Matthias Schweighöfer

Matthias Schweighöfer

1981-03-11 Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany [now Germany] 95 Credits

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 is best known for his role as Lieutenant Franz Herber in the 2008 film Valkyrie. In 2021, Schweighöfer appeared as Ludwig Dieter in the Netflix film Army of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder. He reprised his role in the prequel film, Army of Thieves, which he also directed. Description above from the Wikipedia article M...

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The Life of Wishes

2025

as Felix

Acting

Felix is at an impasse in his family life and his job. His wife Bianca wants a separation, his children are moving away from him and his hair is falli...

The Life of Wishes

2025

Producer

Producing

Felix is at an impasse in his family life and his job. His wife Bianca wants a separation, his children are moving away from him and his hair is falli...

Amrum

Amrum

2025

as Theo

Acting

Amrum Island, Spring 1945. In the final days of the war, 12-year-old Nanning braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, goes fishing at night, and work...

Brick

Brick

2025

Acting

When a mysterious brick wall encloses their apartment building overnight, Tim and Olivia must unite with their wary neighbors to get out alive.

Elio

Elio

2025

as Ambassador Tegmen (voice)

6.8
Acting

Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, ...

Girl You Know It's True

Girl You Know It's True

2023

as Frank Farian

7.3
Acting

Dancers Pilatus and Morvan rise to fame in the late 80's who become stars with No.1 hits and won a Grammy. The duo never sang a word in their songs an...

Family Switch

Family Switch

2023

as Rolf

6.4
Acting

When the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to norm...

Heart of Stone

Heart of Stone

2023

as Jack of Hearts

6.8
Acting

An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable — and dangerous — weapon.

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023

as Werner Heisenberg

8.1
Acting

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

The Swimmers

The Swimmers

2022

as Sven

7.4
Acting

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use...

Army of Thieves

Army of Thieves

2021

as Ludwig Dieter

6.8
Acting

A mysterious woman recruits bank teller Ludwig Dieter to lead a group of aspiring thieves on a top-secret heist during the early stages of the zombie ...

Army of Thieves

Army of Thieves

2021

Producer, Director

6.8
Producing Directing

A mysterious woman recruits bank teller Ludwig Dieter to lead a group of aspiring thieves on a top-secret heist during the early stages of the zombie ...

Hinterland

Hinterland

2021

as Josef

6.4
Acting

Vienna, 1920. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has collapsed. Peter Perg returns home from the Great War, after years of captivity. But the Vienna he comes...

Creating an Army of the Dead

Creating an Army of the Dead

2021

as Self

6.0
Acting

Zack Snyder and his Army of the Dead team dive into the film's wild stunts, groundbreaking effects and the evolution of the zombie genre.

Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead

2021

as Ludwig Dieter

6.2
Acting

Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest...

Takeover

Takeover

2020

Producer

5.7
Producing

Two teenagers, who look exactly the same, but never met before, are changing places during holidays in a theme park.

Resistance

Resistance

2020

as Klaus Barbie

7.0
Acting

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans dur...

Resistance

Resistance

2020

Producer

7.0
Producing

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans dur...

100 Things

100 Things

2018

as Anton Katz

6.6
Acting

Best friends Toni and Paul decide to relinquish all of their belongings for 100 days, whereby they receive one of their items back on each day. During...

100 Things

100 Things

2018

Producer

6.6
Producing

Best friends Toni and Paul decide to relinquish all of their belongings for 100 days, whereby they receive one of their items back on each day. During...

Kursk

Kursk

2018

as Pavel Sonin

6.6
Acting

Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew...

Vielmachglas

Vielmachglas

2018

as Erik Ruge

5.8
Acting

Marleen is in her early 20s, works in a movie theater, still lives at home and is somehow aimless. Her parents torment her with questions about her fu...

Vielmachglas

Vielmachglas

2018

Producer

5.8
Producing

Marleen is in her early 20s, works in a movie theater, still lives at home and is somehow aimless. Her parents torment her with questions about her fu...

Hot Dog

Hot Dog

2018

as Theo Ransoff

5.5
Acting

A pair of Tactical Units Police Officers from different walks of life come together to rescue an ambassador's daughter.

Hot Dog

Hot Dog

2018

Producer

5.5
Producing

A pair of Tactical Units Police Officers from different walks of life come together to rescue an ambassador's daughter.

