Hans-Eckart Eckhardt, son of an us civil servant out of Dallas, Texas and a Swabien housewife started as stage actor in 1976 but soon became involved in Germany's film and TV business, co-starring Rainer Werner Fassbinder in "Kamikaze 89" in 1982. One year later he started working with director Hans Neuenfels, both on stage and on set, shooting "Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist" in 1983 and "Die Familie oder Schroffenstein" in 1984. While working as early-morning anchorman for Berlin's radio station SFB, his voice became known nationwide, when he did booth announcing for "Wheel of fortune" in Germany. Meanwhile Hans is focused on his film & TV career on an international basis. He recently worked with Florian Gallenberger, Nicolas Alcala,Tarsem Singh,Farhan Akhtar and Ron Howard.