Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 20, 1985
Place of Birth
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Credits
15 titles
Bjorn Steinbach
Biography
Bjorn Jorg Walter Steinbach hails from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He graduated from Grey High School in 2002 and then in 2003 attended school at the University of Cape Town to study psychology. In 2005, he was on Fear Factor: South Africa. He left UCT and enrolled in City Varsity in 2006 to pursue acting. He also enrolled in the summer program at the Esper Studio in New York in 2008. His first project was a short film called Small Killing (2008) that was filmed and aired in South Africa. Bjorn got his first U.S. break on a project called Generation Kill (2008), an HBO original 7 part mini-series about the 1st Recon Marine Battallion that was sent in during the first phase of the war in Iraq. He portrayed Cpl. Michael Stinetorf in all 7 episodes. Since then he has worked on the made for TV movie, Natalie Holloway (2009) which aired on USA, and The Philanthropist (2009) which aired on NBC.
Known For
Filmography
Killer Body Count
Eugene
Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
Lone Ranger
Resident Evil
Felix Mort
Retter der Meere - Tödliche Strandung
Alex
Black Beauty
Mario
Inside Man: Most Wanted
Chaz Brownlow
Tali's Wedding Diary
Tyrone
24 Hours to Live
Gary
Blood Drive
Barry
No Man Left Behind
Keni Thomas
The Lost Future
Yomack
Death Race 2
Stunts
Invictus
New Zealand All Blacks
Natalee Holloway
Brent
Generation Kill
Cpl. Michael Stinetorf