Daniel Roesner was born on January 20, 1984, in Wiesbaden, Germany. He is a German actor and environmental entrepreneur who studied acting in Los Angeles at the New York Film Academy and the Theatre of Arts Hollywood. He achieved widespread fame for his role as Chief Inspector Paul Renner in the long-running action series Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (2016–2019), for which he performed many of his own stunts.