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Tobias Moretti was born on 11 July 1959 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. He is an actor, known for Kommissar Rex (1994), A Hidden Life (2019) and The Hard Cops (2004). He has been married to Julia Moretti since 31 August 1997. They have three children.

Helga Anders was born on 11 January 1948 in Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria. She was an actress, known for Mädchen, Mädchen (1967), Im weissen Rößl (1967) and Amerika oder der Verschollene (1969). She was married to Roger Fritz. She died on 31 March 1986 in Haar, Bavaria, Germany.

William Berger was born on 20 June 1928 in Innsbruck, Austria. He was an actor, known for Hercules (1983), Devil Fish (1984) and Keoma (1976). He was married to Hanja Kochansky, Carol Lobravico and Dörte Völz-Mammarella. He died on 2 October 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Amira El Sayed is an Austrian-Egyptian actress based in Berlin, Germany. She spent her early years living in Alexandria, Egypt and was brought up bilingual with both Arabic and German. She studied acting at the renowned Max Reinhardt-Seminar. She left University in the first year of studying to be able to work on a theatre play of Paul Schrader, where she was noticed by her agent. She wrote a book about the political developments in Egypt, titled "Klang der Freiheit" /"Sound of freedom". It was published in 2013 by the publishing house "Letter P" in Austria. She now lives in Berlin. Her first international film was "A Hologram for the King", starring Tom Hanks and directed by Tom Tykwer.

Heikko Deutschmann was born on 13 February 1962 in Innsbruck, Austria. He is an actor and director, known for Noch ein Seufzer und es wird Nacht (2015), 1864 (2014) and Die Gerichtsmedizinerin (2005). He has been married to Iris Böhm since 2007. They have one child. He was previously married to Heike Falkenberg.

Bernhard Schir was born on 24 January 1963 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. He is an actor, known for Vorstadtweiber (2015), OP ruft Dr. Bruckner - Die besten Ärzte Deutschlands (1996) and Tatort (1970).

Bernie Pock was born on 28 March 1963 in Innsbruck, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) and Die Hard (1988). He was married to Debra Jane Lasley. He died on 5 June 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

After the annexation of Austria by the National Socialist regime under Adolf Hitler (1938), the family moved to Potsdam. In 1943, Schönherr passed his Abitur in the Brandenburg residential city. He came into contact with the world of film while still at school. He trained as an actor in Berlin and appeared in front of the camera for the first time in test recordings and in smaller roles.

After his military service from 1944 to 1945, Schönherr returned to Austria, where he began studying architecture in Innsbruck in 1946. However, just a year later he stopped his studies because he was offered a role in the film "Winter Melody". In 1947, Schönherr joined the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, where he worked as a director, speaker and editor until 1952. At the same time, in 1951 he began an intensive acting career on stage and in film, where he had his first major success in 1955 with the film "Shrove Monday" and was successively seen in more than 70 film roles.

Schönherr dubbed the American actor James Dean in his three major roles: "Beyond Eden", "...because they don't know what they are doing" and "Giants". Schönherr was also seen in international productions, such as "Thomas Crown" alongside Steve McQueen or "Them Not Forgiven". Schönherr gained great popularity with German-speaking television audiences through his participation in the science fiction series "Raumpatrouille" in the role of Commander McLane.

He is also unforgettable to an audience of millions through his moderation of the ZDF quiz show "Wünsch Dir was" from 1970 to 1972. However, Schönherr made his most significant contribution to the development of German television culture through his format "The later the evening" : The ARD series, which was broadcast in 22 episodes from 1973 to 1974, was the first to introduce the talk show to the Federal Republic based on the model of US television. In the 1980s, Schönherr demonstrated intensive political commitment to the international peace movement and against the rearmament plans of the US administration under Ronald Reagan.

His participation in demonstrations and his outspoken political statements cost him a lot of sympathy and also some professional television perspectives, but they also strengthened his reputation among the critical public. Despite his numerous political initiatives, Schönherr never turned his back on the world of stage and film. In 1998 he played a role in the German cinema production "Am I Beautiful?" by Doris Dörrie and in 2002 he was seen in German cinemas as the lawyer Herz in "Leo and Claire" (directed by Joseph Vilsmaier).

In September 2002, the actor shone in one of the leading roles in the ARD comedy "The Rose Warriors". Dietmar Schönherr has been awarded several prizes. In 1976 he received the "Golden Camera" from "HörZu". In 1999 he was honored with the "Heinz Galinski Prize" for his political work. As part of the "German Television Prize" in October 2005, Dietmar Schönherr was awarded the donor's honorary award. In the same year he was also awarded the "Change the World Award" by the "Club of Budapest".

Dietmar Schönherr was married to the Danish actress Vivi Bach for the second time in 1965. He died on July 18, 2014.

1973 founded own production company TTV Film. Extensive work as a documentary film-maker. 1977 building of experimental video studio. Work with and technical support for various young film-makers working under TTV Film. 1980/81 increasing work in TV plays, screen adaptations with various authors, director of photography for feature films and work as director. Participation at more than 20 int. festivals, numerious austrian & int. awards.

