Vinzenz Kiefer
- Actor
Vinzenz was born in 1979 in Weilburg/Lahn. He grew up in a small
village between two farms. He loved chasing chickens as well as
building cabins in the woods and playing with fire. His parents' video
collection was also an early passion of his (later on he took care of
it completely and since then, he has expanded it significantly). Movies
like "King of Kings", "Zorro", "Three Musketeers", and "Robin Hood"
were key experiences while he was a boy, as well as films about
pirates. Later on titles like "Batman" and "Legend" would find his
attention, and Vinzenz could be seen quite often in a Batman costume -
or running around, painting big Zs on front doors. After trying to
invent a time machine several times or to find diamonds in the forests
or to dig a hole to the center of the earth (and failing each time, of
course) he finally turned to every-day life and meeting people and
finding friends. Learning by doing became to be one of his favorite
principles, and he used it to get familiar with riding a motor scooter,
smoking or finding his rank within the gang and impressing the girls.
One day while visiting the Cologne film studios Vinzenz was crowded by
a bunch of girls pleading for his autograph. Some people in a
production studio watched this scene and invited him for an interview,
after which he was offered a part in a TV series. Vinzenz declined
because he did not feel ready to leave his home and his friends. But
the production studio kept on asking him, and so, after finishing
school, Vinzenz finally agreed to take this chance.