Christian Tramitz was born in Munich on July 25th 1955. He first studied violin at the Munich music conservatory, before enrolling in art history, philosophy and theatre at Munich University. After his graduation, he took acting classes with Ruth von Zerberoi and got his first engagement at the Ingolstadt theatre. Following numerous theatre tours, he became an ensemble member at the Düsseldorfer Kammerspiele.

In the 1980s, he started working in film as a voice talent for dubbed versions. To this day, he has lent his voice to artists like John Cusack, Jackie Chan, Ben Stiller and Matt Dillon.

After acting in a few supporting roles in German TV programmes, Tramitz became popular as one of leads in Michael "Bully" Herbig"s award-winning TV comedy series "Bullyparade" (1997-2002). His had his breakthrough as the lone ranger in Herbig"s western spoof "Der Schuh des Manitu", which went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in German film history, won a slew of awards and started a wave of screen comedies – which also benefited Tramitz" movie career: He had parts in successful comedies like "(T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1", "7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald" and "Neues vom Wixxer".

In 2004, Tramitz got his own TV show "Tramitz & Friends". Despite his ongoing work in the genre, for instance in the history spoof "Tell", Tramitz is also starting to appear in more dramatic fare: Next he will be seen in Michael Glawogger"s drama "Das Vaterspiel", in a biopic on the late pop star Falco and as the titular hero of "Jerry Cotton", a screen adaptation of the eponymous pulp novels.