstar Productions Distribution: UdK Berlin Casting Director: Nasanin Wahab Written by: Johann Stelly, Oscar Sawade
Nachts im Paradies (2024) 'Junger Mann (SR)'
Director: Matthias Glasner Distribution: Windlight Pictures / Canal+ Casting Director: Tessa Frank, Siegfried Wagner Written by: Matthias Glasner

Credits

Primary professional training

2021
Folkwang Universität der Künste

Other professional training

2017 – 2021
Folkwang Universität der Künste [de]
2020
Die Tankstelle | Coaching | Film - TV - Theater

Awards

2024
Berlin Indie Film Festival - Best Short Film
2024
Einladung Kleist-Festtage
2021
Folkwangpreis
2019
Stipendium der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Film

2024 – 2025
Zeitlos (Short film)
Büromitarbeiter (SR) Nadiia Khatymlianska Producer: Hamburg Media School Written by: Christina Reuter
2024 – 2025
Jawlock (Short film)
Art Critic (SR) Ricky Roffey
2024 – 2025
Der Wert (Short film)
Sammy (MR) Ron Jäger Producer: Gregor Nehring Distribution: Ron Jäger Films
2024 – 2025
A middle aged writer is sentenced to death for being a cliché (Short film)
Anton Cusack (MR) Sergii Shevtsov Producer: Oleksii Zgonik Written by: Sergii Shevtsov
2024 – 2025
Beneath the Night (Short film)
Jasper (SR) Maximilian Karakatsanis Producer: Linus Krömer Distribution: KHM - Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (de) Written by: Maximilian Karakatsanis
2024 – 2025
Elephant in the Room (Short film)
Johannes (SR) Micha Muhl Producer: Maximilian Köhler Distribution: SWR, Arte, ADK Ludwigsburg Written by: Micha Muhl
2024
The Intermission of the Documentary Film 'Chasing the Fraud Director'
Will (MR) Will Guoji Wu Distribution: MET Film School Berlin Written by: Will Guoji Wu, Calla Horan
2024
Finn (Short film)
Finn (MR) Silas Absi Producer: Rantstar Productions Distribution: UdK Berlin Casting Director: Nasanin Wahab Written by: Johann Stelly, Oscar Sawade
2024
Männer weinen nicht (Short film)
Carlos (SR) Henri Scheunemann Producer: Henri Scheunemann Produktion Written by: Henri Scheunemann
2024
Nachts im Paradies
Junger Mann (SR) Matthias Glasner Distribution: Windlight Pictures / Canal+ Casting Director: Tessa Frank, Siegfried Wagner Written by: Matthias Glasner
2023
Jan (Short film)
Jan (MR) Nils Dressel Producer: Nils Dressel Produktion
2021
Nina (Medium length film)
Kostja (MR) Damian Popp Producer: Siegersbusch Film
2020
UnkontrollierBar
Jan (MR) Timur Kücükince Distribution: FH Dortmund
2020
1984 (Review) (Experimental movie)
Ensemble (MR) Matthias Flake Producer: Theater an der Ruhr gGmbH
2019
Darkroom - Tödliche Tropfen (Cinema film)
Junge im Pool (Ot) Rosa von Praunheim Producer: Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion

Theater

2024
Herz aus Polyester (UA)
Erdling 1 (MR) Theater: Deutsches Theater Berlin
2023 – 2024
Sneaker oder was bleibt uns übrig (UA)
Louis (HR) Damian Popp Theater: Deutsches Theater Berlin
2022 – 2023
Miss Sara Sampson
Mellefont (HR) Damian Popp Theater: Volkstheater Rostock
2022
Das Weiße Dorf
Jean (HR) Fabian Thon Theater: St. Pauli Theater Hamburg
2022
Das schaffen wir! (UA)
Westdeutschland (SR) Maria-Elena Hackbarth Theater: Theater Regensburg Written by: Maria Milisavljević
2022
Deportation Cast
Bruno u.a. (HR) Harald Fuhrmann Theater: Theater Regensburg
2021 – 2022
Wutschweiger
Ebeneser Vandewalle (HR) Michael Uhl Theater: Theater Regensburg
2022
Schrei es raus - überleben (UA)
noch eine:r – in vielen Rollen (NR) Maria-Elena Hackbarth Theater: Theater Regensburg
2021
Nein! Nein! Nein! (UA)
diverse (SR) Ingo Putz Theater: Theater Regensburg
2021
Die Grosse Wörterfabrik
Paul u.a. (MR) Odette Bereska Theater: Theater Regensburg
2021
Absent Wolves (UA)
Sebastian Blasius Theater: Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
2020 – 2021
Die Vereinigten Staaten vs. Herbert Nolan (UA)
Staatsanwalt Miles (HR) Thomas Dannemann Theater: Schauspielhaus Bochum
2020
1984 (a review) (UA)
Matthias Flake Theater: Theater an der Ruhr
2019 – 2020
Kunst
Yvan (HR) Damira Schumacher Theater: Rottstr5 Theater
2019 – 2020
Maria Stuart
Mortimer, alle Männerrollen (NR) Ariane Kareev Theater: Rottstr5 Theater
2019
Prinz Jussuf von Theben (UA)
Ensemble (HR) Kieran Joel Theater: Tmu-Na Theatre Tel Aviv
2018
Woyzeck
Woyzeck Adewale Teodros Adebisi Theater: Theaterzentrum Bochum
2018
Julius Caesar
Brutus Constanze Hörlin Theater: Theaterzentrum Bochum
2016 – 2017
The Addams Family
Pugsley Addams (NR) Gary Joplin/Emma Jordan Theater: Theater Freiburg
2013 – 2017
Diverse
NR Diverse Theater: Theater Freiburg
2013 – 2014
Die Csárdásfürstin
Edwin (NR) Frank Hilbrich Theater: Theater Freiburg

Audio

2021
es gibt diese namen - es gibt diese wut
Sprecher Producer: Kollektiv HALM/Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Other

2021
Jimmy - ein Dialog für einen isolierten Schauspieler (Educational production)
Jimmy/Tyler (MR) Leon Rüttinger Producer: Folkwang Universität der Künste [de]