Devid Striesow


Devid Striesow 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 and television. He starred as "Sturmbannführer Herzog" 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 and live in Berlin. His son Ludwig Simon from a previous relationship with actress Maria Simon is also an actor. There are three other children from a previous marriage.

Selected filmography

Year      Title     Role      Notes
1999–2000Für alle Fälle StefanieTwo episodes
2008Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ichEpisode: "Der doppelte Psycho"
2011Der KriminalistEpisode: "Der Beschützer"
2011Schloss EinsteinOne episode
2011, 2014The Old FoxTwo episodes
2013GroßstadtrevierEpisode: "Wer einmal zahlt, zahlt immer"
2015Schuld nach Ferdinand von SchirachEpisode: "Der Andere"
2019–20DignityBernard HausmannMain role