Biography

After finishing high school in Wuerzburg / Germany Oliver Kniffki moved to Munich and started a successful career in Television Production. He worked for all the mayor german TV stations as a writer and producer. Most notably was his time at MTV Central in Hamburg and London from 1996 to 1998. Oliver Kniffki then decided to pursue acting full time and moved to New York where he studied acting for two years at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and dancing at the Broadway Dance Center. He studied with such acclaimed acting teachers as Michael Margotta, Robert Castle and Dan Grimaldi. It was Michael Margotta who got Oliver Kniffki a one year internship at the Actors Studio where he could learn and develop his skills among some of the greatest actors of our time. In September 2000 Oliver moved to London and continued his acting studies at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). In 2002 Oliver Kniffki moved to Berlin / Germany where he continues to work as an actor in Film, Television and Commercials.
- IMDb mini biography by: Robert Kummer