 From the age of 14 he lived in Paris where he took drama lessons with Jean-Louis Barrault and Pierre Berlin.He then trained at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin and appeared on stage in Augsburg, Düsseldorf, Munich, Vienna and at the Schiller Theatre, Berlin.He has appeared in many German television productions and secured a major role in the Academy Award-nominated film "Downfall" as Dr. Ernst-Günther Schenck.