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Blerim Destani was born on April 12 1981 in Stolberg near Aachen. The son of an Albanian family spent most of his youth in Tetovo, Macedonia, and already at the age of fourteen, he starred in the Albanian TV production "Atje ku nuk lind dielli" ("Where No Sun Rises", 1995).
Destani, who alternately resides in Germany and Macedonia, has been working fulltime as an actor since 2004. Notable productions in which he appeared include "Time of the Comet" (DE/AL 2007), which he also co-produced, "Get Low" (US/DE/PL 2009), featuring Bill Murray and Robert Duvall, and the thriller "Dossier K" ("Das Recht auf Rache – Im Fadenkreuz des Clans", BE 2009), one of the most successful Belgian feature films of all time. He also had supporting roles in the Danish comedy "Ved verdens ende" ("Das Ende der Welt", 2009) and the German TV production "Die Wanderhure" ("The Whore", 2010).
After co-producing as well as starring in the thriller "90 Minuten - Das Berlin Projekt" ("The Berlin Project"), which was released in 2012, he was seen in the Serbian drama "Gone Back" (2013) and the Albanian-British production "Amsterdam Express" (2014). On TV, he played a womanizer in the romantic comedy "Ein Sommer in Ungarn" (2014, TV), and guest-starred in episodes of the TV series "Alarm für Cobra 11", "SOKO München" and "Helen Dorn".
After his turn as an undercover cop in the TV thriller "Die Informantin" (2016), Blerim Destani starred opposite Martin Brambach and Heiner Lauterbach in the theatrical release "Frauen", a comedy about three unlike men who discuss their respective views on women during an eventful car ride.