Bjorn Jorg Walter Steinbach hails from Port Elizabeth South Africa He graduated from Grey High School in 2002 and then in 2003 attended school at the University of Cape Town to study psychology In 2005 he was on Fear Factor South Africa He left UCT and enrolled in City Varsity in 2006 to pursue acting He also enrolled in the summer program at the Esper Studio in New York in 2008 His first project was a short film called Small Killing 2008 that was filmed and aired in South Africa Bjorn got his first US break on a project called Generation Kill 2008 an HBO original 7 part miniseries about the 1st Recon Marine Battallion that was sent in during the first phase of the war in Iraq He portrayed Cpl Michael Stinetorf in all 7 episodes Since then he has worked on the made for TV movie Natalie Holloway 2009 which aired on USA and The Philanthropist 2009 which aired on NBC