
Matthias Schweighöfer
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 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.…
Filmography

Happy End
2005 · 9.0
Ballett ist ausgefallen
2002 · 9.0

Oppenheimer
2023 · 8.0

Siska
1998 · 8.0

Spuk aus der Gruft
1998 · 8.0

Vorspiel mit Nachspiel
2001 · 7.7

Nachts im Park
2002 · 7.7

The Swimmers
2022 · 7.4

Girl You Know It's True
2023 · 7.4

Amrum
2025 · 7.2

Hut in the Woods
2011 · 7.1

The Most Beautiful Day
2016 · 7.0

Resistance
2020 · 7.0
3 Tage 44
2000 · 7.0

Valkyrie
2008 · 7.0

Elio
2025 · 6.9

Polly Blue Eyes
2005 · 6.8

Army of Thieves
2021 · 6.8

Vanished
2026 · 6.7

The Red Baron
2008 · 6.7

Heart of Stone
2023 · 6.7

Kursk
2018 · 6.6

100 Things
2018 · 6.6

An Old Maid
2007 · 6.5

Heart Over Head
2001 · 6.5

Frau Ella
2013 · 6.5

Family Switch
2023 · 6.4

Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt
2003 · 6.3

Friendship!
2010 · 6.3

The Manny
2015 · 6.3

Off Beat
2004 · 6.2

Scene of the Crime
1970 · 6.2

Polizeiruf 110
1971 · 6.2

Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched
2014 · 6.2

Fata Morgana
2007 · 6.2

Eight Miles High
2007 · 6.2

Hinterland
2021 · 6.2

Kiss Me, Frog
2000 · 6.2

Combat 16
2005 · 6.2

You Are Wanted
2017 · 6.2

Army of the Dead
2021 · 6.2

Rabbit Without Ears
2007 · 6.1

Joy of Fatherhood
2014 · 6.1

Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben
2009 · 6.1

Circus Halligalli
2013 · 6.1

Male Mistakes
2014 · 6.0

Kokowääh 2
2013 · 6.0

Four Against the Bank
2016 · 5.9

Break Up Man
2013 · 5.9

Woman in Love
2011 · 5.9

12 Paces without a Head
2009 · 5.9

Vielmachglas
2018 · 5.9

Robinson Crusoe
2016 · 5.8

Friends
2000 · 5.8

Friends of Friends
2002 · 5.8

Changing Skins
1997 · 5.8

Brick
2025 · 5.8

Rabbit Without Ears 2
2009 · 5.8

3nity
2010 · 5.7

Night Train
2009 · 5.6

Hot Dog
2018 · 5.6

Soloalbum
2003 · 5.5

Babykram ist Männersache
2001 · 5.5

Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick
2013 · 5.5

The Life of Wishes
2025 · 5.4

Russendisko
2012 · 5.4

What a Man
2011 · 5.3

The Architect
2008 · 5.3

Bullyparade: The Movie
2017 · 5.3

The Young Schiller
2005 · 4.8

Hamlet_X
2003 · 4.8
Der blaue Affe
2006 · 4.5

Cold Spring
2004 · 4.2

Lulu
2006 · 4.0

FearDotCom
2002 · 3.9

Must Love Death
2009 · 3.9

Ärzte
1994 · 3.7
Ein Mann fällt nicht vom Himmel
1998 · 3.7

Dr. Stefan Frank - Der Arzt, dem die Frauen vertrauen
1995 · 1.0
1Live Talk mit Frau Heinrich
2011 · 0.0
Hunderter Bus Zwei Gespräche auf einer Linie
2011 · 0.0

The Conjuring: First Communion
2027 · 0.0

Spuk im Reich der Schatten
2000 · 0.0
Bike Me Up
— · 0.0

Mister
— · 0.0
Play Dead
— · 0.0