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Til Schweiger

Weitere Namen
Tilman Valentin Schweiger (Geburtsname)
Date of Birth
12/19/1963 - 12:00
Geburtsort
Freiburg im Breisgau
Biography

Til Schweiger was born December 12, 1963 in Freiburg. He began to study medicine in Cologne, but quit soon. After studying German and working as a waiter and discjockey he decided to become an actor. Three years of actor's training at the school of the theatre "Der Keller" in Cologne followed, then he first played in Bonn at "Contra-Kreis-Theater".

From 1991 on Schweiger played Jo Zenker in the TV-Series "Lindenstraße" – a role which made him popular despite its sporadic appearances. Then Schweiger was discovered by Bernd Eichinger who casted him for his action comedy "Manta, Manta", followed by his second role in a feature film: as amateur boxer Rudy in "Ebbies Bluff" (1993) he was awarded Max Ophüls Price for best young actor. From 1994 on he played the assistant to Hannelore Elsner in the TV crime series "Die Kommissarin".

The huge success of Sönke Wortmann's comedy "Der bewegte Mann" ("Maybe, maybe not", 1994) after the cartoon by Ralf König, in which Schweiger played the heterosexual Axel in homoerotic turbulences made him a real star and also a sex symbol. In the following years he played in Lars Becker's "Bunte Hunde" ("The Break", 1995) and Detlev Buck's "Männerpension" ("Jailbirds", 1996). In spring 1996 he founded the production company "Mr. Brown Entertainment" together with Thomas Zickler and André Hennicke. Their first feature film was the crime comedy "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (1997) by newcomer director Thomas Jahn which turned out to be an enormous success.

In the following years Schweiger was also seen in international productions like "Bastard" with John Hurt and in a small role as a killer in "The Replacement Killers" by Antoine Fuqua. His debut as a director followed in 1998 with the comedy "Der Eisbär" ("The Polar Bear", 1998) about two killers in trouble – one of them played by Schweiger.

Besides his roles in German films as different as "Der große Bagarozy" ("The Great Bagarozy", 1999), "Bang Boom Bang" (1999), "Agnes und seine Brüder" ("Agnes and his Brothers", 2004), "Wo ist Fred" ("Where is Fred?", 2006) and "Far Cry" (2008) Schweiger played more and more roles in American films like "Driven" (2001), "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" (2002) or "King Arthur" (2003). His next film as director was the romantic comedy "Barfuß" (2005). Again he played a main role alongside Johanna Wokalek.

With the romantic comedy "KeinOhrHasen" ("Rabbit Without Ears", 2007) that again saw him as director, producer, author, and leading actor, Schweiger celebrated a huge box office success in 2007: The film about a cynical gossip reporter who falls in love with a sensitive kindergarten teacher (Nora Tschirner), attracted more than six million viewers to the movie theatres.

In late 2008, the star-studded knight movie parody "1 ½ Ritter – Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde" ("1 ½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde"), Schweiger's fourth film as a director, opened in German theatres. At the same time, Schweiger starred in Quentin Tarantino's war film "Inglorious Bastards" that opened in cinemas in 2009.

Again with himself and Nora Tschirner in the leading roles he directed the sequel to "Keinohrhasen" in 2009: "Zweiohrküken" ("Rabbit Without Ears 2"). In the same year he was part of the ensemble of "Männerherzen" ("Men in the City"), directed by Simon Verhoeven. His next work as director was the comedy "Kokowääh", once again with himself but also with his little daughter Emma Tiger in the leading roles.

The same year, he had a supporting role in the international co-production "Die drei Musketiere" ("The Three Musketeers"), starred in the sequel "Männerherzen... und die ganz ganz große Liebe" ("Men in the City 2") and appeared in a small part in the Hollywood production "Happy New Year". Joining a cast including Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine und Tom Hardy, he played a contract killer in the action comedy "This Means War" (US, 2012), and in the thriller "The Courier" (US, 2012), he appeared as an FBI agent opposite Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Mickey Rourke.

