Lars Eidinger, born 1976, attended actor"s training at Berlin"s Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch from 1995 to 1999. He performed at Berlin"s Deutsches Theater already during his time at drama school in the theatre season 1997/98. After his graduation, Eidinger became a cast member of Berlin"s Schaubühne. To date, he remains a member of the cast. At Schaubühne, Eidinger appeared in a number of modern classic plays like "Hamlet", "A Streetcar named Desire", or "A Doll’s House".

After a minor role in the TV series "Berlin Berlin" in 2003, Lars Eidinger occasionally starred in smaller movie and TV roles. In 2009, he caused a stir with his first leading role on the movie screen in Maren Ade"s award-winning relationship drama "Alle Anderen" ("Everyone Else"). He got another leading role in Stefan Kornatz" lauded TV feature film "Verhältnisse", starring alongside Devid Striesow, Nicolette Krebitz and Anna Schudt. In 2011, he appeared in four releases: In the Dutch production "Code Blue", the drama "Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden", the apocalyptic thriller "Hell" and in Hendrik Handloegten"s "Das Fenster zum Sommer".