Born in Germany in 1977, Zehrfeld entered the acting profession after completing his training and quickly secured a leading part in Dominik Graf’s 2005 film The Red Cockatoo. He later appeared as the pirate Klaus Störtebeker in Sven Taddicken’s comedy 12 Paces Without a Head and gained wider recognition in 2010 when he portrayed an idealistic Berlin police detective in Graf’s acclaimed ten-part te…