In the late summer of 2012, Schweiger released his seventh feature film as director: "Schutzengel" ("Guardians") tells the story of a former soldier (Schweiger), who is assigned to protect a prime witness, who is played by Schweiger's daughter Luna. Immediately after the release of "Kokowääh 2", which again featured Schweiger as director, producer and male lead, he made his debut as police detective Nick Tschiller in the "Tatort" TV franchise: Directed by Christian Alvart, "Willkommen in Hamburg" was an unusually action-packed entry in the "Tatort" series and turned to be a ratings hit.

Next, Schweiger made the titular stuffed animals of his box office hits "Keinohrhasen" and "Zweiohrküken" the protagonists of an animated feature film which he co-directed with Maya Gräfin Rothkirch: "Keinohrhase und Zweiohrküken" was released in September 2013.

Following his next turn in the "Tatort" TV series and notable cameos in Peter Thorwarth's "Nicht mein Tag" ("Not My Day", 2014) and "Muppets Most Wanted" (US 2014), Schweiger directed (and co-starred in) the box office hit "Honig im Kopf" ("Head Full of Honey"), which won the audience award at the 2015 German Film Awards.

In 2016, he returned to his role as Hamburg police detective Nick Tschiller for two more "Tatort" entries on TV, and the plot of these films was eventually continued in the theatrical release "Tschiller Off Duty". In the summer of 2016, Schweiger guest-featured in the teenager film "Conni & Co." which he also co-produced and in which his daughter Emma Tiger played the lead. "Unsere Zeit ist jetzt" (2016), an idiosyncratic blend of comedy, romance and a showbiz portrait about and with rapper Cro, saw him in a similar constellation as the producer and in a supporting role.

Schweiger returned to play a lead in the crime comedy "Vier gegen die Bank" (2016) in which Schweiger, Matthias Schweighöfer, Jan Josef Liefers and Michael Herbig form a crew of amateur crooks who want to take revenge on a scheming bank director.

As an actor he was also seen in a small role in the action movie "Atomic Blonde" (US 2017) with Charlize Theron, as a sheriff in "Bullyparade: Der Film" ("Bullyparade – The Movie", 2017) and as a an investigator of the German Federal Criminal Police Office in the action comedy "Hot Dog" (2017). As co-producer he was involved in Volker Schlöndorff's "Rückkehr nach Montauk" ("Return to Montauk", 2017).

As the director of "Conni und Co 2 - Das Geheimnis des T-Rex" (2017) Schweiger could not continue the success of the first part, but with the comedy "Klassentreffen 1.0" ("Class Reunion", 2018) he once again succeeded in making a box-office hit. "Head Full of Honey" (2018), the English-language remake of "Honig im Kopf" ("Head Full of Honey"), was supposed to establish Schweiger as a director internationally. But despite the prominent cast with Nick Nolte and Matt Dillon in the leading roles, the film received unfavourable reviews by American and British critics and was also unsuccessful at the box office.

In 2019 the episode film "Berlin, I Love You" (DE/GB) was released, for which Schweiger had directed a segment. In the same year he also started his next feature-length film, "Die Hochzeit" (Theatrical release scheduled for 2020), a sequel to "Klassentreffen 1.0".

 

