Karl E. Landler
{{Short description|French actor and filmmaker}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Karl E. Landler
| image =
| caption = Karl
| occupation = Actor, filmmaker
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
}}
Karl E. Landler is a French actor, filmmaker who stars in French and American TV shows and films,{{cite web|title=Karl E Landler AlloCine|url=http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=169661.html}}{{cite web|title=Karl E Landler IMDb|website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2076652/}}best known for his role in the science fiction TV series Métal Hurlant Chronicles. He is also the face of numerous worldwide campaigns such as Shiseido by Jean-Paul Goude{{Cite web|title = Shiseido Zen For Men Erkek Parfümü|url = http://www.parfumforum.com/shiseido-zen-for-men-erkek-parfumu-t427/|website = Parfüm Markaları {{!}} Yorumları {{!}} Forum|accessdate = 2015-12-02}} and Red Steel 2{{Citation|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7-OWke43oQ|accessdate = 2015-12-02| title=(HD) Red Steel 2 - Debut Wii Trailer }} for Ubisoft. Landler is also a free runner in parkour and a stuntman, who has worked many times with Luc Besson.{{cite web|title=Karl E Landler à propos du Parkour au cinema 20mn.fr|date=25 April 2014 |url=http://www.20minutes.fr/magazine/cultures-urbaines/c-est-hype/karl-e-landler-le-parkour-est-devenu-un-vrai-sport-297887/}}
Career
= Feature films =
He has twice worked with Jean-Marc Barr and {{ill|Pascal Arnold|fr}}. He played Paul, a simple minded sidekick, in {{ill|Chacun sa nuit|fr}} ("One to Another"), alongside Lizzie Brocheré and Arthur Dupont, and a small appearance in American Translation, again with Lizzie Brocheré.
In 2014, he co-starred in the American-French indie movie Layover{{cite web|title=Layover| website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3034016/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2}}{{cite web|title=Layover: A beautiful antidote Seattle|url=http://filmschoolrejects.com/reviews/layover-review.php}}{{cite web|title=Layover à Montréal|date=10 October 2014|url=http://www.labibleurbaine.com/cinema/layover-joshua-caldwell-au-fnc-2014/}} with American actress Nathalie Fay, directed by Joshua Caldwell. Layover premiered at the Seattle international Film Festival (SIFF).
= TV =
In 2021, he starred as Lucas Bodin in the American romantic Christmas movie A Christmas in Paris alongside Daphne Zuniga and Rebecca Dalton. The movie has been distributed all over Europe and North America.
In 2016, Landler joined the cast of the French romantic comedy Une famille formidable, which is the longest-running TV show on TF1. He played Bruno Viguier, a member of the main family. His character came back after an absence of 15 years. Landler became a series regular at the end of season 13.
In 2014, Landler joined the international cast of the Syfy TV show Métal Hurlant Chronicles, which was sold in over 100 countries.{{cite web|title=VarietyMetalHurlant|date=25 February 2014|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/syfy-acquires-french-skein-metal-hurlant-exclusive-1201120439/}}{{cite web|title=Un frenchy dans la saison 2 de Métal Hurlant AlloCine| date=17 July 2014 |url=http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18635007.html}}{{cite web|title=Nouvelles photos de la seconde saison| date=18 September 2013 |url=http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18627124.html}}{{cite web|title=Karl E. Landler on Syfy USA Toutelatele|date=11 April 2014 |url=http://www.toutelatele.com/karl-e-landler-le-fait-que-metal-hurlant-chronicles-soit-distribuee-aux-etats-unis-m-amene-deja-de-bons-retours-58472}}{{cite web|title=Interview - acteurs - metalHurlant|url=http://series-tv.premiere.fr/News-video/Metal-Hurlant-Chronicle-saison-2-Les-acteurs-se-lachent-3982012}} He played the lead in Loyal Khondor, in which a loyal warrior, Khondor, seeks an elixir to cure his beloved princess of the dreaded "cold disease" alongside Scott Adkins, John Rhys Davies and Marem Hassler, and also starred in Second Son, in which two brothers battle for control of a kingdom with unique values about life and death. The film also starred Frédérique Bel and Dominique Pinon.{{Cite web|title = DVD Review: Metal Hurlant – Resurgence|url = https://www.cultofwhatever.com/2015/09/dvd-review-metal-hurlant-resurgence/|website = Cult of Whatever|date = 27 September 2015|accessdate = 2015-12-02|language = en-us}}
He played Robin Torrens, the killer, in the award-winning TV show {{ill|Le juge est une femme|fr|lt=Alice Nevers}}, in a two-episode prime time special for TF1. It was watched by over 6.9 million viewers when it premiered.
