His father is Stephan Trepte who was a member of the
East German rock group
Lift,
Electra and
Reform. Furthermore, Trepte was leading actor in the TV movie
Auf ewig und einen Tag (2006), the film ''
(2007) and in the television movie Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe
(Good Morning, Mr. Grothe'') (2007), for which he received the
Grimme Prize in 2008. In director
Christoph Röhl's film
Ein Teil von mir ('A Part of Me') he played a reserved, amiable and out of responsibility for his child, stealing very young man who has surprisingly become a father. In the youth drama
Outta Control in 2008, he played the role of a behavioral adolescent, for which he again in 2009 received the Grimme-Preis. In 2009, he went to France, to film '''' directed by Wolfgang Fischer and starring
Frederick Lau and
Alice Dwyer. Ludwig Trepte received international attention in 2013 as 'Viktor Goldstein' in the three-part TV movie
Generation War (or 'Our Mothers, Our Fathers' in Germany). The film was awarded in 2014 with the international
Emmy in the category TV Movie / Mini-Series. In 2013, he stood in front of the camera for the eight-part Danish television series
1864, which revolves around the defeat of Denmark in the German-Danish War of 1864. The script and direction was the responsibility of
Ole Bornedal. Also Trepte turned in leading roles for the
Christian Schwochow tv film ''
and movie Im Spinnwebhaus
. The short film The Last Will'' by Dustin Loose based on the eponymous short story by Swedish bestselling author
Håkan Nesser, It was a Finalist for Foreign Film at the
Student Academy Awards in 2015. In 2014, Ludwig Trepte took over the role of 'Lothar Erler' in the three-part
Tannbach - fate of a village under the direction of Alexander Dierbach, in addition to
Nadja Uhl,
Martina Gedeck and
Jonas Nay. ==Awards==