Sebastian Schlemmer is a German actor and well known for his role of

Sebastian von Lahnstein Sebastian von Lahnstein is a fictional character from the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)''. The character was portrayed by actor Joscha Kiefer from 26 November 2007 to 13 October 2009. The part was recast with Sebastian Schl ...

in the

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Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of ...

(Forbidden Love)''. Before his television career, Schlemmer appeared on several plays on the theater since 2000. He mostly was part of the theater scene in and around

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. Sebastian's most famous part was the role of Benjamin in the play adaption to ''

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''. He lasted on the play for two years, from 2007 to 2009. In 2003, Schlemmer started out in a commercial and being part of several short movies in the following two years. It was in 2007 when he first came in contact with ''Verbotene Liebe''. Sebastian Schlemmer was cast in a minor recurring role as a character named Florian Müller. One year later, he was part of the casting show ''Bully sucht die starken Männer'' for the role of Tjure. After guest roles on the action series '' 112 – Sie retten dein Leben'' and sketch comedy ''4Singles'', Schlemmer returned to ''Verbotene Liebe''. He was recast in the role of Sebastian von Lahnstein, a part a took over from fan-favorite

Joscha Kiefer Joscha Kiefer (born 8 December 1982) is a German actor and best known for his role as Sebastian von Lahnstein on the soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)''. Career He studied acting for three years in Stuttgart. In 2005 Joscha was se ...

, after he decided to leave the show after two years.Schlemmer as Sebastian von Lahnstein on "Verbotene Liebe"
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schlemmer, Sebastian 1978 births Living people German male stage actors German male soap opera actors People from Euskirchen