Landler portrayed Lt. Adrien Fontel, a former G.I. suffering from Capgras syndrome in the TV show Profilage. It began the new season with more than 7.7 million viewers, which was considered the highest-rated season premieres for the show. The episode, "Panic", was in official competition and won Best TV Drama at the first French International TV Festival in [http://www.festival-fictiontv.com/en/asso/archives/2013.html La Rochelle].
In France, he has acted in several successful French TV shows, with some of his episodes establishing prime time records and gathering awards.{{Cite web|title = Karl E. Landler: "J'ai tué beaucoup d'acteurs pour TF1"|url = http://archives.nicematin.com/people/karl-e-landler-jai-tue-beaucoup-dacteurs-pour-tf1.1734482.html|website = archives.nicematin.com|date = 12 May 2014|accessdate = 2015-12-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.midilibre.fr/2012/12/28/nimes-est-le-terreau-qui-a-fait-ce-que-je-suis-aujourd-hui,618759.php|title=Karl E. Landler: 'Nîmes est le terreau qui a fait ce que je suis aujourd'hui'|website=www.midilibre.fr|accessdate=2015-12-02}}
He was the lead actor in the TV movie {{ill|Les Fauves (film)|fr|Les Fauves (téléfilm)|lt=Les Fauves}}, produced by TF1. Karl played Virgil, an undercover cop in a mafia unit.{{Cite web|title = Les Fauves nouvelle série policière de TF1|url = http://archives-lepost.huffingtonpost.fr/article/2008/11/10/1321716_les-fauves-nouvelle-serie-policiere-de-tf1.html|website = Le Post|accessdate = 2015-12-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130321161627/http://archives-lepost.huffingtonpost.fr/article/2008/11/10/1321716_les-fauves-nouvelle-serie-policiere-de-tf1.html|archive-date = 2013-03-21|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|title = Les Fauves, avec Karl E.Landler et Armelle Deustch. - LeBlogTvNews|url = http://www.leblogtvnews.com/article-23570669.html|website = LeBlogTvNews|accessdate = 2015-12-04|language = fr-FR}}
= Advertising campaigns =
Landler is the face of LAFUMA,
Landler's acrobatic skills led him to represent Shiseido in a worldwide print and video campaign shot and created by Jean-Paul Goude.
Landler also starred in an award-winning campaign for the French army,{{Cite web
| url = http://www.arretsurimages.net/breves/2011-04-04/Villardiere-et-son-client-l-armee-Telerama-id10785
| title = Villardière and his big army campaign (Télérama)
| website = @rrêt sur images
| language = fr-FR
| access-date = 2016-02-29
}} which premiered in theatres before the showing of the James Bond film Casino Royale and was shown for three years on TV and theatres before blockbusters such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. His co-star was the César Award-winning actress Zita Hanrot.
= Music video =
He played the boyfriend of the NRJ Award winning singer Amel Bent in the music video for her song "Je reste".{{cite web|title=Her boyfriend played by actor Karl E. Landler ozap|date=9 November 2011 |url=http://www.ozap.com/actu/clip-amel-bent-installe-la-jungle-dans-son-appartement-pour-je-reste/437615}}{{cite web|title=Amel Bent et le Tenebreux Karl E Landler|url=http://www.ptitblog.net/Amel-Bent/amel-bent-en-amoureuse-econduit-dans-le-clip-je-reste_art6314.html|access-date=2014-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208131833/http://www.ptitblog.net/Amel-Bent/amel-bent-en-amoureuse-econduit-dans-le-clip-je-reste_art6314.html|archive-date=2015-12-08|url-status=dead}} It topped the Belgian Singles Chart.
= Directing =
He co-wrote, directed and starred in the short film DuO alongside Marem Hassler, his co-star in Métal Hurlant Chronicles. DuO won Best Comedy and Best Actress and was nominated for Best Actor and Best Director at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.
Trivia
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name}}
- {{AlloCiné name}}
- {{Instagram}}
- {{Facebook}}
- {{Twitter}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Landler, Karl}}
Category:21st-century French male actors
Category:French male film actors
Category:French male television actors
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)