Ken Duken

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Ken Duken was born on the 17th April, 1979 in Heidelberg, Germany. He is the son of an actress and a doctor. Duken is one of the most popular actors in Germany. He never attended drama school. Since 2000 he is married to german actress Marisa Leonie Bach.

Before beginning his television career in 1997, Ken had acted on the stage. In 1998 he played the lead in "Land of milk and honey". In 1999 he played Mark, a young wheelchair user, in the motion picture "Gran Paradiso", which was nominated for the German Film Award. After being featured in a number of German productions, such as "Nightshift" (ZDF, direction: Lars Becker), he appeared in the comedy "100 per cent" by Simon Verhoeven.

In recent years, Ken has worked with top stars such as Peter O'Toole, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow and Dominique Pinon. He has played parts in films and TV productions, including Imperium: Augustus, Another league, Hidden Children, Kiss and Run (for which he won a Grimme-Award), 2007 Tv production War And Peace and starred in Stoertebeker. He had also played the role of Gabriele Dannunzio in italian Tv production Il Commissario De Luca. He has just finished the role of notorious Gestapo officer Siegfried Fehmer in the upcoming Norwegian Motion Picture about the Norwegian WW2 resistance hero Max Manus, it is the most expensive Film so far in Norwegian Film making.