Son of Wolfgang Kieling and Ingrid Rentsch. Half-brother of Susanne Uhlen. Studied acting at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" in Berlin the late 1980s. Acted together with Maja Maranow in "Schattenmann, Der" (1996) (mini) and "König von St. Pauli, Der" (1998) (mini). Since 1994, they have played the leading characters in _Starkes Team, Ein (1994) (TV)_.