Hanno Friedrich was born in Wuppertal. He spent his school years in Germany and in the Netherlands. After his acting studies at the University of the Arts Berlin, he was member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater Oldenburg, at the Theater Basel and at the Acting Bonn, where he worked with directors such as Michael Thalheimer, Frank-Jürgen Gosch and Patrick Steckel. After his screen debut as a 'Heinz' in "Otomo" playng with Eva Mattes, Barnaby Metschurat and Isaach De Bankole he became known as a Comedy-Star. Since 2002 he plays in the series "Six Pack". Others roles he had in the series "Balko," "Tatort", "SOKO Köln"," Edel und Starck", in the crime drama "Bella Block - Behind the Mirror", "Ladyland" and "112 - You save your Life. " On stage, he was among others in "Don Carlos" (Schiller), "The Black Rider", "Hair" and "Geschlossene Gesellschaft". The Music-Comedy Show "ABBA jetzt!" And its sequel "ABBA jetzt! 2" he works with the actor Tilo Nest and the musician Alexander Paeffgen also very successful. For ABBA now! The trio received the 2003 Small Art Prize Baden-Wuerttemberg. In 2007 he won the Indie-Stars-Awards 2nd Place for the best without a TV transmitter and / or promoting a movie was produced with his first short film Moebius (directed by Steffen Wimmer), in which he was actor, writer, music and film producer. He also received for his team to the film production of the comedy series "Six Degrees" the Team Film Award in gold. In 2009 he starred with the Bonn Opera "Bassa Selim" in Mark Dietz 'staging Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio."