Carlo Ljubek was born as a son of Croatian migrants in Bocholt, Germany.
He graduated after his actor's training 2002 in Munich, Germany at the Otto-Falckenberg-School.
At the intimate theatre of Munich (Münchner Kammerspiele), which is affiliated to the school he performed among other plays in Shakespeares What You Will.
Since summer 2007 he is employed at the playhouse Cologne (Kölner Schauspiel), where he was very successfully seen as Siegfried (Nibelungen saga) and Jason ("The Golden Fleece").
After a few appearances on German TV he further played in movie productions, such as Sherry Hormans "Guys and Balls" or Stefan Komandarev's "The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner" (based on the novel of Ilija Trojanow) He is married to the actress Maja Schöne and they have a daughter.