Sebastian Blomberg was born in Bergisch Gladbach on May 24th 1972. He studied acting at the renowned Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna and subsequently started his career in theatre. While pursuing his work on stage – at one point, he became an ensemble member at the theatre on Basel – Blomberg also acted in TV productions like "Dunckel" (1997) and "Himmlische Helden" (2000). In 1999, his popularity increased with Stefan Ruzowitzky"s horror hit "Anatomie", in which Blomberg acted alongside Franka Potente.

This was followed by parts in Gregor Schnitzler"s directorial debut "Was tun, wenn"s brennt?" (2001, alongside Til Schweiger), "Väter" (2002) and Dani Levy"s award-winning box office success "Alles auf Zucker!" (2004). In "3 Grad kälter" (2005), Florian Hoffmeister"s feature film debut as a director, Sebastian Blomberg played the non-conformist runaway Jan.

He garnered lots of praise for his lead performance as a struggling school teacher in Lars Kraume"s award-winning TV-drama "Guten Morgen, Herr Grothe" (2007). And in "Der Baader Meinhof Komplex", Uli Edel"s epic about the Red Army Fraction, he convinced as charismatic student leader Rudi Dutschke. Also in 2008, he was a cast member of Wim Wenders" "Palermo Shooting" as well as of Nicolai Rohde"s drama "10 Sekunden", which depicts the harrowing consequences of a palen crash. Apart from featuring prominently in film and television, Sebastian Blomberg remains a steady presence in German theatre.