Leonard Proxauf
Born (1995-11-27) 27 November 1995
Berlin, Germany
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Leonard Proxauf (born 27 November 1995) is an Austrian[1] actor, best known for his role as Martin in the film The White Ribbon.

Life and career

Proxauf was born in Berlin. His mother is Austrian actress and artist agent Katja Proxauf. He started filming at the age of 9. His first minor role was the character of young Behrendt in the 2006 film Lohn deiner Angst. Proxauf booked his first major role in 2006. He played Jonas Block in the 2006 film Nevermore. In 2008 he played the small role of Christian Buddenbrook (played as an adult by August Diehl) in the literary film The Buddenbrooks.

The previous peak in Proxauf's acting career was the role of the reverend's son Martin in Michael Haneke's historical drama The White Ribbon (2009). For the European co-production, which tells of mysterious incidents in a north German village on the eve of the First World War, the 14-year-old won the Young Artist Award.[2]

Proxauf will be seen in spring 2011 in the German television (ZDF) crime series The Inspector and the Sea as the police inspector's son, Niklas. He will also appear in a television (ZDF) film Der Test. In 2011 Proxauf filmed a guest leading role in the German TV crime series Tatort, which was aired on German TV in April 2012 and a lead role in the movie Everyday Objects which will be released in autumn 2012.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2010Young Artist AwardBest Young Actor in an International Feature FilmThe White RibbonWon[2]

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Lohn deiner Angst Young Behrendt
2006 Nevermore Jonas Block
2008 Buddenbrooks Young Christian Buddenbrook
2009 The White Ribbon Martin Young Artist Award
Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
(shared with Leonie Benesch)
2010 Gömböc Paul Short film
2010 The Inspector and the Sea Nicklas TV series — 2 episodes
2011 Dear Mr. Starr Anton Short film
2012 Tatort Paul Tremmel TV series — 1 episode
2012 Operation Sugar Florin
2013 Everyday Objects Felix
2014 Safari Short film
2015 Pein Leo Short film
2015 No Comment Thomas
2015 Shed My Skin Christoph
2015 SOKO Wismar Tim Brandt TV series — 1 episode
2015 Leipzig Homicide Noah Hausmann TV series — 1 episode
2017 Die Eifelpraxis Max Bogner TV series — 1 episode

References

  1. ↑ Leonard Proxauf Agentur-Profil bei proXauf - Die Agentur
  2. 1 2 Young Artist Award winner 2010 Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
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