CHRISTIAN STAMM

Christian Stamm, an actor, producer, director, and humanist, is the main character of the feature film Vampyres (2015) and Impar (2014) and participated in box-office films such as El hombre de las mil caras (2016), Rey Gitano (2015), Perdiendo el Norte (2015), Cerca de tu Casa (2015),  Sonata per a Violoncel (2015), Mr. Nice (2010) and Eskalofrío (Shiver; 2008). He also played the main character in over 50 short films, such as the L.A. Web Fest awarded Desenterrados (2012), La Rosa del Desierto (2014) and Carne de Gaviota (2015), and participated in Spanish popular TV series such as Cuentame como pasó (2014), Gran Hotel (2013), El Barco (2012), and Sin Identidad (2015).

 

Alongside his work as an actor, Christian is more and more involved in directing, producing, as well as show hosting. He assisted Alicia Verdés with the direction of the awarded Alba significa amanecer (Alba means dawn; 2012), he hosted the Primavera Sound International music festival 2015 presentation gala, and he is currently co-producing and starring the comedy TV series Hans and François.

Early life

Christian was born in Hilden, Solingen, Germany, although one could say that his nationality is mere 'circumstantial'. Both his mother, Gisela Gross, a bank sales employee, and his father, Jürgen Stamm, a machine engineer, were from there. Seven years later, the family moved to Comerio, a small town near Varese, in northern Italy. That is where Christian spent most of his youth and development years, but also in France, and later on in the United States. Christian's father was also a photographer, which planted in Christian a unique photographic eye, as well as a passion for cinematography. At the age of 13, he was initiated to martial arts and oriental culture, by attending regular training with Master Fabio Sozzani (6th Dan), and in the “Shaolin Mon Karate Do” dojo of Sensei Kenji Tokitsu (9th Dan). Christian makes it to the Black Belt six years later.

In 1984, Christian moves to Port Jervis, New York, United States, until he graduates with excellent grades from Port Jervis High School, in 1985. One year later, Christian Stamm does his European Baccalaureate at the European School Varese. After that, Christian moves back to Germany to start his Law career at the Heidelberg University Faculty of Law, and 7 years later to Spain, to finish his career at the University of Barcelona Spain. He never hid the fact that he chose this career, because it could serve him in all kinds of professions.

And so it was Christian got his Law Degree in 1997 and immediately started to work in law firms such as J. Isern Patentes y Marcas S.L. and Arraut & Asociados. At the same time, however, he decided to expand his professional horizon, through his main interests of acting and performing.

 

Career

Stamm studied acting in several different schools, among which Estudi Nancy Tuñón, Barcelona, Spain, and Meisner Technique of the San Francisco based acting coach Javier Galitó-Cava. At the same time, he got involved in various theatre plays, as well as numerous short film projects, of prestigious Spanish cinematography schools such as ESCAC or  Bandeàpart. Christian made his film debut in 2004, in the feature movie FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions, by Carlos Atanes, where he participated only with his voice. Soon after that, he played the mute father of the lead in Eskalofrío (Shiver), directed by Isidro Ortiz and produced by Guillermo del Toro.

In 2009, finally, Christian had his debut with his voice and image, in the role of a Nazi-officer on the run, in Mireia Ros TV movie Wendy - Placa 20957 (Wendy - Badge 20597). Participations followed in box office feature movies such as Mr. Nice (2010, directed by Bernard Rose, starring Rhys Ifans, Fuga de Cerebros 2 (“Brain Xavi CortésDrain 2”), by Carlos Therón, in the TV mini-series Tornarem, by Felip Solé, in 2012, and later on, in Sonata per a Violoncel (Sonata for Celo), by Anna M. Bofarull. He also did the voice-over for 3 different supporting roles for the Spanish synchronization of Ron Howard's Angels and Demons (Sony Pictures Studio), starring Tom Hanks, giving his character's German or Italian accents when speaking Spanish. At the same time, the world of television opened up for Christian with guest star appearances, at times over several episodes, of popular Spanish TV series such as El Barco (“The Boat”) produced by Globomedia, La Republica (The Republic, season 2, RTVE), Gran Hotel (“Grand Hotel”; Antena3, Atresmedia), and The Avatars ( Disney Channel).

Among the more than 50 short films and web series which Christian Stamm starred or co-starred is Desenterrados (Unearthed), a three times Los Angeles Web Fest 2012 awarded web series by Xavi Cortés, as well as the short films La Rosa del desierto (“Desert rose”), selected for the 2015 FiSahara International Film Festival, by Emilio Alonso, Carne de gaviota (“Seagull meat”), by Felipe Espinosa (Quartofilms), candidate at the 2015 Cannes Court Métrage Festival, three times nominated at the Northern Virginia Film Festival 2015, and awarded twice at the Lancaster International Short Film Festival with the Grand Jury Prize and for Best Drama, the award-winning The Crononaut, by Désirée Haupts, Errarte en la sombra (“Erring you in the shadow”), by Hilario Abad, If my father knew, based on a monologue in 12 Monkeys and directed by himself, for which he obtained a nomination for Best Monologue at the 2009 Tespo Awards, and La Calle es mía (“This street is mine”), by Javi Gonzalez, which brought Christian a nomination for Best Actor at the 2012 Godarin Awards (Bande-à-Part).

In 2013, the leading roles arrived for Christian Stamm in feature movies. That same year, he played the role of Frank, a man between two women, who's fear for being left alone drove him to inflict blindness upon himself, in Impar (“Uneven”), by Sergio Dominguez, premiered in Little Secret Film” in 2015. In 2014, Christian Stamm was hired by Artistic Metropole to portray Ted, the vampire hunting priest and leading character of Victor Matellano's Vampyres, a re-make of the 70's horror cult film Vampyres by José Ramón Larraz, next to genre star Caroline Munro (The abominable Dr. Phibes, The Spy who loved me). More participations in feature movies follow soon after: In El hombre de las mil caras, by Alberto Rodriguez (La isla minima), he plays the main character's right hand and friend 'Hans', in the mind-blowing comedy Rey Gitano (“Gipsy King”), by Goya Award winning Juanma Bajo Ulloa, he plays the German minister advisor L. Brücken; in the home eviction drama Cerca de tu casa (“Close to home”), directed by Eduard Cortés, he plays the rich home owner Günther, and the Spanish box-office hit comedy Perdiendo el norte, by Nacho G. Velilla, about two unemployed Spanish friends who try their work luck in Germany, he plays an Investigator who puts their language skills on the stand. Also that year, he appears on Spain's most popular TV series Cuéntame cómo pasó (“Tell me how it happened”), in its 16th season, as Manuel, as well as on successful TV series Sin identidad (“Without Identity”), in the last episode of season 2, directed by Kiko Ruiz Claverol, and TV series Amar es para siempre (Love is forever), directed by Eduardo Casanova, with a powerful interpretation in chapters 673 and 674.

2016 is awaiting Christian with a strong participation in Lo que escondían sus ojos ("What her eyes were hiding"), by Mediaset, based on a novel by Nieves Herrero, as well as his first participation in a promising comedy for television and internet, as one of the producers and leading role, called "Hans & François".

 

Using the tool of “living moment to moment" in my acting is what keeps me grounded and real. Also, I strive to utilize this important skill on my every day stage, my personal life, which is equally important to me.”

- Christian Stamm -

 

 

“Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me Truth”

 

 Into the Wild, by Sean Penn and Jon Krakauer