Armin Rohde, a renowned German actor, began his training at the Folkwang School in Essen from 1980 to 1984, followed by clown training with Pierre Byland. He then worked at various theaters in Bielefeld and Bochum, playing in the ensemble of the Schauspielhaus Bochum from 1987 to 1995. His brother, Uwe Rohde, also an actor, three years his junior, shared his passion for the craft.
Armin's early major roles included performances in Berthold Brecht's "Threepenny Opera", "Sophocles' Oedipus", and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot". His breakthrough came in 1991 with Helmut Dietl's film "Schtonk!" and Sönke Wortmann's film "Little Sharks". The same year, he made his TV debut in the crime scene "The Schimanski Case".
In 1996, Armin took on the main role of a truck driver in the television series "Auf Axle", which was made popular by Manfred Krug as a trucker. He married Angela Baroness von Schilling in 1995. The following years saw him become one of Germany's most popular actors, starring in films such as "The Moving Man", "The Superwoman", "Rossini", "Life is a Construction Site", and "Lola Runs". He also appeared in numerous television films, including "Dangerous Girlfriend", "The Yellow of the Egg", "No Way Back", and the "Pommery Series".
Armin Rohde received several awards for his outstanding performances, including the Golden Camera for best actor in 2000 and the readers' award "Jupiter" from Cinema magazine as best actor in 2001. For his contribution to the two-part TV series "The Miracle of Lengede" in 2003, he received the Bambi and the Adolf Grimme Prize. In 2005, he appeared in the successful productions "Blood Wedding" and "The Ghost of Canterville".
In 2006, Armin played the main roles in the fairy tale film "The Robber Hotzenplotz" and the comedy "Father Undercover - On behalf of the family". His autobiography, "Megalomania and Stage Fright: The Truth About Actors", was published in 2009. In 2010, he appeared in the cinema production "Jud Süß - Film without Conscience".
