Rudolf Martin

Rudolf Martin is a German actor who works mainly in the United States. Born in West Berlin and educated in part across Europe, he studied literature in Berlin and drama in Paris before training at New York's Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. He began in Off-Broadway productions and small theater, then won a starring role in Susan Seidelman's short film The Dutch Master, followed by leading parts on ABC's All My Children and in Nicky Silver's comedy The Food Chain. Independent films such as Fall (1997) and High Art (1998) brought him recognition. In Los Angeles he played the hacker Axl Torvalds in Swordfish (2001) and appeared in Bedazzled (2000), and he portrayed Vlad Dracula in Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000). His television work includes 24, Dexter and NCIS, and he featured in the video interludes of Britney Spears' Femme Fatale Tour (2011). He has also appeared in Hoboken Hollow (2006).