Matthias Ballmann
- Actor
Matthias Ballmann was raised in Wiesbaden, Germany. His father,
Hans-Jürgen Ballmann, one of three brothers who are all actors, owns a theatre
company. Matthias studied German, Theatre Sciences and English at the
Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz for a few semesters before
moving on to become an actor. His acting career started at a much
earlier age when he got many leading roles at the theatre groups in his
High School and College days. Matthias debuted on stage as Frog in
Goethes Faust and continued his career with roles like Stanley Kowalski
(A Streetcar named Desire) and Prior Walter (Angels in America). His
first TV appearance was in 1997 when he co-starred with Steffen Wink
and Franka Potente in Coming In (1997).
