Early life and education

Hermann was born in New York City to German parents but moved to Germany when he was 2 months old. He lived in Germany until he was 10, and did not learn English until he returned to the United States.

Career

Hermann had brief stints on a variety of television shows that include the soap opera, Guiding Light (1997-1998), the ABC Family show, Beautiful People (2006) and the Lifetime original series, Angela's Eyes (2006). Since 2002 he has had a recurring role as Trevor Langan, a defense attorney on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

He has made appearances in several commercials, such as the anti-tobacco "Fair Enough" ads. In 2006, he starred as Jeremy Glick in the feature film, United 93.

Hermann was in the Broadway premiere of Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio, starring Liev Schreiber, and featuring fellow Law & Order: Special Victims Unit cast member Stephanie March. It began performances on February 15, 2007, in preparation for a March 11 opening; its final Broadway performance was on June 24, 2007.

He also guested on 30 Rock during its first season, and starred in ABC's mid-season replacement series, Cashmere Mafia, as Davis Draper. As of 2011 he appears in the Broadway play War Horse.

Personal life

While appearing on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Hermann met lead actress, Mariska Hargitay, whom he married on August 28, 2004, in Santa Barbara, California. They have a son, August Miklos Friedrich Hermann, who was born on June 28, 2006. Hargitay and Hermann adopted a baby girl, Amaya Josephine, in April 2011. In October 2011, the couple adopted a baby boy, Andrew Nicolas Hargitay Hermann, who had been born in mid-2011.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2002	Swimfan	ER Doctor
2004	Duane Incarnate	Duane
2006	The Treatment	Steve
	United 93	Jeremy Glick
2010	Edge of Darkness	Sanderman
	Just Wright	Dr. Taylor
2011	Too Big to Fail	Christopher Cox	TV movie
2012	"Trouble with the Curve"	Greg
2013	Philomena	Pete Olsson
2013	Chinese Puzzle	John
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997-1998	Guiding Light	Dr. Michael Burke	42 episodes
1999	Get Real	David	Episodes: "Pilot", "Sexual Healing", "Passages"
2000	Law & Order	Al Goran	Episode: "Mega"
	Spin City	Ed	Episode: "Don't Get on the Bus"
2002	Hack	Mark Vincenzo	Episode: "Obsession"
2002-2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Trevor Langan	28 Episodes
2003	Sex and the City	David	Episode: "Hop, Skip and a Week"
	All My Children	Wayne Kabak	Episode: "August 22, 2003"
2005	Hope & Faith	Brent	Episode: "The Halloween Party"
2006	Beautiful People	Luke Dalton	6 episodes
	Standoff	Liam Fowler	Episode: "Shanghai'd"
	Angela's Eyes	Peter Wagner	Episode: Pilot Episode: Eyes For Windows Episode: In Your Eyes Episode: Eyes on the Prize
2007	30 Rock	Gray	Episode: "The Head and the Hair"
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Davis Draper	7 episodes
	Fringe	Grant	Episode: "The Ghost Network"
2009	Bored to Death	Gary	Episode: "The Alanon Case"
2010	The Good Wife	Judge Derek Shickel	Episode: "Hybristophilia"
2011-2012	A Gifted Man	Harrison Curtis	5 episodes
2012-2014	Blue Bloods	John "Jack" Boyle	5 Episodes
2010	White Collar	Willson Mailer	Episode: "Parting Shoots"
2013	Elementary	Detective Craig Basken	Episode: "An Unnatural Arrangement"
2015-present	Younger	Charles Brooks	Series regular

[ Source: Wikipedia ]