Biography

Orest was born and raised in Solingen, Germany. At the age of 17 he got his first taste of the professional stage as a ballet dancer for Karin Thierbach, as an assistant director for the State Opera Wuppertal and as an actor for the Ensemble Remscheid, the Theater in Cronenberg and the State Theater Wuppertal.

In Germany, he had the opportunity to work with the American theater company "The Bigger Light Theater" which invited him to the USA in 1997. While in the USA, Orest auditioned and was accepted into the Actors Studio Drama School MFA Program where he studied with Susan Aston, Gene Lasko, Sam Schacht and Barbara Portier. He received his MFA in Acting in 2001.

He has worked in theater, film and TV. His work as a film actor include: "The Good Shepherd", directed by Robert De Niro and "Flight Path", based on a Franz Kafka short story, directed by Fred Soffa. This film was shown at the New York Film and Video festival. Orest played Joachim Von Ribbentrop in HBO's "The Plot against America" and appeared in several "Sex in the City", "Life on Mars" and "Ugly Betty"episodes. He was the lead in several commercial campaigns. His New York theater credits include "The Magdalene Project" at the International Fringe Festival,"Dinner at Dario's" for the Play Time Series and "Bent" at the Actors Studio Repertory Season.

At the Moment he is studying acting at Black Nexxus under Stuart Burney and Susan Baston and is a member of SAG.
- IMDb mini biography by: Orest Ludwig