After graduating from high school in Munich he studied performing arts at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. Austria. He is also known for roles in: The Reader (2008), Female Agents (2008), The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) as Stefan Aust, The Red Baron (2008) as Oberleutnant Lothar Freiherr von Richthofen, Young Goethe in Love (2010) and Nanga Parbat (2010). Bruch has five siblings and lives in Munich.