August Diehl was born on January 4, 1976, in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), A Hidden Life (2019), and 23 (1998). Studied acting at the renowned "Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch".His leading role in the Academy Award-winning Austrian film The Counterfeiters (2007) as Burger, and as Michael "Mike" Krause in the movie Salt (2010).