 In the 1990s, Ohrner turned to work as a television and radio host before once again returning to acting, most notably as Matthias Brandner on the German soap opera, "Verbotene Liebe".Thomas Ohrner was born on 3 June 1965 in Munich, Germany, the son of actress Evelin Bey-Ohrner and economic adviser Claus Peter Ohrner.He has two older siblings, a half-sister, actress , born in 1961, and a brother, Markus Ohrner, born in 1963.