Philip Froissant is an award-winning German actor.

Philip is best known for starring as the male lead ‘Franz Joseph’ in all three seasons of Netflix’s smash hit original series THE EMPRESS, for which he was awarded ‘Best Actor’ at the 2023 German Television Awards. The third and final season will premiere in late 2026.

In 2026, Philip also stars as ‘Friedemann’ in the feature film TRIAL OF HEIN directed by Kai Stänicke, which premiered at the 76th Berlinale to critical and audience acclaim. The film won the Teddy Jury Award in the Berlinale's Perspectives section.

Further television credits include leading the cast of the crime thriller series ONE TRILLION DOLLARS for Paramount+ and starring as ‘Wolfang Wärter’ in the upcoming German thriller series MABUSE for ARD Mediathek.

Further feature credits include starring as ‘Jakob’ in Christian Petzold’s feature MIRRORS NO.3, which had it’s world premiere in the Director’s Fortnight section at 2025 Cannes Film Festival, and as ‘Jonas Hansen’ in Netflix’s German-language feature BLACK ISLAND, directed by Miguel Alexandre.

Philip is fluent in three languages: English, German and French.