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Grimme-Preis award winner, Matthias Schweighöfer, is one of Germany's most successful actors and is quickly becoming an international phenomenon.
Schweighöfer was most recently seen in Christopher Nolan's film, "Oppenheimer," Netflix's "Heart of Stone" opposite Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan and "The Swimmers" for director Sally El Hosaini. Upcoming, Schweighöfer will be seen in Netflix's "Family Switch" opposite Jennifer Garner and "Girl You Know It's True," a film based on the incredible story of the R&B duo Milli Vanilli.
A talented multi-hyphenate, Schweighöfer also discovered his love for being behind the camera and has gone on to direct multiple projects. In addition, he founded his production company, Pantaleon Film, with his producing partner Dan Maag which continues to be one of Germany's preeminent production companies.
Born behind the Berlin wall, Schweighöfer's last 10 films have all reached #1 at the German Box office. He is best known for his films "Der Geilste Tag," "Der Nanny," "100 Dinge" and "Vaterfreuden," and his first English speaking role and international film, "Valkyrie" alongside Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh.
Schweighöfer has continued working on international projects and produced, directed and stared in the first German-language Amazon Original Series "You Are Wanted." The series launched in over 200 countries and in 6 different languages. He also starred in and produced "Resistance" for IFC Films which also stars Jessie Eisenberg, Ed Harris and Edgar Ramirez.
Most recently, Schweighöfer Directed, Produced, and Starred in "Army of Thieves," the prequel Zack Snyder's "Army of the Dead," in which he also starred in. "Army of the Dead" was viewed in over 72 million households and quickly became one of Netflix's most viewed film of all time, and "Army of Thieves" became the Number 1 film on Netflix in 90-plus countries during its first week.- Actor
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Florian David Fitz was born on 20 November 1974 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Jesus Loves Me (2012), The Most Beautiful Day (2016) and Oskars Kleid (2022).- Actor
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Moritz Bleibtreu is a German actor born on August 13, 1971 in Munich growing up in Hamburg. He first appears in children's television series Neues aus Uhlenbusch (1977) at the age of six. His breakthrough was the role called "Abdul" in the movie Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997). He also became internationally known for his work on Run Lola Run (1998), The Experiment (2001) and World War Z (2013). In Germany, He is well known for the classic stoner-movie called Lammbock (2001) in which he plays the leading role. He speaks fluent German, English, French and Italian and is the son of Austrian actors Hans Brenner and Monica Bleibtreu.- Actor
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Alexander Fehling was born on 29 March 1981 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), Labyrinth of Lies (2014) and Homeland (2011).- Actor
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Benno Fürmann was born on 17 January 1972 in Berlin, Germany and worked as a waiter, bouncer and drifter before attending acting lessons at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. After returning to Germany, he played several minor parts in movie and television projects until his breakthrough performance in Die Bubi Scholz Story (1998). In recent years, he appeared in critically acclaimed TV movies (Wolfsburg (2003)) as well as international productions such as Joyeux Noel (2005).- Actor
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Kostja Ullmann was born on 30 May 1984 in Hamburg, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Summer Storm (2004), A Most Wanted Man (2014) and Verfolgt (2006).- Actor
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Elyas M'Barek was born on 29 May 1982 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor, known for Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), Who Am I (2014) and The Wave (2008).- Actor
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Max Riemelt was born on 7 January 1984 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for Before the Fall (2004), Free Fall (2013) and Berlin Syndrome (2017).- Actor
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Jürgen Vogel was born on 29 April 1968 in Hamburg, West Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for The Wave (2008), Der freie Wille (2006) and Life is All You Get (1997).- Actor
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Oliver Bootz was born on 23 July 1971 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Unter uns (1994) and S.O.S. Barracuda (1997).- Felix Klare was born on 12 October 1978 in Heidelberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Unschuldig (2018), Tatort (1970) and Weil du mir gehörst (2019). He is married to Zora Thiessen. They have four children.
