Urs Rechn was born on January 18, 1978, in Halle/Saale, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, to Günther Rechn, a renowned painter and graphic artist from Eastern Germany, and Beate Rechn, and was the second of their three children.
From 1987, Urs Rechn attended the Special Grammar School for Music "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Halle, where he excelled in Violoncello, French Horn, and Singing. After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the family relocated to Cottbus, Brandenburg, where Urs Rechn attended the 1. Academic High School for Music and Fine Arts "Heinrich Heine" and the Konservatorium Cottbus, where he stood out as the Junior Conductor of the youth symphony orchestra and brass band.
Despite having received no formal previous teaching in acting, Urs Rechn transitioned into an acting career, encouraged by the esteemed East German Director and Impresario Christoph Schroth. He appeared on stage plays "Hamlet" (1995),"The Beaver Coat" (1996),and "Steig' in das Traumboot der Liebe" (1996),and as a chorister in the Opera "The Magic Flute" (1995) on the State Theater Cottbus.
In 1997, owing to conscription, Urs Rechn served in the German paratroops and later in the German special forces. During this time, he played in several TV episodes thanks to an agreement with his Colonel. Upon completion of the active service in 2002, Urs Rechn attended the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" and graduated in 2004. He became then - and still is - a visiting scholar at this very institution.
Urs Rechn has spent most of his acting career on stage, performing at various theaters, including the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Landestheater Tübingen, and Theater Chemnitz, in productions such as "The Seagull", "A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Merchant of Venice", "Julius Caesar", "Caligula", "A Streetcar Named Desire", and "The Threepenny Opera".
