After attending the "Folkwang" university in Essen and Pierre Byland's clown school, Armin Rohde began his career in the theatre in Bielefeld (from1984 to 1996) and Bochum (from 1986 to 1995). His successful stage career includes roles as "Oedipus" by Sophocles/Hšlderlin and "Mackie Messer" in the "Dreigroschenoper".

Since 1993 Rohde has starred in numerous TV productions. He is well known for his role as "Kaschinski" in the popular TV-series "Auf Achse" (1995), as well as in Hermine Huntgeburths "Gefährliche Freundin" (1996). He has also starred in Lars Beckers "Das gelbe vom Ei" (1998), as the saviour of the world in "Apokalypso-Bombenstimmung in Berlin" (1999) and has acted in several films by the cutting edge underground director Manfred Stelzer.

He became famous for his role in "Kleine Haie" as the Sönke Wortmann's "Bierchen" (1991) where his character became a cult figure. Armin Rohde has been involved in almost all of Germany's film successes of recent years. His turn as a gay butcher in "Der bewegte Mann" of Sönke Wortmann (1994), as Harri in Wolfgang Beckers
"Das Leben ist eine Baustelle" (1996), and as a unfortunate plastic surgeon in Helmut Dietls "Rossini" (1996) have displayed his
unlimited versatility.

Recently he played a guard with a heart condition in Tom Tykwer's internationally successful film "Run Lola run" (1998). In the European coproduction TAKING SIDES, Armin Rohde plays the role of Schlee.