Devid Striesow (born 1 October 1973 in Bergen auf Rügen, East Germany) is a German actor.
After his school education, he moved to Berlin to start an apprenticeship as a goldsmith but the goldsmith's business went bankrupt before Striesow could start. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 changed his life plans, so he went back to school to take his Abitur. Initially, he studied jazz guitar. He then applied to the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, Berlin. His graduating class of 1999 included Nina Hoss and Fritzi Haberlandt.
He performs in theatre, film (since 2000) and television (since 1999). He starred as "Sturmbannführer Herzog" (Bernhard Krüger) in Stefan Ruzowitzky's 2007 film The Counterfeiters, which was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year. Striesow is also a speaker for audiobooks.
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 with actress Maria Simon is also an actor. There are three other children from a previous marriage.
Selected filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2001Marius WahlsTV filmWhat to Do in Case of Fire?Henkel2002BungalowMax2003Distant LightsIngo 2004MarseilleIvanBefore the FallFeldwebelDownfallFritz Tornow2005I Am GuiltyMatin Steeb, Jr. 2006FenstermacherEdenXaver 2007YellaPhilipp The CounterfeitersSturmbannführer Herzog Jan WertherTV film Richard Sammer Copacabana Mark SchubertTV film Thomas 2009I've Never Been HappierFrank Knöpfel12 Paces Without a HeadSimon of UtrechtVisionFrederick BarbarossaThis Is LoveRoland 2010RelationsPhilipp SchneiderTV filmThreeAdam 2011Wilfried GrossTV filmTom WinklerTV film2012Herbert GlowallaTV film2013FrankTV film 2014Age of CannibalsFrank ÖllersMatthias FabianTV filmHandwerkerWe Are Young. We Are StrongMartinKlaas WüllenweverTV film 2015A Decent ManThomasI'm Off ThenHape Kerkeling 2017Martin LutherTV filmMademoiselle Paradis (Licht)Franz Mesmer2022All Quiet on the Western FrontGeneral Friedrichs2023When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was BeforeRichard Meyerhoff2026Fatherland2026Eat Pray Bark
+ TV-Series Year Title Role Notes 1999–2000Für alle Fälle Stefanie Two episodes 2008Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ichEpisode: "Der doppelte Psycho" 2011Der KriminalistEpisode: "Der Beschützer" 2011Schloss EinsteinOne episode 2011, 2014The Old Fox Two episodes 2013GroßstadtrevierEpisode: "Wer einmal zahlt, zahlt immer" 2015Schuld nach Ferdinand von SchirachEpisode: "Der Andere" 2019–20DignityBernard HausmannMain role
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