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Lavinia Wilson was born in Munich, Germany on March 8th, 1980. She is an actor and producer, known for Æon Flux (2005), Andere Eltern (2019), Hey Bunny (2016) and Deutschland86 (2018). Her career started at the age of 11, with Leise Schatten (1991) and she has starred in over sixty films since then.

Moritz Bleibtreu is a German actor born on August 13, 1971 in Munich growing up in Hamburg. He first appears in children's television series Neues aus Uhlenbusch (1977) at the age of six. His breakthrough was the role called "Abdul" in the movie Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997). He also became internationally known for his work on Run Lola Run (1998), The Experiment (2001) and World War Z (2013). In Germany, He is well known for the classic stoner-movie called Lammbock (2001) in which he plays the leading role. He speaks fluent German, English, French and Italian and is the son of Austrian actors Hans Brenner and Monica Bleibtreu.

Martina Gedeck was born in Munich. After spending a year in the US, she studied drama at the Berlin University of the Arts. Martina's film career began while she was still at drama school. Her filmography covers practically all genres of film.

Gedeck has won a total of 23 major cinema and TV awards. She was nominated as Europe's best actress on her role in "Mostly Martha". The film was later remade with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing her role.

Her films were twice selected as Germany's entry to the Oscars. In 2007, "The Lives of Others" with her in the lead role won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009 she again had the title role in Germany's Oscar contender "The Baader Meinhof Complex", also nominated for the Golden Globes.

Martina Gedeck resides in Berlin, Germany.

Florian David Fitz was born on 20 November 1974 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Jesus Loves Me (2012), The Most Beautiful Day (2016) and Oskars Kleid (2022).

Johann von Bülow was born on 26 September 1972 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor, known for 13 Minutes (2015), Tár (2022) and Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013).

Olivia Pascal was born on 26 May 1957 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress and publicist, known for The Fruit Is Ripe (1977), Sunshine Reggae auf Ibiza (1983) and The Joy of Flying (1977). She has been married to Peter Kanitz since 2009.

Furtwängler is the great-niece and step-granddaughter of the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler. She grew up in middle-class circumstances with her parents. The father Bernhard Furtwängler was an architect, the mother Kathrin Ackermann was an actress. At the age of eight, she appeared in front of the camera for the first time in the film "Zum Farewell Chrysanthemums", directed by her uncle Florian Furtwängler. She received her early acting training from her mother, Kathrin Ackermann, and from Elionor Hofmann. After finishing school with a high school diploma, Furtwängler studied human medicine, received her doctorate and practiced as a doctor in Munich. However, she quickly found her way back to her passion, acting. Maria Furtwängler became known to a wide TV audience in the successful series "The Happy Family".

She was seen here from 1987 to 1990 in the role of "Katja" alongside Maria Schell and Siegfried Rauch. Meanwhile, in 1991 she married the publisher Dr. Hubert Burda. The marriage produced a son and a daughter in 1990 and 1992. In 1995, Maria Furtwängler played in the relationship comedy "Three Women and (no) a Man". From 1996 she starred in the pediatrician series "Hello, Uncle Doc!" in front of the TV camera. In the same year she played Walter Sitter's wife in the family series "Two to Fall in Love" and "Lust auf Liebe" alongside Peter Sattmann. This was followed by comedies, TV series, romantic melodramas and roles in crime series such as "Der Alte", "Fahnder" and "Siska", in which she was able to continue to assert herself. From 1997 to 1998 the production "Cape of Good Hope" and "Herzflimmern" based on the book by Barbara Wood were directed by Dieter Kehler. The melodrama "Dir zu Liebe" from 1999, directed by Hans Werner, received great attention. Another successful production was created with Furtwängler in 2000 under the title "The Eighth Deadly Sin - Ghost Hunt". In it she played the head of a police department that was investigating a cigarette smuggler.

The romantic melodrama "Happiness is an Island" followed in the same year. In 2001 she received the role of chief detective "Charlotte Lindholm" in the renowned TV crime series "Tatort" on ARD. In 2002 she was awarded the Jupiter Prize from the cinema magazine "Cinema" as the most successful television film of the year for the "Tatort" "Lastrumer Misch". The marital drama "Too Close to the Fire" with Michael Mendel followed in the same year. It told the story of a woman who risked her relationship with an affair. Maria Furtwängler also made a name for herself through the numerous social projects she supported. The focus of their work is the fight against cancer, violence against children and the fight against disease and poverty in the Third World. In 2003, Maria Furtwängler was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for her commitment to the aid organization "Doctors for the Third World".

Maria Furtwängler was awarded the Siegfied Lowitz Prize in 2005 for her theater and acting.

Andrea L'Arronge was born on 7 April 1957 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress, known for SOKO Kitzbühel (2001), Salto mortale (1969) and Die Unternehmungen des Herrn Hans (1977).

