Biography
Claudiu Raymond) was born in Romania and immigrated with his parents to Germany when he was a child. At the age of 14 he learned how to play the guitar and taught himself how to play the stand-up bass and harmonica. As talented singer, dancer and artist, he has played and sung in various bands in Germany. Fascinated by martial arts since a child, Claudiu started training in Taekwon-Do at the age of ten, Ninjitsu at the age of 14, which he considers his main skill and was also trained in Wingchun and Muay Thai. This makes him a well-rounded martial artist. He got booked for his first modeling gig at the age of 15 as a runway model in Germany and landed his first acting job that same year when he was cast as a T-Bird in the musical "Grease" in Stuttgart, Germany. After numerous engagements as an actor in theater, musicals, shorts and feature films in Los Angeles and also in Germany, he wrote, produced, directed and starred in his first short film, "Martial Judgement." This film garnered a reward at the Martial Arts Short Film Festival in Berlin in 2006. Growing up tri-lingual and in diverse cultures, he speaks seven languages fluently, these are: English, German, Romanian, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian. He also has some degree of proficiency in French, Russian and Portuguese. Claudiu Raymond soon began focusing on producing his own films. He gained extensive experience as a co-producer at the German production company Los Banditos Films. There he helped produce feature films, commercials and music videos and was also active in many areas of film production behind the camera while also pursuing his acting career. In 2013 relocated to Beverly Hills, California. Now he's producing high-concept thrillers, comedy, sci-fi and action films, as well as documentaries.
