Diego Wallraff, a multilingual talent, boasts fluency in English, Spanish, and German, allowing him to effortlessly navigate the television, film, and theater industries across Europe and the United States. Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, he spent most of his formative years in Europe and has since made Los Angeles his home for over two and a half decades.
Wallraff's impressive filmography includes notable roles in Mira Nair's romantic comedy The Perez Family (1995),alongside Anjelica Huston and Marisa Tomei, and Of Love and Shadows (1994),featuring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly. In recent years, he has secured key roles in American television productions, while concurrently working on film projects in Germany.
The talented actor is set to appear in the upcoming film Wunderschön (2022),directed by Karoline Herfurth. He has also starred in the critically acclaimed German independent film Black Wedding (2015),which earned him a Best Male Lead nomination at the Sydney Indie Film Festival in 2015. Additionally, Wallraff has appeared in the German film Schattenboxer (1992),directed by Lars Becker.
In television, Wallraff has completed two seasons of the international action series Largo Winch (2001),filmed in both Montreal and Paris. His extensive television credits include the MOW Try To Remember (2004),alongside Gabrielle Anwar, the MOW Rush Of Fear (2003),featuring Rosanna Arquette, the TNT feature Deadlocked (2000),starring David Caruso, the HBO thriller Exception to the Rule (1997),with Sean Young and Kim Cattrall, and TNT's mini-series Joseph (1995),starring Ben Kingsley.
A graduate of the Academy For Music And Dramatic Arts in Hamburg, Germany, Wallraff has had leading roles in various German television productions and was also a member of Hamburg's National Theater under the artistic direction of renowned directors Peter Zadek and Michael Bogdanov.
