Matthias Schweighöfer
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Matthias Schweighöfer

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

Oppenheimer
Army of the Dead
Valkyrie
Army of Thieves
Heart of Stone
Elio
Family Switch
Brick
Kursk
The Swimmers
Resistance
FearDotCom
The Conjuring: First Communion
Amrum
The Life of Wishes
Brick
Elio
Family Switch
Heart of Stone
Oppenheimer
Girl You Know It's True
The Swimmers
Army of the Dead
Army of Thieves
Hinterland
Resistance
Hot Dog
Kursk
Vielmachglas
100 Things
Bullyparade: The Movie
Four Against the Bank
The Most Beautiful Day
Robinson Crusoe
The Manny
Joy of Fatherhood
Male Mistakes
Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched
Break Up Man
Kokowääh 2
Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick
Frau Ella
Russendisko
Woman in Love
What a Man
Hut in the Woods
Friendship!
3nity
12 Paces without a Head
Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben
Rabbit Without Ears 2
Night Train
Must Love Death
Valkyrie
The Red Baron
The Architect
Eight Miles High
Rabbit Without Ears
Fata Morgana
An Old Maid
Lulu
The Young Schiller
Combat 16
Polly Blue Eyes
Happy End
Off Beat
Baal
Cold Spring
Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt
Soloalbum
Hamlet_X
Nachts im Park
Friends of Friends
FearDotCom
Heart Over Head
Babykram ist Männersache
Vorspiel mit Nachspiel
Forbidden Desire - I Love My Student
Kiss Me, Frog
Friends
Spuk aus der Gruft
Changing Skins
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