Florian Stetter, born August 2, 1977, in Munich, attended actor’s training at Munich’s Otto-Falckenberg-Schauspielschule. He already won the award as "Best Young Actor" at the 2001 Film Festival "Max Ophuels Prize" for his first role in a movie in Philip Gröning’s romantic drama "L’amour, l’argent, l’amour" ("Love, Money, Love", 2000). Alongside Sabine Timoteo, he played a young drifter who together with his girlfriend descends into a maelstrom of debasement and emotional prostitution. Two years later, Stetter starred in the ensemble of Dominik Grafe’s TV movie "Die Freunde der Freunde" that won a Grimme award. In almost all of his roles, Stetter catches the viewers’ eyes with his strong presence and his expressive and powerful representation – for instance, as resistance fighter Christoph Probst in the film "Sophie Scholl" (2005), as officer Scharffenstein in the artist biopic "Schiller" (2005, TV), or as a sensitive young man who does his alternative service in "Liebes Spiel" ("Love Game", 2005) alongside Maggie Peren.

Besides his movie career, Stetter also performs on stage, for instance, in several productions at Schauspielhaus Zürich, at Munich’s Volkstheater, at Salzburg Festival, and at Schauspiel Hannover. During the theatre season 2006/2007, he was a cast member of Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater. After a striking performance as Thomas Kretschmann’s antagonist in the TV remake of Jack London’s novel "Der Seewolf" ("The Sea Wolf", 2008), Florian Stetter played the role of the famous mountain climber Reinhold Messner in Joseph Vilsmaier’s drama "Nanga Parbat".