Devid Striesow (born 1 October 1973 in

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) is a German actor. After his school education, he moved to

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to start an apprenticeship as a goldsmith but the goldsmith's business went bankrupt before Striesow could start. The fall of the

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in 1989 changed his life plans, so he went back to school to take his ''

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''. Initially, he studied jazz guitar. He then applied to the

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, Berlin. His graduating class of 1999 included

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and Fritzi Haberlandt. He performs in theatre, film (since 2000) and television (since 1999). He starred as "Sturmbannführer Herzog" (

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) in

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's 2007 film '' The Counterfeiters'', which was awarded the

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for that year. Striesow is also a speaker for

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s. Striesow has been married to his manager Ines Ganzberger since 2018. They are parents to a son (born 2016) and live in Berlin. His son Ludwig Simon (born 1996) from a previous relationship is also an actor. There are three other children from a previous marriage.

Selected filmography

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* 1973 births German male television actors German male film actors 21st-century German male actors Living people Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni People from Bergen auf Rügen Male actors from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{Germany-screen-actor-stub