Daniel Brühl

Birth Date: June 16, 1978.

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Spain.

Trivia: Engaged to German actress Jessica Schwarz. They met while working on the film "Nichts Bereuen."

Shooting Star: Bruhl was selected as Germany's representative for this year's edition of the European Film Promotion's "Shooting Stars" showcase at the Berlinale.

German's Bright Young Star: 23-year-old actor Daniel Bruhl is one of Germany's hottest stars. He plays sensitive son Alexander Kerner in Wolfgang Becker's "Goodbye, Lenin!" The film is the highest grosser in German history, catapulting Bruhl to movie star status at home in German. With appearances in upcoming films in both Englahd and the U.S., he'll soon be known across the globe.

Bruhl made his screen acting debut at the age of 15 in the TV movie "Svens Geheminis" and followed this with Miguel Alexandre's Der Pakt (1995), Bernd Boehlich's Blutiger Ernst (1997) as well as "Schlaraffenland" (1998) by Friedemann Fromm, "Honolulu" (1999) by Vanessa Jopp, and "Deeply" (1999) by Sheri Elwood. In January 2002, he was named Best Newcomer Actor at the Bavarian Film Awards for his performances in Benjamin Quabeck's "No Regrets" (Nichts Bereuen, 2001), Hans Weingartner's "The White Sound" (Das weisse Rauschen, 2001), and Zoltan Spirandelli's Vaya Con Dios (2002).

Next up, Bruhl will share the screen with infamous Dames Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, and Natascha McElhone in Charles Dance's English drama "Ladies In Lavendar."