Adam Markiewicz was born in Rybnik in Poland. His parents left Poland when he was eight to live in Munich. He followed two years later. Besides earning his degree in therapeutic pedagogy he studied acting at the Michael Cechow school and Grotowski shool in Berlin, as well as the Strassberg technique at "Schauspiel Muenchen". He now lives in Munich and works as an actor and as well as a social worker.