Lias Karp: Teen kickboxer, fashion model and "beautiful boyfriend" from Bühl. But has he done any acting?

 

I was interested in profiling Lias Karp because of his unusual name (maybe short for Elias?), and because he's built.  Looks like a boxer.  He'd better have some acting experience, too. 

His Instagram says that he is a model/actor/athlete, into "fashion, sports, motivation, and life by the sea." 47,000 followers.  Dude is busy. 

Dude, put a shirt on.  You're built, we get it.  You don't need to be flexing in every single photo.  How are you going to model clothes, if all you display his your biceps and abs?

Ok, here's a reel where he's wearing a shirt.

No, he takes it off.

While I'm scrolling through the endless shirtless photos and reels on his Instagram and Facebook pages, I might as well check to see if Lias is gay.

A lot of boy-hugging, only one girl-hugging photo, and someone named Derrick calls him "my beautiful boyfriend."

But Lias is a teen kickboxer with a shelf full of trophies.  I can't imagine that a lot of gay teens choose that particular sport.    

But I don't think a lot of straight boys are into fashion. 

Maybe we can get a clue from his acting credits. 

More after the break

Lias is not listed on the IMDB, but it often misses European productions, so I checked his talent agency:

He was born in Bühl, Baden-Württemberg, near Stuttgart, a few km from the French border.  TripAdvisor says that the best things to do in the area are: ski the Unterstmatt, train at the Taekwando Olymp, and visit the ruins of the Alt-Windick Castle.  But there are so many castles in Germany, you might want to skip it to avoid sightseeing fatigue.

Lias speaks German, English, Russian, and his native dialect, Badish, a form of Alemannic similar to Swiss German.  It has the reputation of being laid back and easy-going, like a Southern drawl in American English.   

He trained with Starmoviekids and with the actor/coach Alexander Kreuzer, best known for the soap operas Verbotene Liebe ("Forbidden Lives") and  Herzogpark (set in the Herzogpark neighborhood of Munich). 

Left: A gay couple from Verbotenes Liebe.

I'm covering the background in detail because Lias has a very short acting oeuvre:

A commercial for Europapark, an amusement park in Rust (near Buhl).

A commercial for Xmas Wunschprogram, where kids can curate and broadcast their own videos on the German Disney Channel at Christmastime. 

The documentary Trust Your Wild Side, where he is interviewed about his kickboxing.

And the upcoming short film Homecoming.  According to the behind the scenes photos, it involves Lias and fellow Star Movie Kid Marlon Barth playing soccer and hugging.

Two commercials, an interview, and a short film?  I expected more from someone who states that he is an model/ actor/athlete.

I should have done Marlon Barth instead.  He has more acting credits, including Herzogpark, the mystery film Camp Postmichael,  and a Jewish-Muslim forbidden-friendship episode of Völlig meschugge?("Totally crazy" in Yiddish). 

Plus he was invited to the premiere of Die Drei ????Toteninsel ("Death Island"), where he met his crush, Nevio Wendt. 

And he has gay friends, like Leon Klein.

See also: "Die Drei ???": Boy detectives in 44 books and 4 movies, most with gay subtexts. With a lot of co-star d*cks, but no Alfred Hitchcock

"Crap Happens": Many gay/bi/trans actors, a gay boy, father-son bonding, puppies, a talking duck, and some Deutsch d*cks

Bentley Storteboom: Dutch, 25 years old, or gay? Or all of the above? With KJ Apa's d*ck, Karl Urban, and Gavin Munn

Luke Blumm: Femme boy survives the Nazis, a cult, and Maine, but not a homophobic Mom. With his twink physique