Langston Uibel

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 and Unorthodox (2020), Christian Petzold’s Afire as well as the Apple TV series Hijack.

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.

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.

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.

Filmography

Theater

2013: Der Ring: Next Generation – Ensemble, Deutsche Oper Berlin, directed by Robert Lehniger 2015: I. Here. – Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, directed by Aline Bosselmann 2016: Herr der Fliegen (Lord of the Flies) – Ensemble, Deutsches Theater Berlin, directed by Robert Lehniger 2019: Vantablack – Berlin Theatertreffen, directed by Julia Wissert 2022: And I Dreamt I Was Drowning – Berlin Theatertreffen, directed by Kieran Joel 2023: A Midsummer Night's Dream – Burgtheater, directed by Barbara Frey