Oliver Gruber (born Oliver Eugen Gruber) I was born in München (Germany) only child to Daniela Lana, a former International Bowling Champion and Günter Gruber (died in a car accident 1991) who worked in the fashion business. In 1982 after finishing elementary school in Munich I moved to the north of Italy with my mother. At the age of 14 following her footsteps I started bowling and just a year later I became Regional Division Champion. I took part at two European Youth Bowling Championships for the Italian Youth National Team from 1988 to 1990 . My acting career started late in 2003 at age 31, when I moved to Rome where I studied at Teatro Blu with Beatrice Bracco and soon became part of the Fioretta Mari ensemble with whom I studied and worked for 3 years.