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

Sebastian von Lahnstein

Sebastian von Lahnstein is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character has been portrayed by actor Joscha Kiefer from November 26, 2007 to October 13, 2009...

 in the soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Verbotene Liebe

Verbotene Liebe

Verbotene Liebe , often abbreviated to VL, is a Rose d'Or Award-winning German television soap opera. The show was created by Reg Watson and first broadcast on Das Erste on 2 January 1995...

 (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 Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

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

The Graduate

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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

Joscha Kiefer is a German actor and best known for his role as Sebastian von Lahnstein on the soap opera Verbotene Liebe ....

, after he decided to leave the show after two years.