Immanuel Degn was born on May 20th, 1982 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria to Irene Degn (a teacher) and to Eckhart Degn (also a teacher and artist). So it was not so far off that Immanuel would also pursue to be an artist himself. At the age of 8 he got a JVC camera of his grandfather and started to film stuff in the garden and surroundings. Later on he made short films which he added in that camera, just putting take after take in the right order to have a finished short film right there on one tape. With the age of 15 he started a sculptor school just to realize months later, that he wanted to became a camera operator. But the audition at the company he wanted to work for failed and so he finished the sculptor school of 4 years. During those years of making art he discovered more and more his passion for acting, after being in some plays. In 2001 at the age of 19 he started to go to an acting school and successfully finished four years later. Meanwhile he made his first movie called "Spiegel's Streichkleber" with his lifelong friend Roland Niederhuber and his acting couch Charlie Simon. In 2005 he presented his vampire movie "Exhuminus Exum - Die Macht zwischen Leben und Tod" in the Metropol Multiplexx (Innsbruck). He shot the entire film with his colleagues from the acting school. After making films for several years he founded the film production company "Immigration Pictures" in 2013. Immanuel's focus is on making movies for an international audience.

Roland Silbernagl was born on 19 January 1971 in Innsbruck, Austria. He is an actor and talent agent, known for BLUATSTILLN - To Remind Me of Life (2023), Wild Republic (2021) and Spuren des Bösen (2010).

Ronja Forcher was born on 7 June 1996 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. She is an actress, known for Der Bergdoktor (2008), Im Tal des Schweigens (2004) and SOKO Kitzbühel (2001). She has been married to Felix Briegel since August 2022.

Bettina Redlich was born on 19 December 1963 in Innsbruck, Austria. She is an actress, known for Downfall (2004), Die Hausmeisterin (1987) and Die kleine Zauberflöte (1998).

Hans Brenner was born on 25 November 1938 in Innsbruck, Austria. He was an actor and editor, known for Todesspiel (1997), Mathias Kneissl (1971) and Die Hausmeisterin (1987). He was married to Susanne Kappeler. He died on 4 September 1998 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Mirjam Weichselbraun was born on 27 September 1981 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. She is an actress, known for Dancing Stars (2005), Big Spender (2012) and Die Rosenkönigin (2007).

Gregor Bloéb was born on 3 January 1968 in Innsbruck, Austria. He is an actor, known for Arme Millionäre (2005), Chalet Girl (2011) and Im weißen Rössl - Wehe Du singst! (2013). He has been married to Nina Proll since 5 July 2008. They have two children.

Carl-Heinz Schroth was born on 29 June 1902 in Innsbruck, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor and director, known for Jakob und Adele (1982), Congress Dances (1931) and Fräulein vom Amt (1954). He was married to Ruth Hausmeister, Carola Krauskopf, Barbara Schroth and Karin Jacobsen. He died on 19 July 1989 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.

Igo Sym was born in Innsbruck, Austria in 1896. Before working as an actor he served from 1918-1921 in the Polish army. After working in silent films he was engaged by the theater in Warsaw, where he often appeared with his "Singing Saw".

When in 1939 the Germans ran over Poland, Sym started to collaborate with them. At this time many Polish people where head-hunted, and many of them where celebrities. Sym worked for the Gestapo and trapped some of these searched people (among them was the famous singer Hanka Ordonówna). When the Polish underground-gouvernment found out about Sym's contacts with the Gestapo, he was executed in his apartment on March 7th 1941.

Monika Willi was born on 29 May 1968 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. She is an editor, known for Tár (2022), The White Ribbon (2009) and Untitled (2017).

Elke Deuringer was born on 13 November 1942 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. She is an actress, known for Teenage Intimacies (1973), Teenage Playmates (1974) and Der Ostfriesen-Report (1973).

Kristina Sprenger was born on 26 July 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. She is an actress, known for SOKO Kitzbühel (2001), Tatort (1970) and Space Tours: Mission E.V.A. (2010). She has been married to Gerald Gerstbauer since September 2011. They have one child.

David Lama is one of the cutting-edge young alpinists with his bold free climbing and aid soloing taken him to rarely visited areas and up many unclimbed walls.

He was a climbing prodigy from age five. As a teenager, Lama won the a number of world cups and in 2008 he became the first person to win lead and bouldering. During his years as a competitive climber. In 2009, while on a trip to South America, he made the first free ascent of Cerro Torre.

In April 2019, American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjörg Auer, all members of The North Face's Global Athlete Team, were attempting a difficult route up Howse Peak in the Canadian Rockies when they were hit by a massive avalanche and rescuers presumed died.

Harald Windisch was born in 1966 in Innsbruck, Austria. He is an actor, known for Spectre (2015), The Silent Mountain (2014) and First Snow of Summer (2023).

Hermann Brix was a singer, stage and film actor. He studied medicine and Germanistik in high school and university. Then he took private acting school. By 1936 he made his debut in Prague. From there he gained a contract with the Kamerspiele Theater in Munich. In 1939 he played Emperor Franz Joseph in "Maria Ilona". After the premiere of that film in Vienna, he signed a contract with Tera Film, but, nevertheless, he was more interested in stage theater and radio. He began to work on novels and in 1966 he got the title of Professor. From then on he worked as a professor and lived in Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.

Kurt Weinzierl was born on 15 April 1931 in Innsbruck, Austria. He was an actor and director, known for Kottan ermittelt (1976), Kein Pardon (1993) and Die Einsteiger (1985). He was married to Veronika Faber and Susanne Weinzierl. He died on 10 October 2008 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.