David Wendefilm is an Austrian-born actor living in Europe and South America. After dropping out of high school he worked for some years as salesman, waiter, computer technician and teacher until he decided to study philosophy and art history. While studying at the University of Vienna he travelled to Brazil and had his first camera experience as commercial model. One year later he performed his happening "Nackt für eine bessere Gesellschaft" at the University of Vienna just after finishing his master's thesis in philosophy. His performance was followed by first roles in short films. Disappointed with the academic philosophy David Wendefilm decided to end his doctorate. In his second performance "Das kleine philosophische Manifest" he interrupted a lecture about "Anti-academic philosophy" and burned his diploma in public. Interested in building an international acting career he swapped his life in Vienna for the metropolis of São Paulo, where he started to work with theater, cinema and TV.