His real name is not Florian David Fitz.
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Familiar faces in the family of Florian David Fitz (m.): Gerd Fitz (left), Michael Fitz (2nd pvl.) and Lisa Fitz (right) are related to the German actor.
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There seems to be only one direction in Florian David Fitz’s career: up. He has consistently made at least one film a year for nearly 20 years. And that’s not all.
Can Florian David Fitz do it all?
At 51, he is one of the most popular and successful German actors. Since his breakthrough in 2008 as Dr. Marc Olivier Meyer in the comedy series The Diary of a Doctor, he has been producing hits non-stop. The Munich native is not only happy with his acting skills, but also works as a screenwriter, director and producer.
His greatest works include Something Else Happens, Welcome to the Hartmanns, First Name, The Perfect Secret and Weekend Rebels.
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During his career, Fitz has appeared in more than 55 films and TV series and has been awarded, among others, the Adolf Grimme Prize (2007), the German Film Award (2011), Bambi (2010) and the Bavarian Order of Merit (2025).
But at the beginning of my career this was out of the question.
Famous relatives
His grandfather Joseph Fitz was the brother of Hans Fitz, playwright and actor. His sons Walter and Gerd were not only famous folk actors themselves, but also the fathers of Lisa Fitz and Michael Fitz. Lisa became famous as a cabaret performer, actress (“Forensic Examiner”) and singer, her cousin Michael played assistant to the Munich detectives “Tatort” Batich and Leitmayr for 15 years and, as a musician, recorded 16 CDs. Florian David is Lisa and Michael’s second cousin.
Although his parents Karlhans and Gabriele had nothing to do with acting and ran a hotel in Munich, Florian David Fitz showed the family genes from the very beginning. After graduating from high school, he studied acting and singing at the Boston Conservatory in America in 1994 and worked in New York City for a year after graduating. He made his living as a waiter and worked, among other things, at the New York branch of the Christie’s auction house. In 1999, he received a role in the musical “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and toured with the ensemble in Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany.
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In 1999 he returned to Germany and in the autumn of that year he celebrated his television debut in the episode “www.mord.de” of the cult series “Der Bulle von Tölz”. When Fitz debuted on television, his name was Florian Fitz Jr. However, to avoid confusion with the actor Florian Fitz, with whom he is not related or married, he decided to insert the middle “David” into his name.
Under a new stage name – his real name was Florian Ingo Ulrich Fitz – he starred in up to four projects a year, and the number of roles became more and more. In 2007, he was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize for his first leading role in the comedy My Crazy Turkish Wedding. In 2008, he became a senior doctor at The Doctor’s Diary – and there was no stopping him.
After the popular success of “Hearts of Men” (2009) in a star-studded ensemble with Til Schweiger, Wotan Wilke Mehring and Justus von Dohnanyi, the first film adaptation of one of his scripts followed in 2010. He played the lead role in the tragicomic road movie “Vincent Will Meer” about Vincent, who suffers from Tourette’s syndrome. Since then, he has been a patron of the IVTS Association, which aims to improve the lives of people suffering from tics and Tourette’s syndrome.
This comedy starring Florian David Fitz will make you laugh until you drop!
Legendary: Florian David Fitz in “HalliGalli Circus”
In 2012, he scored a hat-trick: in “Jesus Loves Me” he acted as a screenwriter, and for the first time as a director and leading actor. In 2016, he went even further: in The Hottest Day, he was not only the main actor, writer and director, but also a co-producer. The tragicomedy marks the first collaboration with Matthias Schweighöfer, with whom Fitz is close friends and who was also seen in 100 Things (2019). In addition, Fitz and Schweighöfer’s performances in the “Endure: Don’t Laugh” section of “HallyGalli Circus” with Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf became a comedy legend.
Florian David Fitz, who is closely associated with the ProSieben family around Jocko and Klaas, took part in their show several times and appeared in the sixth season of “Who Stole the Show from Me?” won the last episode of the show and was last seen on film in No Hit Wonder and Der Vierer.
Florian David Fitz on “Who Stole All My Attention?”
Florian David Fitz keeps his personal life private
In his personal life, the Munich native, who speaks fluent English and Spanish and plays the saxophone and piano, keeps a low profile. In January 2021, he became the father of twins Noah and Paul. But he constantly keeps the children and their mother out of the public eye. The family lives in Munich.
More news from Fitz soon: The Perfect Vacation hits theaters October 22nd. This is the explosive sequel to Top Secret, which became the most successful German film of 2019 and attracted more than five million moviegoers. Bora Dagtekin (Fack Ju Göhte) will once again direct, and with Elias M’Barek, Caroline Herfurth, Jella Haase, Frederick Lau, Wotan Wilke Möhring and Jessica Schwartz, the successful team from the first installment is back on board with Fitz.
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