Karl E. Landler

Karl E. Landler

Born: March 28, 1980
in France
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 Métal Hurlant Chronicles. He is the face of numerous worldwide campaigns such as Shiseido by Jean Paul Goude and Red Stee for Ubisoft. Karl is also a FreeRunner Parkour and stuntman who worked many times with Luc Besson.

He worked twice with Jean Marc Barr and Pascal Arnold. He played Paul, a simple minded sidekick, in Chacun sa nuit (One to Another), alongside Lizzie Brocheré and Arthur Dupont and a small appearance in American Translation again with Lizzie Brocheré.

In 2014, he co-starred in the American-French indie movie Layover with American actress Nathalie Fay directed by Joshua Caldwell. Layover premiered at Seattle international Film Festival (SIFF).

In 2021 He Stars as "Lucas Bodin" on the American romantic Christmas movie "A Christmas in Paris" along side Daphne zuniga and Rebecca Dalton. The movie has been distributed all over Europe and North America.

In 2016, Karl joined the cast of the french romantic comedie Une Famille Formidable which is the longest french TV show ever produced on the main network TF1. 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, Karl joined the international cast of the Syfy TV show Métal Hurlant Chronicles 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 Frédérique Bel and Dominique Pinon.

He played Robin Torrens, the killer, in the award-winning TV Show Alice Nevers, in a two episodes prime time special for the French main network TF1. It was watched by over 6.9M when it premiered.

Karl 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, La Rochelle.

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 Les Fauves, produced by the main French network TF1. Karl played Virgil, an undercover cop in a mafia unit.

E. Landler is the face of LAFUMA well known as an outdoor clothing brand.

Karl's acrobatic skills bring him on to represent Shiseido in a worldwide print and video campaign shot and created by Jean Paul Goude (Coco Chanel, ...).

Karl 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. ...

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Movies for Karl E. Landler...

