Laurence Rupp

Laurence Rupp is an Austrian theatre and film actor. He was part of the ensemble of the Vienna Burgtheater before moving to the Berliner Ensemble. He has had roles in recent Netflix series Barbarians and spy thriller Unfamiliar (2026).

Early life and education Laurence Rupp was born in Vienna, Austria.

He has been in front of the camera since he was a child. At a casting for Commissioner Rex in 1999, Rupp, who was almost 12 years old at the time, stood out and was hired for the episode Terrible Truth. Afterwards, Rupp devoted himself to his school education and only occasionally appeared in front of the camera in small roles, including “Tom and the Beaver Gang” in 2001.

He graduated high school in 2006. In the same year he also starred in the Swiss film comedy Tell by Mike Eschmann.

Rupp co-directed the two-part thriller The Last Judgment in 2008 together with Tobias Moretti, whose son he played, directed by Urs Egger.

From 2010 to 2014, Rupp studied acting at the Vienna Max Reinhardt Seminar.

In September 2013, he became an ensemble member of the Vienna Burgtheater. From the 2017–18 season he moved to the Berliner Ensemble under the direction of Oliver Reese.

In the Netflix series Barbarians,

In 2026 he played Ben Krüger in the Netflix / Gaumont spy thriller series Unfamiliar, which is set in Berlin.

Awards and nominations For Cops, Rupp received the 2019 Austrian Film Award for the category Best Male Lead Actor.

For his role in the ORF-Landkrimi Vier he was nominated at the TV Film Festival Baden-Baden 2022 together with Manuel Rubey awarded the special prize for outstanding acting performance.

Personal life Rupp has a son with Austrian actress Sabrina Reiter, but the couple separated shortly after his birth in November 2007. Rupp then began a relationship with actress Paula Schramm, whom he met while filming Der Eisenhans, and their son was born in March 2015.

Filmography 1999: Commissioner Rex – Terrible Truth 1999: Love Moves Mountains 1999: Medicopter 117 – The Death Trap 2001: Tom and the Beaver Gang 2004: Commissioner Rex – snapshot 2006: Dead in 3 Days 2006: Dad's Dead 2007: Middle of the 8th 2007: Tell 2008: The Last Judgment 2008: SOKO Kitzbühel 2009: Commissioner Rex – A Deadly Match 2009: Lilly Schönauer – Paula's Dream 2010: FC Back Pass 2010: Molly & Pug – A Pug Rarely Comes alone 2011: The Winemaker War 2011: The Iron Hans (fairy tale film) 2012: Void (short film) 2014: Crime Scene: Paradise (TV series) 2015: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation 2016: The Dreamed Ones 2016: The Night of 1000 Hours 2016: The Sacher 2016: The Children of Villa Emma (TV film) 2017: Trakehner Blood (TV series) 2018: Cops 2018: The Professor – Crime Scene Oil Field (TV film) 2019: Suburban Women (TV series) 2019: Vienna Blood – "Queen of the Night" (TV series) 2019: South Pole (TV film) 2020: The Dead from Lake Constance – "Curse from the Deep" (TV series) 2020: Crime Scene: Pumps (TV series) 2020: Barbarians (TV series; Netflix) 2021: Country Crime Thriller – 'Four' (TV series) 2022: Souls (TV series) 2022: Broll + Baroni – Dead Forever (TV film) 2024: Veni Vidi Vici 2024: The Heartbreak Agency 2024: Kafka (TV series) 2024: Rise of the Raven (TV series) 2026: Unfamiliar (TV series) 2026: Gentle Monster

Theatre 2013: The Alpine King and the Misanthrope by Ferdinand Raimund, director: Michael Schachermaier, role: August Dorn – Burgtheater 2014: Wishless Misfortune by Peter Handke, director: Katie Mitchell, role: the son-in-law - casino 2014: The Last Days of Humanity by Karl Kraus, director: Georg Schmiedleitner – Burgtheater 2014: The Evil Spirit Lumpacivagabundus by Johann Nestroy, director: Matthias Hartmann, role: Lumpazivagabundus - Burgtheater 2014: At Nightfall by Peter Turrini, director: Christian Stückl, role: HC Artmann – Burgtheater 2015: The Imaginary Invalid, by Molière, director: Herbert Fritsch, role: Cleante – Burgtheater 2016: The Squatting by Miroslava Svolikova, director: Alia Luque – Burgtheater Vestibül 2017: The Abduction of Europe by Alexander Eisenach, director: Alexander Eisenach – Berliner Ensemble 2017: The Last Stop of Ersan Mondtag, director: Ersan Mondtag – Berliner Ensemble 2018: Panikherz by Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre, director: Oliver Reese – Berliner Ensemble