Brandon was born in the German town of "Geislingen an der Steige" on February 18th 1971. Scholasticly Brandon excelled from an early age, completing his primary education in just three years rather than the normal four. He completed his secondary school education with majors in Business, Economics, Mathematics and honors for literature. Going on to become the the youngest accredited university student in Germany when he joined the University of Stuttgart in 1989. Brandon got his first taste for drama with a role in a school play at 7 years of age, and spent two years with the Theatre Group during his secondary school education. In 1992 he began modeling after two agencies saw him in the preliminary stages of a "Mr. Germany" competition, and would appear in a number of fashion shows, before making his print debut in an ad for the "Berliner Bank". After appearing as an extra on German TV in 1994, Rhea rapidly found himself working as an MC for fashion shows, special events, fairs and for a local radio station. He was given his first "action" role in 2000