Lucas Reiber

Lucas Reiber (born October 4, 1993) is a German actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Suck Me Shakespeer 2, The Red Band Society and Die Mutter des Mörders, and for portraying Niklas in the television series Binny and the Ghost.

Biography He was born and raised in Lichterfelde, Berlin before moving to Kreuzberg when he was 14. His father became a vegan. From 2008, he was a member of the "junge Ensemble" (jE) of the Friedrichstadt-Palast, where he studied singing, acting and dance from 2008 to 2011. He took part in several productions there. From 2011 onwards, further acting coachings and singing lessons followed.

In 2009, under the direction of Peter Keglevic, he played his first film role in the two-part television film Ken Follett's (based on Whiteout). He impersonated the teenager Craig alongside Heiner Lauterbach (as Craig's grandfather 'Stanley Oxenford') and Sophie von Kessel (as Craig's mother 'Olga'). In his first feature film, the youth film Rock It! (2010), he played the role of Marc, the keyboarder of the rock band, alongside Maria Ehrich and Emilia Schüle. Before the film, he had keyboard lessons for six years and then got guitar lessons for the film.

In the film comedy Fack ju Göhte 2 (2015), Reiber played the role of Etienne ("Ploppi"). a boy with Asperger's Syndrome. In 2016, he received together with Anna Lena Klenke, Max von der Groeben and Jella Haase, the Bavarian Film Award. He excelled in his role a "sensitive portrait of a traumatized young people". In the TV two-parter After the Fall (Die Himmelsleiter) in 2015, he played Bruno Zettler, the son of Cologne based black market dealer and former NS - Ortsgruppenleiter Armin Zettler. In the ZDF thriller Die Mutter des Mörders (The mother of the murderer), he had the lead role, on the side of Natalia Wörner. He played Matis, the 20-year-old, mentally handicapped son of the supermarket saleswoman Maria,

In addition to his film career, Reiber occasionally performs in the theater. In March / April 2013, he appeared in the theater on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin in the role of teenage and half-orphan Jay in the tragicomedy A normal family by Neil Simon. His stage partners were Peggy Lukac (as grandmother) and Chiara Schoras (as Aunt Bella).

Reiber is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy).

Awards 2016: Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actor for film Fack Ju Göhte 2 Warzenputtel Sid (Short) Kinderspiel Vanessa's Boyfriend (Short)

Für Elise Kai Lore German soldier 2014 Beeke Frieder (Short)

Fack ju Göhte 2 Etienne Known in English as Suck Me Shakespeer 2 Verrückt nach Fixi Jannis Andy Shevantich

Fack ju Göhte 3 Etienne Ole The Invisibles Jochen Arndt 2019 Am Ende Legenden Tom (filming)

Television

Personal life He likes jogging, cycling and playing a lot of volleyball. In 2018, he was driving an Opel Insignia GS car.