The Past Comes Knocking
Title: The Past Comes Knocking
Character: Thomas D'Arby
Released: March 1, 2024
Type: Movie
Former investigative journalist turned professor, Susan Shaw, finds her past catching up with her when the people around her start dying. Fearing for her daughter’s safety, Susan reaches out to her old friends to try and figure out who’s after her.
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Last Moment of Clarity
Title: Last Moment of Clarity
Character: Thomas
Released: May 19, 2020
Type: Movie
After his girlfriend Georgia is murdered by European mobsters, Sam flees to Paris to hide out. Years later, he sees a woman in a Hollywood film who he's certain is Georgia. In L.A. to investigate, he encounters Kat who impulsively decides to help him on his quest. But when Sam meets the mystery actress face to face his life spins out of control.
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A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio
Title: A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio
Character: John Woodsman
Released: February 6, 2020
Type: Movie
Rod leads a radio show dedicated to horror. Until suddenly the announcer begins to receive strange calls from a child who desperately asks for help. At first thinks that it is a bad joke until he discovers that this is not the case. These calls hide a dark secret…
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Christmas in Paris
Title: Christmas in Paris
Character: Lucas
Released: December 2, 2019
Type: Movie
A gorgeous, French multi-millionaire comes to Montana to do a deal and photoshoot with a major cosmetics company and meets the woman of his dreams - the beautiful Art Director on his shoot. When the two jet off to Paris on a whirlwind Christmas adventure, they each think that their happiness could last forever. But in the middle of their magical Parisian getaway, she discovers a secret about him that could push them apart forever.
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Riley Parra: Better Angels
Title: Riley Parra: Better Angels
Character: Marchosias
Released: August 25, 2019
Type: Movie
Detective Riley Parra grew up in the bad part of town, the crime-ridden No Man's Land. Now, as a cop in a corrupt department, she strives to make sure the rough streets she left behind aren't forgotten. One case leads her to the discovery that No Man's Land is a battleground between angels and demons, a supernatural war that's been waged for centuries. Thrown into a world she never believed could exist and told that she's the only chance of defeating evil.
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In the Dark, Dark Woods...
Title: In the Dark, Dark Woods...
Character: John Woodsman
Released: July 30, 2017
Type: Movie
In the dark woods, lived a woman with a soul so dark that she was rendered invisible.
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Layover
Title: Layover
Character: Motorcyclist
Released: May 30, 2014
Type: Movie
A Parisian woman's flight is canceled, leading to a night in Los Angeles.
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Mes héros
Title: Mes héros
Character: (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Character: Khondor
Released: October 27, 2012
Type: TV
Metal Hurlant Chronicles is inspired by the popular comics anthology Métal Hurlant, which in turn inspired the well known fantasy magazine Heavy Metal. Each episode takes place on a different planet - fantastical in its own way - with the common thread between stories being a traveling asteroid that impacts the lives of all it encounters.
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Title: Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Character: Byron
Released: October 27, 2012
Type: TV
Metal Hurlant Chronicles is inspired by the popular comics anthology Métal Hurlant, which in turn inspired the well known fantasy magazine Heavy Metal. Each episode takes place on a different planet - fantastical in its own way - with the common thread between stories being a traveling asteroid that impacts the lives of all it encounters.
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American Translation
Title: American Translation
Character: Inspector Thomas
Released: June 7, 2011
Type: Movie
From the moment they meet, brooding Chris and the beautiful Aurore fall instantly and passionately in love but it's not long before their intense connection is consumed by Chris's dark obsession with gay men. Before long, the pair embarks on a violent and sexual journey filled with seduction and destruction of young gay hustlers.
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Engeyum Kadhal
Title: Engeyum Kadhal
Character: Thief
Released: May 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Kamal, a young billionaire, doesn't believe in love; his philosophy is simple: No love, no commitments = no disappointments. He works hard for 11 months and takes a month's break from all the work related commitments. Cute violinist Kayalvizhi alias Kayal believes in true love and is highly fascinated with Indian culture. Kayal's father Rajasekhar runs a small detective agency in France and Kayal often reads her father's case files for interesting stories. One day, Rajasekhar gets a new client who wants to know about his girlfriend's mystery man. After a brief investigation, Rajasekhar finds that his client's girlfriend is dating Kamal. Sonu gets angry and decides to kill his girlfriend and Kamal.
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Halal State Security
Title: Halal State Security
Character: Inspecteur Français
Released: February 16, 2011
Type: Movie
Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
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Le Temps du silence
Title: Le Temps du silence
Character: Gaétan
Released: February 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Manuel passes 18 months at Buchenwald before his return to Paris. He wonders even before his arrival who will have the patience and passion to listen to his narrative. He chooses silence.
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One to Another
Title: One to Another
Character: Paul
Released: July 21, 2006
Type: Movie
A story about bunch of people who live in a town in provincial France. At the center of it all is Pierre, a conceited and vain bisexual musician in his late teens who acts as a magnet, to varying degrees, for a whole array of characters - from his sister Lucie, with whom he has a heated incestuous relationship, to a city councilor with whom he participates in gay orgies. When Pierre turns up dead, Lucie investigates the reasons for his demise and charts the network of sadomasochistic relationships that crisscross the town.
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Entrusted
Title: Entrusted
Character: Soldier
Released: July 3, 2003
Type: Movie
Hoping to entrap Maria von Gall, who runs a courageous underground railroad for Jews in France, the Nazis kidnap her son Thomas, a brilliant 11-year-old chess master. An exchange arrangement goes awry and he sees her die in a hail of bullets; but he is rescued by his American father, whom he has never met before, and who plans to flee with him to Spain. However, Queen Maria had solemnly entrusted her little pawn Thomas with a precious secret and a terrifying mission, and it was time for him to move. A pawn may become an important piece by slowly, quietly advancing all the way through the enemy's ranks. Or a pawn may die trying. Retreat is what a pawn can never do.