Ludwig Blochberger

Ludwig Blochberger was born in East Berlin in 1982. As a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir, he came into contact with classical music at an early age. As a teenager, he was already on stage at the Vienna Burgtheater under the direction of Claus Peymann and played alongside Armin Mueller-Stahl in the award-winning three-part TV series "The Manns". During his studies at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, he filmed for "Summerstorm" (Kreuzpaintner), "The Last Train" (Vilsmaier) and the Oscar-winning film "The Lives of Others" (Donnersmark). In 2013 he played Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in a docudrama, and in 2014 the Italian film director Liliana Cavani cast him as Pope Innocent III.. In the crime series "Inspector Dupin" he plays Inspector Riwal, in the crime series "The Old Fox" Commissioner Tom Kupfer (2015-2021). With the concert reading "The Book of Those Killed by Neil Young" (Navid Kermani), Ludwig Blochberger has been touring the country successfully since 2024 and plays selected songs by Neil Young live on the guitar in a passionate solo performance. At the end of 2024 he can be seen in the historical series "A World Divided: 1939-1962" as the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Rudolf Höß. Ludwig Blochberger is father of a son and a 4-time marathon finisher.