Biography

Oliver Gruber (born Oliver Eugen Gruber) I was born in München (Germany) only child to Daniela Lana, a former International Bowling Champion and Günter Gruber (died in a car accident 1991) who worked in the fashion business. In 1982 after finishing elementary school in Munich I moved to the north of Italy with my mother. At the age of 14 following her footsteps I started bowling and just a year later I became Regional Division Champion. I took part at two European Youth Bowling Championships for the Italian Youth National Team from 1988 to 1990 . My acting career started late in 2003 at age 31, when I moved to Rome where I studied at Teatro Blu with Beatrice Bracco and soon became part of the Fioretta Mari ensemble with whom I studied and worked for 3 years.
- IMDb mini biography by: Oliver Gruber

When Oliver wanted to introduce a friend to Joaquin Phoenix's work (he is one of Gruber's favorite actors and she did not know him), he started renting movies on Netflix. One of these movies was "Earthlings" narrated by Joaquin. Oliver did not know that movie either and couldn't imagine that it would change his live forever. He (and his wife too) became vegan that same night in 2010 after watching the film directed by Shaun Monson.

For the concentration camp scene in "Father Rupert Mayer" Oliver had to loose 16 pounds in a month.

To play the character "Ray Coast" in "Cry Alone" Oliver dropped from 204 pounds to 177 in 6 weeks.