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Karl E. Landler is a French actor, filmmaker who stars in French and American TV shows and films. He joined the international cast of the Sci-Fi TV series
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. He is the face of numerous worldwide campaigns such as
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by Jean Paul Goude and
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for Ubisoft. Landler is also a FreeRunner
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and stuntman who worked many times with Luc Besson.


Career


Feature films

He worked twice with
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and Pascal Arnold. He played Paul, a simple minded sidekick, in (One to Another), alongside
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and Arthur Dupont and a small appearance in
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again with Lizzie Brocheré. In 2014, he co-starred in the American-French indie movie Layover with American actress Nathalie Fay directed by
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. Layover premiered at Seattle international Film Festival (SIFF).


TV

In 2021 he starred as "Lucas Bodin" on 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 comedie
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which is the longest french TV show ever produced on the main network
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. He played Bruno Viguier a member of the main family. His character come back after 15 years of absence. E. Landler join the show at the end of the 13 season. Series regular. In 2014, Landler joined the international cast of the Syfy TV show
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sold in over 100 countries. He plays the lead in "Loyal Khondor"; A loyal warrior, Khondor, seeks an elixir to cure his beloved princess from the dreaded "cold disease" alongside Scott Adkins, John Rhys Davies and Marem Hassler, and stars as well in "Second son"; "Two brothers battle for control of a kingdom with unique values about life and death" alongside
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and
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. He played Robin Torrens, the killer, in the award-winning TV Show , in a two episodes prime time special for the French main network
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. It was watched by over 6.9M when it premiered. Landler portrayed "Lt Adrien Fontel", a former G.I with the Capgras Syndrome disorder in the TV show Profilage. It opened the new season with more than 7.7 M viewers, which was considered as the highest opening for the show. The episode, "Panic" was in the official competition and won Best TV drama at the number one French International TV festival
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In France, He played in many of the most successful French TV shows with some of his episodes establishing prime time records and gathering awards. He is the lead of the TV movie ', produced by the main French network TF1. Karl played Virgil, an undercover cop in a mafia unit.


Campaign

E. Landler is the face of LAFUMA well known as an outdoor clothing brand. Landler's acrobatic skills bring him on to represent
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in a worldwide print and video campaign shot and created by Jean Paul Goude (Coco Chanel, ...). Landler was starring in the award-winning campaign for the french army which premiered in theatre before James Bond: Casino Royal and has been aired for three years on TV and theatre before blockbusters such as Pirates of the Caraibean. His co-star is the César award (French Oscar)-winning actress Zita Hanrot.


Music video

He played the boyfriend of the NRJ's award winner singer Amel Bent in her music video
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. it peaked as number one on the Belgian Singles Chart.


Director

He co-wrote, directed and starred in the short film
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alongside Marem Hassler his co-star in Metal Hurlant Chronicles. DuO won best comedy and best actress and got nominated for best actor and best director at Los Angeles Independent Films festival.


Trivia

He was honored at the first Chinese Oscars in
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, Huading Awards.


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