Ilona Grübel was born on 23 September 1950 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Paarungen (1967), Target (1985) and John Gabriel Borkman (1967).

Brigitte Hobmeier was born on 2 March 1976 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Identity Kills (2003), Closed Season (2012) and Tatort (1970).

Simon Verhoeven is a director and screenwriter. He was born on June 20, 1972, in Munich, Germany, to actress Senta Berger and director Michael Verhoeven.

After high school, Verhoeven enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute to study acting but left the program after a couple of months to complete a four-year degree in screenwriting and directing at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He also studied piano under the American jazz pianist Don Friedman.

Starting out as an actor, Verhoeven appeared in over 30 feature films and TV movies - among them the New York-based indie comedy Party Girl (1995), the biopic Bride of the Wind (2001) directed by Oscar® nominee Bruce Beresford, the award-winning Mogadischu (2008) as well as the Russian-German film Vasilisa (2000), starring alongside infamous punk icon Nina Hagen.

In 2001, Verhoeven made his cinematic debut as a director and screenwriter with the coming-of-age film 100 Pro (2001) starring Ken Duken. His big break came with the feature film Men in the City (2009) (internationally released as Men in the City). Distributed by Warner Bros., the comedy became a hit with audiences and critics alike, winning the Jupiter Award 2010 for Best Film as well as the Bavarian Film Award for Best Screenplay, among others. The cast also received a Bambi (Germany's most prestigious media award). Men in the City has been remade in various countries.

After writing and directing the equally successful sequel Men in the City 2 (2011), Verhoeven turned to a completely different genre in 2014, directing the low-budget-horror movie Unfriend starring Alycia Debnam-Carey. Although a creative disappointment for the director, the German production was screened in theaters worldwide.

Verhoeven's next movie Welcome to Germany (2016) became 2016's most successful German film in theaters. The biting social satire deals with the refugee crisis and social tensions by placing them in the microcosm of a quarreling family. Hitting the zeitgeist, the film won numerous awards in Germany and was nominated for Best Comedy at the European Film Awards. It was even adapted for the stage, debuting at the renowned Viennese Burgtheater.

In 2020, Verhoeven's film Nightlife (2020), starring Elyas M'Barek and Palina Rojinski - his fifth collaboration with Warner Bros. and the German production company Wiedemann & Berg - went straight to number one at the German box office and was later named the most successful German film of 2020. Nightlife (2020) also won multiple awards including the Ernst Lubitsch Award in 2021.

Rosalie Thomass was born on 14 August 1987 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Greetings from Fukushima (2016), The Unheard Woman (2016) and The Heartbreak Agency (2024).

Martin Gruber was born on 16 May 1970 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Die Bergretter (2009), Frau Pfarrer & Herr Priester (2016) and Nackt. Das Netz vergisst nie. (2017). He has been married to Corinna Gruber since July 2010. They have one child.

Christian Tramitz was born on 13 July 1955 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004), Manitou's Shoe (2001) and Hubert ohne Staller (2011). He has been married to Anette Tramitz since July 2004. They have two children. He was previously married to Christiane Doermer.

French-German actor, speaks five languages French, German, English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Went to French high school in Munich, Germany, where he made his first steps on stage and discovered his passion for acting.

Has done his military service for one year and started a banking career on his father's advice. A so called solid trustworthy job. Becoming a trader at the stock exchange for a few years, it reaffirms his thoughts that this is not his path and he decides to take acting lessons on the side, to pursue his child's dream. He quits banking asap.

Broke but happy, he quickly then, obtains smaller parts on German and French, TV and Cinema.

Step by step, he plays in independent and professional plays & movies, directs and acts in own productions. Always seeking for more experience, he attends different acting workshops all over the world, as also stunt workshops, having done Martial Arts in his youth. He is part of a group working with Action Concept, which is one of the biggest stunt company worldwide. Until today he is member of different actor's studios to keep his art alive.

2007 he receives a job offer for a Brazilian Tv show by Tv Globo for which he learns from scratch Portuguese. The show, "Eterna Magia" is seen by 60-70 million people every day and he is the lead antagonist to Brazilian stars such as Maria Flor, Malu Mader, Irene Ravache, Cassia Kiss, Thiago Lacerda, and many more. The Show is directed by Brazilian's Billy Wilder, Carlos Manga and the well-known theater director Ulysses Cruz.

After this year, he returns to Europe, bases himself in Paris and Berlin.

He acts in feature films, TV movies, series or in plays, not only in France and Germany, but also appears on screen in Spain, where he acts in its biggest TV show "El ministerio del tiempo", and is candidate for the nomination to the Goya as best actor revelation, for his lead role, next to Marian Alvarez (Goya 2014), in the Spanish 2nd World War movie "Lobos Sucios".

