Christian Oliver (born 3 March 1975) is a German actor. Oliver was born in

Celle Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...

and grew up in

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

. He relocated to the

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to work as a model and subsequently took acting lessons in

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and

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. From 2002 until 2004, Oliver co-starred in 28 episodes of the German action TV series '' Alarm für Cobra 11''.

Filmography

* '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class'' (1994–1995) - Brian Keller * '' The Baby Sitters Club'' (1995) - Luca * ''Two Sisters'' (1997) - Tim * '' Eat Your Heart Out'' (1997) - Daniel Haus * ' (1999) - Kalle * ''Romantic Fighter'' (1999) - Dennis * ''Schlaf mit meinem Mann'' (2001) - Benny * ''

Kept ''Kept'' is a reality television series that centered on Jerry Hall (model and ex-wife to Mick Jagger) searching for a kept man. The show premiered on the American cable network VH1 in late May 2005. When Hall narrowed the list down to twelve, ...

'' (2001) - Kyle * ''Ablaze'' (2001) - Tim Vester * ''A Light in the Forest'' (2002) - Gabriel Brown * ''Frostbite'' (2004) - Hans * ''

Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ("Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police") is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police (Autobahnpolizei), originally set in Berlin and since 1999 i ...

'' (2002–2004) - Jan Richter * '' Subject Two'' (2005) - Adam Schmidt * '' The Good German'' (2006) - Emil Brandt * '' Speed Racer'' (2008) - Snake Oiler * ''

Watercolors Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

'' (2008) - High School Student * ''

Valkyrie In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ("chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters"Orchard (1997:36) ...

'' (2009) - Sergeant-Major Adam * '' Ready or Not'' (2009) - Chris * ''

Tribute A tribute (; from Latin ''tributum'', "contribution") is wealth, often in kind, that a party gives to another as a sign of submission, allegiance or respect. Various ancient states exacted tribute from the rulers of land which the state conqu ...

'' (2009) - Steve Chensky (based on the novel by Nora Roberts) * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...

'' (2011) - Venetian Nobleman * ''

House of Good and Evil ''House of Good and Evil'' is a 2013 American psychological thriller film directed by David Mun and written by Blu de Golyer. It stars Rachel Marie Lewis and Christian Oliver as a married couple who, after a miscarriage caused by the husband phy ...

'' (2013) - Chris Conley * ''

Ninja Apocalypse ''Ninja Apocalypse'' is a 2014 American martial arts film directed by Lloyd Lee Barnett, written by Ashley Scott Meyers, and starring Christian Oliver, Les Brandt, Tara Macken, Kaiwi Lyman, and Isaac C. Singleton Jr. as ninjas who are framed for t ...

'' (2014) - Cage * ''Hercules Reborn'' (2014) - Arius * '' Zipper'' (2015) - Max (uncredited) * '' Sense8'' (2015) - Steiner * ' (2015) - Ulrich Hemberger * ''

Timeless Timeless (or atemporal) or timelessness (or atemporality) may refer to: * Agelessness, the condition of being unaffected by the passage of time * Akal (Sikh term), timelessness in Sikhism * Eternity, timeless existence or infinite duration * Immo ...

'' (2016) - Wernher von Braun * ''

Best Christmas Ball Ever Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation, ...

'' (2019) - Lukas * '' Hunters'' (2020) - Wilhelm Zuchs

Own productions

* Subject Two * Ready or not

References

External links

* * 1972 births Living people People from Celle Actors from Frankfurt German male film actors German male television actors {{Germany-actor-stub