Jochen Horst finished at the state College in Graz/Austria, the Music Academy of Perfoming Arts with "summa cum laud" in 1986. Because of his bilingual upbringing (his grandfather is from Chicago) he went to London for further training at the Lee Strasberg Institute to deepen his studies in different acting techniques, especially in the so called "Method". While he stayed in London and Australia for many years, he did films in Italy, England and France. He also did many plays in the theater. In 1989 he was awarded with the "O.E. Hasse-Award" a most prestigious award for best newcomer in the theater in Germany and the "Grimme Award" for best actor in 1996, and a couple of Nominations in the following years for his film work. Jochen lives now in Spain. Show less «