Born in Vienna , Austria, to actor Bert Fortell and his wife Gerda, Albert Fortell graduated from the American International School in Vienna, studied law at the University of Vienna (degree in 1980), attended the famous Max Reinhardt School of Dramatic Arts in Vienna. Workshops in Los Angeles, workshops for scriptwriting at UCLA, Los Angeles.He also has written TV-Screen Plays and a stage play ("Kurzschluss"), that he performed 150 times with his wife Barbara Wussow in Germany. Currently he is working on his second play. His father (died in 1996) was also a very well known actor.