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Manuel Santos Gelke
ActorBorn February 10, 2005 (21 years)
Manuel Santos (born February 10, 2005, in Berlin; born as Manuel Philipp Santos Gelke) is a German actor.
Santos began acting at a young age. At the age of eleven, he signed with an acting agency and, following an audition, landed the lead role of Otto in the feature film *Benjamin Blümchen*. Filming took place in 2017.
In 2018, he took on the lead role of Karl Vierstein in the film *TKKG*. This was followed by further appearances in television productions, including the hospital series *Nachtschwestern* and, in 2024, the first season of *Das Küstenrevier*.
Alongside his acting career, Santos has also achieved success in science competitions. In 2018, he won first prize in the Technology category at *Jugend forscht* (Youth Researches) for a plant fertilizer dosing system for aquariums. Furthermore, he has excelled in mathematics competitions such as the Mathematics Olympiad, the *Känguru der Mathematik* (Kangaroo Math Competition), and the Pangea Mathematics Competition.
Santos began acting at a young age. At the age of eleven, he signed with an acting agency and, following an audition, landed the lead role of Otto in the feature film *Benjamin Blümchen*. Filming took place in 2017.
In 2018, he took on the lead role of Karl Vierstein in the film *TKKG*. This was followed by further appearances in television productions, including the hospital series *Nachtschwestern* and, in 2024, the first season of *Das Küstenrevier*.
Alongside his acting career, Santos has also achieved success in science competitions. In 2018, he won first prize in the Technology category at *Jugend forscht* (Youth Researches) for a plant fertilizer dosing system for aquariums. Furthermore, he has excelled in mathematics competitions such as the Mathematics Olympiad, the *Känguru der Mathematik* (Kangaroo Math Competition), and the Pangea Mathematics Competition.
Filmography
| 2024 | Das Küstenrevier (TV Series) · as Benni Stein |
| 2021 | Doktor Ballouz (TV Series) · as Dillon |
| 2021 | Almania (TV Series) · as Nerd |
| 2019 | Benjamin the Elephant · as Otto |
| 2019 | TKKG · as Karl |
| 2019 | Night Nurses (TV Series) · as Emil Lanz |
| 2018 | SOKO Potsdam (TV Series) · as Julian Jahnke |
| 2018 | Die Heiland – Wir sind Anwalt (TV Series) · as Milo Zübert |
| 2012 | Morden im Norden (TV Series) · as David Schröter |
| 2008 | Der Bergdoktor (2008) (TV Series) · as Matteo Kleist |
| 2007 | Notruf Hafenkante (TV Series) · as Karl Dombrowski |
| 1981 | Löwenzahn (DE) (TV Series) · as Jakob |