He worked in well-known international productions such as "Homeland", "Xcompany" , is part of the main ensemble of the famous sequel "Das Boot" ( over 3 seasons ), and also acts as Stauffenberg the Emmy nominated Serie "Charité II".

As international accomplished and multilingual actor, he is the male lead on the Spanish Serie "Dime quién soy" next to Irene Escolar (Goya 2016), the Portuguese Serie Cuba Libre, next to Beatriz Godinho, the German Serie Money, Murder Zurich ( 5-7mio viewers) or the French fiction documentary "Napoleon and Metternich", as Metternich for Arte.

For his part in the film "Serguei" he also studied Russian or Croatian for the feature "96 hours", by F. Schoedorffer.

He has been part of numerous productions, for Wiedemann & Berg (producers of "live of the others" Oscar 07), Bavaria, UFA, France TV, TF1, Movistar+, TVE, ARD, ZDF, Banijay Group, CBS, Netflix, Peacock ... and worked aside talented, awarded and acclaimed actors such as Miranda Otto ( Homeland ) , Mandy Patinkin ( Homeland ) , Rainer Bock ( Better call Saul ) , Pierre Richard ( The man with the black shoe ) , Tom Wlashiha ( Game of thrones ) , Fanny Ardant ( 8 Femmes ) , Niels Arestrup ( a Prophet ) , Gerard Lanvin ( Point Blank ) , Patrick Bruel ( How about Adolf) , Marian Alvarez ( Wounded ) , Irene Escolar ( Tell me who I am ) , Will Keen ( His Dark Materials ) , Maria Pia Calzone ( Gomorrha ) , Laetitia Eido ( Fauda ), Esther Acebo (Casa de papel ) and many others...

Ursula Buchfellner was born on 8 June 1961 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany [now Germany]. She is an actress, known for Devil Hunter (1980), Hellhole Women (1981) and Linda (1981).

Christine Neubauer was born on 24 June 1962 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Im Tal des Schweigens (2004), Löwengrube (1989) and Hannas Entscheidung (2012). She was previously married to Lambert Dinzinger.

Marion Kracht was born on 5 December 1962 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress and director, known for Diese Drombuschs (1983), Buddenbrooks (1979) and My Führer (2007). She has been married to Berthold Manns since December 2004. They have two children.

Dominik Graf was born on 6 September 1952 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Fabian: Going to the Dogs (2021), Dreileben (2011) and Der Felsen (2002).

Harold Faltermeyer was born on 5 October 1952 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is a composer, known for Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). He was previously married to Karin Faltermeyer.

Alexandra Schalaudek was born on 2 September 1975 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), The Signal (2024) and Land in Sicht (1990).

Jutta Speidel was born on 26 March 1954 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Drei sind einer zuviel (1977), For Heaven's Sake (2002) and Kidnapped (1978). She was previously married to Dr. Stefan Feuerstein.

Lara Mandoki was born on 17 September 1989 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Das Boot (2018), Die Spaltung der Welt (2024) and Sex, Pity and Loneliness (2017).

His career started in 1959 with the movie "Hubertus Jagd" with Willy Fritsch. He appeared in many TV movies until he started in Cologne his first Theatre play "Der Tod im Apfelbaum". He did also a lot of dubbing for foreign TV series like: "Riffle man", "Flipper", "Die kleinen Strolche" etc. Later on he lent his German voice to international actors like: Jean-Michael Vincent, Bruce Lee, Mike Myers in "Shrek". 1972 he went on his first Theatre tour as "Masham" in "Glass of water" (by Eugen Scribe) with O.W. Fischer. After the movie "Whispering death" (with Christopher Lee, Trevor Howard) he went in 1976 to Australia to do 13 episodes for the adventure TV series "The Outsiders" (Andrew Keir, Wendy Hughs). In 1980/81 he played "Orlando" during the Salzburg Theatre Festival in Shakespeares "As you like it" with Barbara Sukowa. Between 1981 and 1994 he appeared again and again on stage, started the TV serie "Das Traumschiff", he went also again on a Theatre tour with the "Doppeladler" (Judy Winter), then 70 episodes for the TV serie "Die Schwarzwaldklinik", then the movie"Rich poor girl" with Farrah Fawcett. 1989 he played Goethes "Egmont" at the Ernst Deutsch Theater in Hamburg. And 1994 "Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach" (as Brick) which was his last Theatre tour. 2012 the Feuilleton loves him for the "Lerchenberg". In 2013 he went back to "Das Traumschiff" as Captain. In October 2014, he celebrated his 60th birthday and his 55th anniversary as actor.

Silvia Seidel was born on 23 September 1969 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She was an actress, known for Anna (1987), Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (1993) and Storm of Love (2005). She died on 31 July 2012 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.