Die Helene Fischer Show 2017

Die Helene Fischer Show 2017

2017

as Self

Acting
Bullyparade: The Movie

Bullyparade: The Movie

2017

5.2
Acting

A multi-episode movie based on the skit TV show "bullyparade".

Four Against the Bank

Four Against the Bank

2016

as Max

5.9
Acting

After losing their respective nest eggs thanks to a bumbling bank employee, three men use him to plot a bold and batty heist to get their money back.

Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher

Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher

2016

Producer

6.9
Producing

A serial killer walks the streets of Whitechapel, London, attacking and killing women, which later came to be known as the 'Whitechapel murders' stret...

The Most Beautiful Day

The Most Beautiful Day

2016

as Andi

7.0
Acting

The overambitious pianist Andi and the more laid back Benno have one thing in common: They will both die soon. So the two of them decide to have the m...

The Most Beautiful Day

The Most Beautiful Day

2016

Producer

7.0
Producing

The overambitious pianist Andi and the more laid back Benno have one thing in common: They will both die soon. So the two of them decide to have the m...

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe

2016

as Robinson Crusoe (voice)

5.8
Acting

On a tiny exotic island, Tuesday, an outgoing parrot lives with his quirky animal friends in paradise. However, Tuesday can't stop dreaming about disc...

Highway to Hellas

Highway to Hellas

2015

Producer

5.5
Producing

The life of Jorg Geissner, a German banker, totally transforms with a visit to Paladiki Island, Greece. A business trip to check on a project called “...

The Manny

The Manny

2015

as Clemens

6.3
Acting

Young industrialist Clemens Klina doesn't have time for his children and accidentally hires a man who actually came to him, seeking revenge, as a nann...

The Manny

The Manny

2015

Director, Writer, Producer

6.3
Directing Writing Producing

Young industrialist Clemens Klina doesn't have time for his children and accidentally hires a man who actually came to him, seeking revenge, as a nann...

Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched

Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched

2014

as Prinz Charming

6.2
Acting

When robbers hit Falkenstein castle, teen witch Bibi and pal Tina hunt for the crooks, then devise a plan to save the neighbors' failing ranch.

Male Mistakes

Male Mistakes

2014

as Partygast

6.1
Acting

Daniel and Thomas are two friends who are trying to catch girls in various therapy groups.

Joy of Fatherhood

Joy of Fatherhood

2014

as Felix

6.1
Acting

A sperm donor becomes impotent - and so he searches for the woman, who got his sperm, to become a father after all...

Joy of Fatherhood

Joy of Fatherhood

2014

Director

6.1
Directing

A sperm donor becomes impotent - and so he searches for the woman, who got his sperm, to become a father after all...

Frau Ella

Frau Ella

2013

as Sascha

6.4
Acting

A young man goes on a road trip with an old lady he saves from a hospital.

Frau Ella

Frau Ella

2013

Producer

6.4
Producing

A young man goes on a road trip with an old lady he saves from a hospital.

Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick

Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick

2013

as Fuchs

5.6
Acting

The no-ear bunny can do everything just as well as the other bunnies. But because he has no ears, nobody wants to play with him. When one day an egg i...

Kokowääh 2

Kokowääh 2

2013

as Matthias Schweighöfer

6.0
Acting

Who said a patchwork family is without problems? Two years after the turbulence of Kokowääh, everyday life turns to everyday chaos…

Break Up Man

Break Up Man

2013

as Paul Voigt

5.9
Acting

BREAK UP MAN is an odd couple road movie and tells the story of Henri, who works for a break up agency in Berlin and on behalf of those who want to se...

Break Up Man

Break Up Man

2013

Director, Producer

5.9
Directing Producing

BREAK UP MAN is an odd couple road movie and tells the story of Henri, who works for a break up agency in Berlin and on behalf of those who want to se...

Tim Sander goes to Hollywood

2012

as self

Acting
Russendisko

Russendisko

2012

as Wladimir Kaminer

5.5
Acting

Three young Russian friends, who move from Moscow to Berlin in a lucky wave of emigration right after the fall of the Berlin wall. They take their cha...

Woman in Love

Woman in Love

2011

as Alex Honk

5.9
Acting

An actor's career takes a "Tootsie"-like turn when he lets himself be cast as a woman in a movie.

