Versatile Swedish actor of films, stage and television, Christian Magdu was raised from the age of three in Sweden, after his family migrated from Romania. His mother, Carmen, is a physical education teacher and his father, Marian, a doctor; he has a sister, Dalila, living in England. He attended high school in the town of Skövde, Sweden, where he began training as an actor with the famous director, playwright and acting coach, Leif Olson. From there he went on to attend a theatre school in Goth
