Kristian Kiehling

Kristian Kiehling (born 17 September 1976) is a German-Latvian television, film and stage actor. In Germany he is known for Autobahnraser (2004), Tsunami (2005) and Verbotene Liebe (2013), in Britain for All the Small Things (2009) and Will (2011). In January 2014, Kiehling became a regular in the British soap opera, EastEnders, playing Aleks Shirovs, he left the show in 2015 due to a contractual dispute at the time it was due to be renewed.

After finishing high school in Germany, Kiehling received acting training at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Austria from 1997 until 2000. He took acting jobs during his studies and appeared in 1997 in his first German TV series Alphateam - Die Lebensretter im OP.

Since 2000, he has played in numerous German, English and international television and film productions.

In 2007, he first appeared on British television as Rolf Voller in the BBC series Waking the Dead two-part episodes Double Bind. Two years later, he played Nemanja Radic in All the small things. In 2011, he appeared in Will, with Damian Lewis and Bob Hoskins. In 2013, Kiehling had a role in the German TV series Verbotene Liebe. In 2014 he appeared as Aleks Shirovs in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role which he played until April 2015.

On stage, Kiehling has performed with the Theatre Schauspielhaus Köln from 2001 until 2002, with the Studiotheater Stuttgart in 2003 and in 2004 and with The Royal Court Theatre in 2008.