Tino Struckmann has been involved in the personal protection business for over fifteen years. And served 10 years in the ARMY and finished his Military service as an instructor in Germany. Struckmann owns the international security firm International Special Service, Inc. He has worked as personal security for numerous celebrities including Microsoft founder Bill Gates, actor Robert DeNiro, recording artist Gloria Gaynor, model Naomi Campbell and Sir Cliff Richard. International clients have also included the Saudi Royal Family and Queen Margrethe of Denmark. His company has also provided security for the concert tours of Britney Spears, Cher, and The Rolling Stones as well as security detail for high-ranking United Nations officials. Struckmann finally made his home in Los Angeles. Here he wrote the book Stalked which was published in 2005, whereafter Tino started working with the film business as a technical consultant and soon began to appear in various TV series and films. In 2006 Tino got his big break with the lead in the WW2 film Brothers War and has negotiated 2 more feature films for 2008.

A competitive athlete since he was 18, where he competed in the California bodybuilding championship, ha later won the nationals and is very competitive. After a dare in 2000 he competed in the Iron Man Bodybuilding championship in Los Angeles only 8 month after passing the Special Forces admission test.