1. Volker Bruch is best known internationally for his leading roles as Wilhelm Winter in the television drama Generation War and as Inspector Gereon Rath in the neo-noir series Babylon Berlin ; for the latter, he was awarded the 2018 Grimme-Preis, Germany's most prestigious television award.
Volker Bruch was born in 1980 in West Germany to a German father and Austrian mother.
Volker Bruch began acting during his years at gymnasium and was involved with student acting groups.
Volker Bruch spent the beginning of his career primarily playing small roles in German television and TV movie productions.
Volker Bruch had a few small supporting roles after this period before his breakout role in the popular 2013 German miniseries Generation War in which he played one of the five protagonists.
Volker Bruch was nominated for a German Television Award for his performance and received a special award for Ensemble Cast at the 2013 Bavarian TV Awards.
In late 2018, Volker Bruch began the six-month shoot for the third series of Babylon Berlin which premiered in Germany in January 2020.
Volker Bruch met Stein in 2009 on the set of the film Young Goethe in Love.
In June 2020, Volker Bruch took part in the video "Was sie mitgenommen haben" for the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees.
Volker Bruch is a vocal opponent of the restrictions introduced in Germany to curb the spread of COVID-19.
In May 2021, it was reported that Volker Bruch had applied to join the Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany, an anti-lockdown fringe party.