Ludwig Blochberger was born in 1982 in East Berlin. His father Lutz Blochberger (an actor and director) and his mother Gitta Blochberger (a
puppeteer) studied at this time at the
Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. In 1984, the family moved to
Dresden, due to the theater engagements of the two parents. In 1990, Ludwig attended the
Kreuzschule in Dresden for one year. and he stayed with the
Vienna Boys' Choir until 1995. In 1999, Ludwig returned to his native Berlin and in 2000, he starred in the multi-award-winning TV three-part mini-series
The Manns - Novel of a Century, as the role of 'Klaus Heuser', alongside actor
Armin Mueller-Stahl.
The Lives of Others (directed by
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck). Then in the TV movie
Der Vater meiner Schwester, (directed by Christoph Stark), a family drama in which Ludwig starred together with
Katharina Schüttler and
Christian Berkel, which premiered at the
Munich Film Festival and earned him an Undine Award nomination for Best Young Actor (TV). In 2005, he completed his acting training and worked in three episodes of
Tatort, among others, he played a leading role as directed by Niki Stein. In the movie
The Last Train (directed by
Joseph Vilsmaier &
Dana Vávrová), he played the unscrupulous
SS Obersturmführer Crewes, who escorted one of the last deportation trains to
Auschwitz. Among his most important theatrical works to date include the productions of director
Hans Neuenfels, who in 2005 brought him to
Bochum for his world premiere of
Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee, an "opera for piano" at the
Ruhrtriennale (arts festival in Ruhr). Ludwig played the role of
Franz Schubert alongside the baritone singer
Olaf Bär in this fictional encounter between the two musical geniuses. For this production, there is also a 60-minute film documentary by director
Enrique Sánchez Lansch Sound of the Ruhr. In 2007, Neuenfels cast him in the title role of
Baal, written by
Bertolt Brecht, at the
Münchner Volkstheater. In the same year Ludwig also played for the first time under the direction of his father Lutz Blochberger, in the main role in the world premiere of the tragicomedy
Heil Hitler!, by the playwright
Rolf Hochhuth at the
Academy of Arts, Berlin. In 2013 Italien film director Liliana Cavani cast him as Pope Innocent III in her film adaptation “Francesco” (2013). Furthermore he portrayed the former German Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt in the TV documentary drama “Helmut Schmidt - Questions of Life” directed by Ben von Grafenstein. From 2013 to 2015 Blochberger starred as Riwal in the German crime series “Inspector Dupin” based on the novels by author Jean-Luc Bannalec which were filmed in Brittany (France). From 2015 to 2021 he then starred in the crime series “The Old Fox” as commissioner Tom Kupfer. In “The End of Dreams” (2023) directed by Olga Chajdas he was playing the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Rudolf Höss. The docudrama series was filmed at the original location in Poland. Since 2024 he is performing a solo concert reading of “The Book of Those Killed by Neil Young” by
Navid Kermani where he sings and plays songs by
Neil Young live on guitar. ==Personal life==