Devid Striesow was born 1973 in Bergen auf Rügen and attended actor"s training at Berlin"s Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" until 1999. He then performed at Schauspielhaus Hamburg and Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf where he played leading roles in several productions by Jürgen Gosch, including "Hamlet" and "Prinz von Homburg". In 2004, "Theater heute" named Striesow "Best young actor". In the same year, he also won the Alfred Kerr actor"s award. Devid Striesow made his movie debut in 2000 in Rainer Kaufmann"s film "Kalt ist der Abendhauch" ("Cold Is The Evening Breeze").

Striesow was nominated for the German film award and for the award of German film critics for his portrayal of an unsuccessful mattress dealer in Hans-Christian Schmid"s "Lichter" ("Distant Lights", 2003). He finally won the latter prize for his role in "Bungalow" (2002), directed by Ulrich Köhler. Since then, Striesow was regularly seen in German movie productions, for instance as young Karol Wojtyla in the biopic about the Pope by the same name, as a gay dramaturg in Dominik Graf"s "Der rote Kakadu" ("The Red Cockatoo"), or in striking minor roles in Angela Schanelec"s "Marseille", in Stefan Krohmer"s "Sie haben Knut" ("They"ve Got Knut"), and in Christoph Hochhäusler"s "Falscher Bekenner" ("Low Profile"). In the TV series "Bella Block", Striesow plays an inspector.

At the 2007 Berlinale, Striesow played leading roles in both German films in the competition. In Stefan Ruzowitzky"s "Die Fälscher" ("The Counterfeiters"), that later won the Oscar for Best foreign language film, Striesow played an SS officer. Striesow had already played similar roles in "Napola" (2004) und in "Der Untergang" ("Downfall", 2004). For this role, Striesow won the German film award for Best performance in a supporting role in May 2007. In the second Berlinale film, Christian Petzold"s "Yella", Striesow played an only seemingly smart and unapproachable private equity manager alongside Nina Hoss.

After that, Striesow appeared again alongside Nina Hoss as a father of a family who leads a double life in the nightmarish drama "Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald" ("The Heart is a Dark Forest", 2007), directed by Nicolette Krebitz. Striesow then played another leading role in Connie Walther"s drama "12 heißt: Ich liebe Dich" (2007) about the love story between a Stasi employee and a Stasi victim. The film premiered in October of 2007 at Hofer Filmtage.

In the following years, Devid Striesow played important roles in the television series "KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst" (2008) and the lavish two-part "Gier" (2010). In the cinema he is seen in the historical adventure movie "12 Meter ohne Kopf" ("13 Paces Without a Head"), Margarethe von Trotta"s biopic "Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen" and in Alexander Adolph"s tragical comedy "So glücklich war ich noch nie" (all 2009). For his role of an impostor in love Striesow is again nominated for the German film award.

In December 2010, Tom Tykwer"s romantic comedy "Drei" about a love triangle between a longtime couple and a charming scientist - played by Striesow - opens in German cinemas. 2011 saw Striesow in a row of ambitious TV productions, including "Familiengeheimnisse - Liebe, Schuld und Tod", "Blaubeerblau" and "Ein guter Sommer". The same year, he played in Lars Jessen"s comedy "Ute, Tasche, Vogel", which is set for a 2012 release.