Hut in the Woods

Hut in the Woods

2011

as Matze

6.9
Acting

Two misfit males, one man-child, one boy, find each other, building a small cabin in the woods to create a new life. Their daily struggle for survival...

What a Man

What a Man

2011

as Alex

5.3
Acting

What a man is a comedy that tells the story of a young professor, Alex (Matthias Schweighofer), who after being left by his girlfriend Caroline (Mavie...

What a Man

What a Man

2011

Director, Screenplay, Producer

5.3
Directing Writing Producing

What a man is a comedy that tells the story of a young professor, Alex (Matthias Schweighofer), who after being left by his girlfriend Caroline (Mavie...

3nity

3nity

2010

as Christl

5.7
Acting

Hage, the Holy Spirit, is writing a musical, when Jesus returns to earth at Christmas to prepare the apocalypse. To prevent this, Hage tries to convin...

Friendship!

Friendship!

2010

as Tom

6.3
Acting

A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago. Together with his best friend, he starts the j...

12 Paces without a Head

12 Paces without a Head

2009

as Gödeke Michels

6.2
Acting

The era of the feared sea pirates Klaus Störtebeker and Gödeke Michels is coming to an end. After a long period with no booty at last a bulging ship a...

Rabbit Without Ears 2

Rabbit Without Ears 2

2009

as Moritz

5.8
Acting

Two years have passed. There is a normal life, but handsome Ludo meets his old love, and Anna is very jealous...

Must Love Death

Must Love Death

2009

as Fan 2

3.9
Acting

Disappointed by love, suicidal Norman arranges to meet some like-minded people. But when he arrives at the meeting the alleged suicides turn out to be...

Night Train

Night Train

2009

as Frankie

5.5
Acting

Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, ...

Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben

Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben

2009

as Marcel Reich-Ranicki

6.0
Acting

The film tells the early life story of Marcel Reich-Ranicki, who was born in Wloclawek, Poland in 1920. During the Third Reich, the family was in grea...

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

2008

as SS-Soldat im Erschießungskommando

6.9
Acting

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to cre...

The Architect

The Architect

2008

as Jan Winter

5.4
Acting

Accepting a prize, architect Georg Winter explains that an architect has the good fortune of measuring every completed building against the rightness ...

The Red Baron

The Red Baron

2008

as Baron Manfred von Richthofen

6.6
Acting

Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by spo...

Rabbit Without Ears

Rabbit Without Ears

2007

as Moritz

6.1
Acting

Rainbow press reporter Ludo is sentenced to 8 months, but is released on probation. But he has to work 300 hours for a local daycare center and meets ...

An Old Maid

An Old Maid

2007

as Felix

6.8
Acting

Henriette lives alone in a luxurious old apartment in Wiesbaden, which she inherited from her parents. Her everyday life is as quiet and orderly as th...

Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana

2007

as Daniel

6.3
Acting

A spontaneous trip by jeep into the Moroccan desert turns into a nightmare for the young couple, Daniel and Laura: lost in the middle of nowhere. A my...

Eight Miles High

Eight Miles High

2007

as Rainer Langhans

6.4
Acting

Achim Bornhak's movie focuses on the restless life of Uschi Obermaier, the icon of the 1968 movement in Germany and groupie. At the age of 16, Uschi i...

Der blaue Affe

2006

as Laurin

4.5
Acting

A short movie about people trying to forget about their everyday life in the Weimarer Republik. But it was not an ordinary day, it was the dark friday...

Lulu

Lulu

2006

as Jack

3.7
Acting

Everyone is addicted to Lulu. As a symbol of the seductress, she drags everyone around her into the abyss: the elderly Dr. Goll, the mediocre painter ...

Polly Blue Eyes

Polly Blue Eyes

2005

as Ronald 'Ronny' Helske

5.9
Acting
The Young Schiller

The Young Schiller

2005

as Friedrich Schiller

4.7
Acting

The young Friedrich Schiller begins his life as a poet with a dramatic escape. After the sensational success of his first drama "The Robbers", he dese...

Happy End

Happy End

2005

Acting
Combat 16

Combat 16

2005

as Daniel

6.0
Acting

16 year-old Georg is forced to leave his home in the West, which means saying goodbye to his two loves; his girlfriend, and his Taekwondo team, someth...

Off Beat

Off Beat

2004

as Crash

6.2
Acting

Traumatised paramedic looks for the woman of his dreams.

