Matthias Schweighöfer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 11 March 1981 · Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany [now Germany]
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.
Known for
Acting 80
- 2027The Conjuring: First Communion
- 2026Mister
- 2026Bike Me Up as Berlin Segment
- 2026Play Dead
- 2025The Life of Wishes as Felix
- 2025Amrum as Uncle Theo
- 2025Brick as Tim
- 2025Elio as Ambassador Tegmen (voice)
- 2023Girl You Know It's True as Frank Farian
- 2023Family Switch as Rolf
- 2023Heart of Stone as Jack of Hearts
- 2023Oppenheimer as Werner Heisenberg
- 2022The Swimmers as Sven
- 2021Army of Thieves as Ludwig Dieter
- 2021Hinterland as Josef
- 2021Creating an Army of the Dead as Self
- 2021Army of the Dead as Ludwig Dieter
- 2020Resistance as Klaus Barbie
- 2018100 Things as Anton Katz
- 2018Kursk as Pavel Sonin
- 2018Vielmachglas as Erik Ruge
- 2018Hot Dog as Theo Ransoff
- 2017Die Helene Fischer Show 2017 as Self
- 2017Bullyparade: The Movie
- 2016Four Against the Bank as Max
- 2016The Most Beautiful Day as Andi
- 2016Robinson Crusoe as Robinson Crusoe (voice)
- 2015The Manny as Clemens
- 2014Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched as Prinz Charming
- 2014Male Mistakes as Partygast
- 2014Joy of Fatherhood as Felix
- 2013Frau Ella as Sascha
- 2013Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick as Fuchs (voice)
- 2013Kokowääh 2 as Matthias Schweighöfer
- 2013Break Up Man as Paul Voigt
- 2012Tim Sander goes to Hollywood as self
- 2012Russendisko as Wladimir Kaminer
- 2011Woman in Love as Alex Honk
- 2011Hut in the Woods as Matze
- 2011What a Man as Alex
- 20103nity as Christl
- 2010Friendship! as Tom
- 200912 Paces without a Head as Gödeke Michels
- 2009Rabbit Without Ears 2 as Moritz
- 2009Must Love Death as Fan 2
- 2009Night Train as Frankie
- 2009Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben as Marcel Reich-Ranicki
- 2008Valkyrie as SS-Soldat im Erschießungskommando
- 2008The Architect as Jan Winter
- 2008The Red Baron as Baron Manfred von Richthofen
- 2007Rabbit Without Ears as Moritz
- 2007An Old Maid as Felix
- 2007Fata Morgana as Daniel
- 2007Eight Miles High as Rainer Langhans
- 2006Der blaue Affe as Laurin
- 2006Lulu as Jack
- 2005Polly Blue Eyes as Ronald 'Ronny' Helske
- 2005The Young Schiller as Friedrich Schiller
- 2005Happy End
- 2005Combat 16 as Daniel
- 2004Off Beat as Crash
- 2004Baal as Baal
- 2004Cold Spring as Ben Lüders
- 2003Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt as Felix
- 2003Hamlet_X as Osric
- 2003Soloalbum as Ben
- 2002FearDotCom as Dieter Schrader
- 2002Friends of Friends as Gregor
- 2002Nachts im Park as Hansen
- 2002Ballett ist ausgefallen
- 2001Heart Over Head as Dirk Bachmann
- 2001Vorspiel mit Nachspiel as Jan Quinn
- 2001Babykram ist Männersache as Malte
- 2000Kiss Me, Frog as Prinz Dietbert
- 2000Verbotenes Verlangen - Ich liebe meinen Schüler as Ben Simon
- 20003 Tage 44 as Albert
- 2000Friends as Speedy
- 1998Spuk aus der Gruft as Torsten
- 1998Ein Mann fällt nicht vom Himmel as Dieter
- 1997Changing Skins
Production 16
- 2026I AM AI · producer
- 2026Go West · producer
- 2025The Life of Wishes · producer
- 2021Army of Thieves · producer
- 2020Takeover · producer
- 2020Resistance · producer
- 2018100 Things · producer
- 2018Vielmachglas · producer
- 2018Hot Dog · producer
- 2016Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher · producer
- 2016The Most Beautiful Day · producer
- 2015Highway to Hellas · producer
- 2015The Manny · producer
- 2013Frau Ella · producer
- 2013Break Up Man · producer
- 2011What a Man · producer
Directing 7
- 2026Bike Me Up · director
- 2026Go West · director
- 2021Army of Thieves · director
- 2015The Manny · director
- 2014Joy of Fatherhood · director
- 2013Break Up Man · director
- 2011What a Man · director
Writing 2
- 2015The Manny · writer
- 2011What a Man · screenplay