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Matthias Schweighöfer portrait

Matthias Schweighöfer

Acting

March 11, 1981 (45)

Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany [now Germany]

77 movies

5.9 avg

4

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...

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

as Werner Heisenberg

The Swimmers

The Swimmers

as Sven

Girl You Know It's True

Girl You Know It's True

as Frank Farian

Filmography

2020s

15 films

The Conjuring: First Communion

The Conjuring: First Communion

The Life of Wishes

The Life of Wishes

as Felix

Amrum

Amrum

as Uncle Theo

Brick

Brick

as Tim

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Amrum

Amrum

as Uncle Theo

The Most Beautiful Day

The Most Beautiful Day

as Andi

Elio

Elio

as Ambassador Tegmen (voice)

2025

6.9

Girl You Know It's True

Girl You Know It's True

as Frank Farian

Family Switch

Family Switch

as Rolf

Heart of Stone

Heart of Stone

as Jack of Hearts

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

as Werner Heisenberg

The Swimmers

The Swimmers

as Sven

Army of Thieves

Army of Thieves

as Ludwig Dieter

Hinterland

Hinterland

as Josef

Creating an Army of the Dead

Creating an Army of the Dead

as Self

Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead

as Ludwig Dieter

Resistance

Resistance

as Klaus Barbie

2010s

24 films

100 Things

100 Things

as Anton Katz

Kursk

Kursk

as Pavel Sonin

Vielmachglas

Vielmachglas

as Erik Ruge

Hot Dog

Hot Dog

as Theo Ransoff

Die Helene Fischer Show 2017

Die Helene Fischer Show 2017

as Self

Bullyparade: The Movie

Bullyparade: The Movie

Four Against the Bank

Four Against the Bank

as Max

The Most Beautiful Day

The Most Beautiful Day

as Andi

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

as Robinson Crusoe (voice)

The Manny

The Manny

as Clemens

Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched

Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched

as Prinz Charming

Male Mistakes

Male Mistakes

as Partygast

Joy of Fatherhood

Joy of Fatherhood

as Felix

Frau Ella

Frau Ella

as Sascha

Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick

Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick

as Fuchs (voice)

Kokowääh 2

Kokowääh 2

as Matthias Schweighöfer

Break Up Man

Break Up Man

as Paul Voigt

Tim Sander goes to Hollywood

Tim Sander goes to Hollywood

as self

Russendisko

Russendisko

as Wladimir Kaminer

Woman in Love

Woman in Love

as Alex Honk

Hut in the Woods

Hut in the Woods

as Matze

What a Man

What a Man

as Alex

3nity

3nity

as Christl

Friendship!

Friendship!

as Tom

2000s

35 films

12 Paces without a Head

12 Paces without a Head

as Gödeke Michels

Rabbit Without Ears 2

Rabbit Without Ears 2

as Moritz

Must Love Death

Must Love Death

as Fan 2

Night Train

Night Train

as Frankie

Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben

Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben

as Marcel Reich-Ranicki

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

as SS-Soldat im Erschießungskommando

The Architect

The Architect

as Jan Winter

The Red Baron

The Red Baron

as Baron Manfred von Richthofen

Rabbit Without Ears

Rabbit Without Ears

as Moritz

An Old Maid

An Old Maid

as Felix

Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana

as Daniel

Eight Miles High

Eight Miles High

as Rainer Langhans

Der blaue Affe

as Laurin

Lulu

Lulu

as Jack

Polly Blue Eyes

Polly Blue Eyes

as Ronald 'Ronny' Helske

The Young Schiller

The Young Schiller

as Friedrich Schiller

Happy End

Happy End

Combat 16

Combat 16

as Daniel

Off Beat

Off Beat

as Crash

Baal

Baal

as Baal

Cold Spring

Cold Spring

as Ben Lüders

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

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

as Felix

Hamlet_X

Hamlet_X

as Osric

Soloalbum

Soloalbum

as Ben

FearDotCom

FearDotCom

as Dieter Schrader

Friends of Friends

Friends of Friends

as Gregor

Nachts im Park

Nachts im Park

as Hansen

Ballett ist ausgefallen

Heart Over Head

Heart Over Head

as Dirk Bachmann

Vorspiel mit Nachspiel

Vorspiel mit Nachspiel

as Jan Quinn

Babykram ist Männersache

Babykram ist Männersache

as Malte

Kiss Me, Frog

Kiss Me, Frog

as Prinz Dietbert

Verbotenes Verlangen - Ich liebe meinen Schüler

Verbotenes Verlangen - Ich liebe meinen Schüler

as Ben Simon

3 Tage 44

as Albert

Friends

Friends

as Speedy

1990s

3 films

Spuk aus der Gruft

Spuk aus der Gruft

as Torsten

Ein Mann fällt nicht vom Himmel

as Dieter

Changing Skins

Changing Skins