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Matthias Schweighöfer

Matthias Schweighöfer

Actor · Born March 11, 1981 · Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany [now Germany]

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Highest rated as cast or director

Matthias Schweighöfer's 10 titles from the 2020s have a median Balasaur Score of 62, led by Girl You Know It's True (75) and The Swimmers (73), against 57 for those from the 2000s.

Biography

Matthias Schweighöfer (German: [maˈtiːasˈʃvaɪkˌhøːfɐ]; born 11 March 1981) is a German actor and filmmaker known for his work in several German and American film productions. He appeared as Lieutenant Franz Herber in the 2008 film Valkyrie. In 2021, Schweighöfer appeared in the Netflix film Army of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder, as Ludwig Dieter. He reprised his role in the prequel film, Army of Thieves, which he also directed. In 2023, he appeared as German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg in Christopher Nolan's biographical thriller  Oppenheimer, about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthias Schweighöfer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acted in 80

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. Vielmachglas

    Erik Ruge

  3. 2017
  4. 2016

    Four Against the Bank

    Max

  5. 2015

    The Manny

    Clemens

  6. 2014
  7. Male Mistakes

    Partygast

  8. Joy of Fatherhood

    Felix

  9. 2013

    Frau Ella

    Sascha

  10. Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick

    Fuchs (voice)

  11. 2012

    Russendisko

    Wladimir Kaminer

  12. 2011

    Woman in Love

    Alex Honk

  13. Hut in the Woods

    Matze

  14. 2010

    3nity

    Christl

  15. Friendship!

    Tom

2000s

  1. 2009

    12 Paces without a Head

    Gödeke Michels

  2. Must Love Death

    Fan 2

  3. Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben

    Marcel Reich-Ranicki

  4. 2008
  5. The Architect

    Jan Winter

  6. 2007
  7. Eight Miles High

    Rainer Langhans

  8. 2006

    Lulu

    Jack

  9. 2005

    Polly Blue Eyes

    Ronald 'Ronny' Helske

  10. The Young Schiller

    Friedrich Schiller

  11. Happy End

    Movie

  12. Combat 16

    Daniel

  13. 2004

    Off Beat

    Crash

  14. Baal

    Baal

  15. Cold Spring

    Ben Lüders

  16. 2003

    Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt

    Felix

  17. Hamlet_X

    Osric

  18. 2002
  19. Nachts im Park

    Hansen

  20. 2001

    Heart Over Head

    Dirk Bachmann

  21. Vorspiel mit Nachspiel

    Jan Quinn

  22. Babykram ist Männersache

    Malte

  23. 2000
  24. Spuk im Reich der Schatten

    Torsten · 4 episodes

  25. Friends

    Speedy

No release date

  1. Mister

    Movie

Produced 14

2020s

  1. 2025

    The Life of Wishes

    Producer

  2. 2021
  3. 2020

    Takeover

    Producer

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. Vielmachglas

    Producer

  3. 2016

    Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher

    Producer

  4. 2015

    Highway to Hellas

    Producer

  5. The Manny

    Producer

  6. 2013

    Frau Ella

    Producer

  7. 2011

Directed 6

2010s

  1. 2017
  2. 2015

    The Manny

    Director

  3. 2014

    Joy of Fatherhood

    Director

  4. 2013
  5. 2011

Wrote 2

2010s

  1. 2015

    The Manny

    Writer

  2. 2011
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