Baal

Baal

2004

as Baal

5.6
Acting

Baal, a young artist whom society regards as a genius, does not want to be monopolized by the culture and business.

Cold Spring

Cold Spring

2004

as Ben Lüders

4.7
Acting

A rebellious young woman is thrown out by her wealthy, but marbly parents and gets into a nightmare of poverty, prostitution and sickness.

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

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

2003

as Felix

6.5
Acting

The story of a group of contemporary young people, growing up in well-to-do small-town

Hamlet_X

Hamlet_X

2003

as Osric

5.0
Acting

A great mosaic, a labyrinth of scenes, dialogue splinters, interviews, portraits of people surrounding Hamlet and wanting to be part of his story.

Soloalbum

Soloalbum

2003

as Ben

5.5
Acting

Ben is a young editor for a famous german music magazine in the mid 90's. His life is falling apart after his girlfriend breaks up with him. From now ...

FearDotCom

FearDotCom

2002

as Dieter Schrader

3.7
Acting

When four bodies are discovered among the industrial decay and urban grime of New York City, brash young detective Mike Reilly teams with ambitious De...

Friends of Friends

Friends of Friends

2002

as Gregor

5.8
Acting

Dominik Graf relocates the story of the same name by Henry James from the 19th century to the year 2001.

Nachts im Park

Nachts im Park

2002

as Hansen

6.5
Acting

After the sudden death of his wife, heart surgeon Dr. Steffen Hennings becomes increasingly withdrawn. He works a lot, but he doesn't sleep. A horrifi...

Ballett ist ausgefallen

2002

Acting

The 10-year-old Elisa skips her dull ballet lessons to visit ice-cream parlor Dolomiti where teenage Holger, the object of her infatuation, works. Her...

Heart Over Head

Heart Over Head

2001

as Dirk Bachmann

6.6
Acting

Jakob, an 18-year-old boy, comes back to Frankfurt after he left after his mothers death one year ago. While trying to sort his life he meets a Polish...

Mein Vater die Tunte

Mein Vater die Tunte

2001

as Jan Quinn

9.0
Acting

A homosexual couple in Berlin, one of whom has a fervent desire to adopt, discovers that the other already has a son. They are able to track him down ...

Babykram ist Männersache

Babykram ist Männersache

2001

as Malte

4.3
Acting

Arne and his younger brother Malte run the scrapyard they inherited from their parents on the outskirts of Hamburg and live a rather disoriented exist...

Kiss Me, Frog

Kiss Me, Frog

2000

as Prinz Dietbert

5.5
Acting

Modern version of The Frog King. Out of an impulse, 15-year-old Anna kisses a frog which then turns into a prince. But the curse is not solved that ea...

Verbotenes Verlangen - Ich liebe meinen Schüler

Verbotenes Verlangen - Ich liebe meinen Schüler

2000

as Ben Simon

6.0
Acting

(Television) melodrama about an established, happily married teacher who falls in love with one of her pupils and becomes pregnant by him.

3 Tage 44

2000

as Albert

Acting

Because the war is not for him, the young soldier Albert deserts. He wants to wait out the end of World War II on his parents' farm in East Prussia. H...

Friends

Friends

2000

as Speedy

5.3
Acting

Nils, Tayfun and Caro were best friends as children. When love came along later, the friendship fell apart. Nils became a policeman and unexpectedly m...

Spuk aus der Gruft

Spuk aus der Gruft

1998

as Torsten

7.5
Acting

The young Friedrich Freiherr von Kuhlbanz died almost 300 years ago, but he is cursed beyond death. "I will not rot in my grave if I have committed th...

Ein Mann fällt nicht vom Himmel

1998

as Dieter

2.0
Acting
Changing Skins

Changing Skins

1997

6.1
Acting

Inspired by West German terrorists, two pupils kidnap a teacher in East Germany.

Bike Me Up

N/A

as Berlin Segment

Acting

Six filmmakers take part in this anthology film which cross six European cities, celebrating the locations’ relationships with cycling.

Play Dead

N/A

Acting

Described as Don’t Breathe meets 1917. Plot TBA.

Go West

N/A

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Bike Me Up

N/A

Director

Directing

Six filmmakers take part in this anthology film which cross six European cities, celebrating the locations’ relationships with cycling.