Wotan Wilke Möhring, born in 1967, worked as an electrician and musician, and was a club owner, bouncer, and photo model, before he started his acting career in 1997 in Roland Suso Richter"s TV movie "Die Bubi Scholz Story" ("The Bubi Scholz Story"). He then starred in numerous film and TV productions, for instance in 2001 in Kai Wessel"s film "Hat er Arbeit?", which won him a nomination for the German TV award), and in Oliver Hirschbiegel"s film "Das Experiment" ("The Experiment", 2001).

Möhring won his second nomination for the German TV award for his performance in Mark Schlichter"s TV melodrama "Liebe und Verrat" (2002). But Möhring is not restricted to a certain role type. Instead, he starred in films as different as Robert Schwentke"s black comedy "Eierdiebe" ("The Family Jewels", 2003), Christian Alvart"s thriller about a serial killer, "Antikörper" ("Antibodies", 2005) and Jan Bonny"s drama "Gegenüber" (2007).