
Manuel Santos Gelke
Known for Acting · 12 credits
- Born
- 2005-02-10 (age 21)
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Also known as
- Manuel Santos
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (10)

Der Bergdoktor
2008
as Matteo Kleist

Hamburg Dockland
2007
as Karl Dombrowski

Heiter bis tödlich - Morden im Norden
2012
as David Schröter

Löwenzahn
1981
as Jakob

SOKO Potsdam
2018
as Julian Jahnke

Almania
2021
as Nerd

Nachtschwestern
2019
as Emil Lanz

Doktor Ballouz
2021
as Dillon

Die Heiland: Wir sind Anwalt
2018
as Milo Zübert

Das Küstenrevier
2024
as Benni Stein
Movies (2)
About Manuel Santos Gelke
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… With 12 credits spanning from 1981 to 2024, Manuel Santos Gelke has appeared in 2 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Manuel Santos Gelke Movies
- Benjamin the Elephant (2019) — as Otto
- TKKG (2019) — as Karl
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