- Heiko Ruprecht was born in 1972 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Der Bergdoktor (2008), Mein Bruder, der Vampir (2001) and Morden im Norden (2012).
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Hardy Krüger Jr. (born 9 May 1968, Lugano, Switzerland) is a second generation German actor. He is the son of actor-writer Hardy Krüger and the Italian painter Francesca Marazzi. Shortly after his birth, his father took his wife and son to Tanzania to live on the farm which had served as the backdrop for the film Hatari!, in which Krüger senior had appeared. Krüger Jr. attended an international school in Germany and in 1989 he took acting classes in Los Angeles and acted in a few US television shows.
After graduating in 1991, he began his professional acting career in Germany with an appearance in the ARD series Nicht von schlechten Eltern and landing the coveted lead role in Gegen den Wind.
Kruger has since appeared in quite a few international productions such as Du gehörst mir! (France, 1999), Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar (France, 1999) and Roger Young's Dracula. He also garnered a lead role in the 2004 film "Stauffenberg", which was awarded the Deutscher Fernsehpreis for Best Film.
In May 2006, he first appeared as the replacement for Christian Wolff in ZDF's very popular TV series, Forsthaus Falkenau, in which he now plays the lead role of the forester Stefan Leitner.
He is a UNICEF ambassador against child prostitution, a role for which he was rewarded by Kinderlachen with the "Kind-Award 2006". He has also become a patron of the charity "TukTuk-Tour" from Asia to Europe. He also accompanied Bundesminister Sigmar Gabriel on the creation of the Naturallianz by the CBD-COP9.- Actor
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Born in Munich in 1969, Gedeon was raised bilingual (English & German). He was sent to boarding school in England at the age of 8 and transferred to American high school at the age of 12. Gedeon starred in his first movie (Aunt Maria) when he was 10, his second lead role followed one year later in the American / German co-production Blood and Honor (3 part mini series) as Hartmut Keller. By demand of the American and German Producers each scene was shot once in English and once in German, due to his bilingual upbringing, Gedeon was the only actor who did not have to be dubbed in either version.
Gedeon continuously worked in various projects during school vacations until he dropped out of high school after 11th grade. At this time he concentrated on training for 2 years, attending musical school and taking speech and acting classes on the side.
In 1988 Gedeon starred, next to Tony Curtis and Birol Head On by Fathi Akin), in the motion Picture Welcome to Germany which marked the beginning of his career as a grownup. Since then Gedeon has acted in numerous films, including Acting it Out (German film award/ Movie and Bavarian Film award/Actor) by acclaimed German director Wortman, Silence like Glass by Carl Schenkel and Making Up (Student Academy Award USA/German Film Award) by Katja von Garnier. He also starred in the internationally successful television series Detectiv Rex (sold to over 140 territories) and Kobra 11 (Action series, sold to over 120 territories).
in 2006 Gedeon portrayed Henry Neumann, a Jewish boxer trapped in a boxcar with his family on the way to Auschwitz, in the motion picture The last Train. This challenging part, it seems, was the perfect preparation for the biggest opportunity in his career to date, the part of the Jewish Basterd (Will Wicky) in Quentin Tarantino's new movie Inglorious Basterds.- Actor
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Philippe Brenninkmeyer was born in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Mad Men (2007), Super Troopers (2001) and Reasonable Doubt (2014). He is married to Tara Lynn Orr.- Actor
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Hendrik Duryn was born on 8 October 1967 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Der Lehrer (2009), Alarm für Cobra 11 - Einsatz für Team 2 (2003) and Einmal Bulle, immer Bulle (2004).- Camera and Electrical Department
Tom Beck is known for The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003), The Benson Interruption (2010) and Cher: Live in Concert from Las Vegas (1999).- Kai Schumann was born on 28 July 1976 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Midlife Crisis (2009), Tatort (1970) and The Einstein of Sex (1999).
- Roy Peter Link was born on 9 June 1982 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for In aller Freundschaft (1998), Anna (2008) and In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte (2015).