Bleu Louie Landau (born 5 April 2005) is an English actor, known for his role as Dennis Rickman Jnr in the

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'' from September 2015 to February 2020. In 2017 he starred in Guy Richie's film '' King Arthur: Legend of the Sword'' as the role of Blue alongside

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and

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. He also appeared in Sky comedy drama '' Code 404'' as Reece.

Life and career

Bleu Louie Landau was born on 5 April 2005 in

Bexley Bexley is an area of south-eastern Greater London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is sometimes known as Bexley Village or Old Bexley to differentiate the area from the wider borough. It is located east-southeast of Ch ...

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, in the United Kingdom and grew up on the

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. In 2015, Landau replaced Harry Hickles in the role of

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on the

soap opera ''

''. For his role, he was nominated for Best Young Performance at the 2017

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. The character was killed off in a boat accident aired over the 35th anniversary of ''EastEnders'' in February 2020; Landau's last scenes aired on 21 February. In 2017, he made his film debut in

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's film '' King Arthur: Legend of the Sword'', he played Blue, Backlack's son. Landau is also a model, and has worked for Avon, M&S, La Petite, and River Island.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Landau, Bleu 2005 births 21st-century English male actors Living people English male child actors English male film actors English male soap opera actors Actors from the London Borough of Bexley Male actors from London People from Bexley