Govinda Gabriel Actor

Govinda Gabriel is an actor of German-Indian descent who started acting when he was only eight years old. He participated in several shortfilms while in school and decided to pursue acting as his career when he was 17. After graduating from the International School of Acting in Munich, he moved to Berlin where he started working on the play „Red“ by John Logan. „Red“, a duo-drama that was staged at the Theatre-Forum Kreuzberg was Govinda’s debut as co-director. He also starred in Pirandello’s play „The Giants from the Mount“ at the same theater. Following this, Govinda started filming the Prime Video series „Maxton Hall“ which achieved the largest ever first week global viewership for an international original on Prime Video. Govinda is portraying a queer high school student who struggles with his sexuality and feelings towards a fellow student.
Since (2023) he can regualry be seen on stage at Heimathafen Neukölln, where he takes on a lead role in Michael Ruf’s documantery play „Climate Monoluges“, which tells the stories of people affected by climate catastrophes.
In his free time, Govinda plays drums in the psychedelic rock trio „The Soap“. They perform frequently in different clubs in and around Berlin.

Overview

NationalityGermany, India

LanguagesEnglish (mother tongue), English – British (mother tongue), German (mother tongue), Indian languages (fluent), English – American (basic)

BornMünchen, Germany, Bavaria

Age range19 - 33

Height175 cm

Ethnic typesArabic, Indian, Latin American, Mediterranean (dark), Mediterranean (fair), Mixed race

Place of residenceBerlin - Berlin (Germany), Berlin - Berlin (Germany)

Possible accommodationHamburg - Hamburg (Germany), Wien - Vienna (Austria), Zürich - Zurich (Switzerland), Hyderabad (India), München - Bavaria (Germany), Köln - North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

Real name Cholleti

Skills/Talents

Languages English (mother tongue), English – British (mother tongue), German (mother tongue), Indian languages (fluent), English – American (basic)

Accents Indian (very good)

Dance Choreography (basic), Dance improvisation (basic), Dance theatre (basic), Jazz dance (basic), Stage dance (basic), Standard dance (basic)

Singing. Hip hop/rap (good)

Musical instruments Drums (very good)

Sports Cricket (very good), Mountain Biking (very good), Yoga (very good), Badminton (good), Golf (good), Parkour (good), Skiing (good), Soccer (good), Tennis (good), Acrobatics (basic), Aikido (basic), Fencing (basic), Snowboarding (basic), Squash (basic), Stage fighting (basic)

Appearance

Training

CV CV - Television & Streaming CV - Theatre CV - Other

CV - Television & Streaming

2024 - 2025

Maxton Hall - Die Welt Zwischen Uns

UFA Fiction

Network/Distributor: Amazon Prime Video

Streaming - series

Drama, Romance

Martin Schreier
Directed by

Keshav Patel
Ongoing Supporting Actor

2022 - 2022

Maxton Hall - The World Between Us

Ufa Fiction

Network/Distributor: Amazon Prime Video

Streaming - series

Martin Schreier, Tarek Rohlinger
Directed by

Keshav Patel
Ongoing Supporting Actor

2022 - 2023

Bumper in Berlin

Universal Television (us)

Network/Distributor: Peacock (us)

Streaming - series

Todd Strauss-Schulson
Directed by

German Stranger
Small Role

2021 - 2022

Encounters

Network/Distributor: Hope TV

Television series

Daniel Hermann Werner Käser
Directed by

Waleed
Ongoing Leading Part

2021 - 2022

Encounters

Hope Media

Network/Distributor: Hope Media

Drama

Adrian Dure
Directed by

Waleed
Ongoing Leading Part

CV - Theatre

2023 - 2025

Die Klima Monologe

Wort und Herzschlag

Theatre: Heimathafen Neukölln

Theatre

Michael Ruf
Directed by

Daniyal
Lead

2021 - 2022

Die Riesen vom Berge

Theaterforum Kreuzberg

Theatre

Anemone Poland
Directed by

Spizzi
Member of Ensemble

2021 - 2022

Rot

Theaterforum Kreuzberg

Biography, Drama, Educational

Alex van Ric
Directed by

Ken
Ensemble Leading Part

CV - Other

2021

Kairos

Cimagine Crew

Short film

Jeanine Lang
Directed by

Lias
Lead