Frederick Lau Biography: Awards, Wife, Ethnicity, Age, YouTube, Net Worth, Religion, Height, Children

Frederick Lau is a German actor whose range have helped him become a respected name in both mainstream and arthouse German cinema.

He first gained wide recognition for his performance as Tim Stoltefuss in the 2008 film Die Welle (The Wave), and his subsequent lead role in the one-take thriller Victoria (2015) further elevated his reputation.

With more than fifty screen credits by his mid-twenties, Lau has built a career by choosing challenging characters and working with innovative directors.

Profile

• Full name: Frederick Lau
• Date of birth: 17 August 1989
• Age: 36 years old
• Gender: Male
• Place of birth: Steglitz (West Berlin), West Germany
• Nationality: German
• Profession: Actor
• Parents: N/A
• Siblings: N/A
• Spouse: Annika Lau (née Kipp)
• Children: Three children
• Relationship status: Married
• Religion: Christian
• Ethnicity: German
• Net worth: $3 million

Early Life and Education

Frederick Lau was born on 17 August 1989 in the Steglitz district of (then) West Berlin, and is 36 years old. He grew up roughly in that same Berlin region, and early on demonstrated athletic interests—he trained in judo and was also active in ice-hockey local youth teams.

Lau attended school at the Fichtenberg-Gymnasium in Berlin, though his growing acting commitments led to changing schools and eventually obtaining his Mittlere Reife at a private school. He began acting in film and television at a young age, his first credited role dating back to around the year 2000 when he was about ten years old.

Personal Life

Frederick Lau has been married to Annika Kipp since 2015, following a relationship that began in roughly 2013. The couple have three children together. He resides in Berlin (in or around the Steglitz district) where he continues his acting work.

Career

Frederick Lau’s acting career began as a child actor in the early 2000s, with appearances in television series and films. His breakthrough came in 2008 when he played Tim Stoltefuss in the film The Wave, a story about a social experiment in a German high school turned authoritarian movement. For that performance he won the German Film Award (Deutscher Filmpreis) for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2015, Lau starred in Victoria, a German thriller shot in a single continuous take, playing the character Sonne. That role earned him the German Film Award for Best Actor. He has since worked on a wide variety of films across genres—including action, drama and comedy—and television series.

Awards and Nominations

• Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Award) – Best Supporting Actor for The Wave (2008)
• Deutscher Filmpreis – Best Actor for Victoria (2015)
• Grimme-Preis – for television work (2011)

Net Worth

Frederick Lau’s net worth is estimated to be around $3 million. This sum is derived mostly from acting and other profitable ventures.

Social Media

• Instagram: @officialfredericklau

Filmography

• Die Polizistin (2000)
• Der Brief des Kosmonauten (2002)
• Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (2003)
• Rock Crystal (2004)
• The Wave (Die Welle) (2008)
• Picco (2010)
• Victoria (2015)
• Playmaker (2018)
• Nightlife (2020)
• One for the Road (2023)
• Crooks (TV series) (2024)