Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu was born in Munich, Germany, on August 13, 1971. His parents, both born in Vienna, were also actors, Hans Brenner and, better known, Monica Bleibtreu , who has recently been seen infour minutes andSoul Kitchen , here coinciding precisely with its offspring. He grew up in Hamburg and already as a child appeared in a children’s television series, Neues aus Uhlenbusch .

He is undoubtedly a cosmopolitan man, since at only 17 years old he moved to Paris, France, where he earned a living working as an “au pair” in the home that welcomed him, helping with domestic chores. There he began to train as an actor, completing studies later in Rome and New York. He never kept good memories of the classes in the latter city at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, he thought that the students were treated inhumanely. It would be in 1992 when he would take his first steps on stage, at the Hamburg Theater. As of 1994 he would be regularly required for series and telefilms in his country, and in 1995 he is in a moderately popular movie, the comedy Everybody Loves Someone Sometime . His first work with international repercussion is the vitalistaKnockin’on Heaven’s Door ( Thomas Jahn , 1997), a film about terminally ill patients where he gives life to the Arab Abdul, an exotic role for which his unique and beautiful features fit; At the same time, he is very popular on the small screen thanks to his character as Klaus Winkelmann in the Die Gang series . And, add on and on, the following year he’s in the limelight again as Franka Potente ‘s clumsy boyfriend in the fast-pacedRun Lola Run ( Tom Tykwer ). Then came the inevitable call from Hollywood for a small role, so he shot in English alongside Cameron Díaz the not-so-memorableThe Invisible Circus ( Adam Brooks , 1999).

does a great job onThe Experiment (2001), Oliver Hirschbiegel ‘s prison dramawhere the prisoners are little more than human guinea pigs to study asocial behaviors. It would mean his first nomination for European awards; It is the same year that he does under the orders of the Hungarian István Szabó Taking Sides . In addition, the prestigious director of Turkish origin Fatih Akin chose him for Im Juli (2000) and Solino (2002), so it is not surprising that he met his mother in 2009 in Soul Kitchen . The truth is that he likes to film in German working in Germany, although if he calls you a certain Steven Spielbergto be in a film whose title alludes to your hometown, you have no doubts and, indeed, Bleibtreu signed up forMunich (2005), about the Israeli secret services in the 1970s.

2006 gives him a prize at the Berlin Festival, for best actor. Occurs in the singular dramaElementary particles , where he coincides again with Franka Potente. All-terrain actor, he works in French cinema – the adventures ofThe chosen one (2006) – and the Italian – the Taviani brothers and the Armenian genocide inThe destiny of Nunik (2007)–. InAn intelligence game (2007) stars in a sharp criticism of the frivolity of the world of television; the same year that she works under the command of Paul Schrader , and together with a Hollywood legend like Lauren Bacall , inThe Walker . And he is a very convincing terrorist in the very realistic, almost documentaryRAF Red Army Faction (2008); about this role he commented: “Regardless of how Andreas Baader is viewed from a moral point of view, it cannot be denied that he has become a mythical figure. And, as such, he continues to haunt the collective subconscious of German society. People project his desires, hostilities and anxieties onto this character.”

His composition of Kestner, Goethe’s rival in love, in the biopic of the great writer gives an idea of ​​his versatilityGoethe! ( Philipp Stölzl , 2010), since his shy character contrasts with other compositions that we have seen; not to mention a hateful historical figure like Joseph Goebbels in Jud Süss – Film ohne Gewissen (2010). Now he has just shot under the orders of Fernando Meirelles , with a very international cast, 360 , a revisiting ofThe round , the masterpiece of Max Ophüls .

Jealous of his private life, there has been speculation about a possible marriage with his girlfriend Anika, with whom he had a son, David, in 2008.