Filmography
2021-2023
Das Beste kommt noch!
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Editing
  • Co-Producer
2022/2023
Manta Manta - Zwoter Teil
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
  • Co-Producer
2021/2022
Lieber Kurt
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
  • Producer
2020/2021
Die Rettung der uns bekannten Welt
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
  • Producer
2019/2020
Schw31ns7eiger: Memories - Von Anfang bis Legende
  • Producer
2019/2020
Gott, du kannst ein Arsch sein!
  • Cast
2019
Tschill Out
  • Cast
2019
Die Hochzeit
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
  • Producer
2017-2019
Berlin, I Love You
  • Director
2018
Head Full Of Honey
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • based on
  • Editing
  • Producer
2017/2018
Klassentreffen 1.0 - Die unglaubliche Reise der Silberrücken
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
  • Producer
2016/2017
Rückkehr nach Montauk
  • Co-Producer
2016/2017
Conni & Co. 2 - Das Geheimnis des T-Rex
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
  • Music (other)
  • Producer
2016/2017
Hot Dog
  • Cast
  • Screenplay
2015/2016
Vier gegen die Bank
  • Cast
2015/2016
Unsere Zeit ist jetzt
  • Cast
  • Editing
  • Producer
2015/2016
Conni & Co.
  • Cast
  • Co-Producer
2015/2016
Tschiller: Off Duty
  • Cast
  • Producer
2014-2016
Fegefeuer
  • Cast
2014-2016
Der große Schmerz
  • Cast
2014/2015
8 Sekunden - Ein Augenblick Unendlichkeit
  • Co-Producer
2014
Honig im Kopf
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
  • Producer
2013/2014
Kopfgeld
  • Cast
2013/2014
KeinOhrHasen 3
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Producer
2013
Nicht mein Tag
  • Co-Producer
2012/2013
Keinohrhase und Zweiohrküken
  • Dubbing
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • based on
  • Co-Producer
2012/2013
Grossstadtklein
  • Producer
2012/2013
Willkommen in Hamburg
  • Cast
2012/2013
Kokowääh 2
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Co-author
  • Editing
  • Producer
2011/2012
War Below Zero
  • Cast
  • Producer
2012
Schutzengel
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Co-author
  • Editing
  • Producer
2010/2011
Männerherzen...und die ganz ganz große Liebe
  • Cast
2010/2011
Die drei Musketiere
  • Cast
2010/2011
Kokowääh
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Producer
2009
Zweiohrküken
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Producer
2008/2009
Männerherzen
  • Cast
2008/2009
Wüstenblume
  • Co-Producer
2009
Inglourious Basterds
  • Cast
2007-2009
Phantomschmerz
  • Cast
  • Co-Producer
2008
1 1/2 Ritter - Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Producer
2007/2008
Far Cry
  • Cast
2006-2008
Der Rote Baron
  • Cast
2007
Keinohrhasen
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Producer
2006/2007
Der Bodyguard - Für das Leben des Feindes
  • Cast
2006/2007
One Way
  • Cast
  • Producer
2006/2007
Video Kings
  • Cast
2005/2006
Wo ist Fred!?
  • Cast
2006
Oh, wie schön ist Panama
  • Dubbing
2005/2006
Liebling, wir graben Harry aus!
  • Cast
2004/2005
Barfuss
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Editing
  • Producer
2004
Die Daltons gegen Lucky Luke
  • Cast
2004
Agnes und seine Brüder
  • Cast
2003/2004
(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1
  • Cast
2003/2004
Erbsen auf halb 6
  • Co-Producer
2002-2004
In Enemy Hands
  • Cast
2000-2002
Auf Herz und Nieren
  • Editing
  • Producer
2001/2002
Joe & Max
  • Cast
2001
Was tun, wenn's brennt?
  • Cast
2001
Uprising
  • Cast
2000
Jetzt oder nie: Zeit ist Geld
  • Cast
  • Producer
1998/1999
Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding
  • Cast
1998/1999
Der große Bagarozy
  • Cast
1998
Der Eisbär
  • Cast
  • Director
  • Producer
  • Co-Producer
1996/1997
Bastard
  • Cast
1996/1997
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
  • Cast
  • Screenplay
  • Producer
1996
Das Mädchen Rosemarie
  • Cast
1996
Die Halbstarken
  • Cast
1995/1996
Das Superweib
  • Cast
1995/1996
Männerpension
  • Cast
1995
Schwelbrand
  • Cast
1994/1995
Bunte Hunde
  • Cast
1993
Schatten der Vergangenheit
  • Cast
1994
Lemgo
  • Cast
1994
Der bewegte Mann
  • Cast
1994
ABS Serienmäßig
  • Cast
1992/1993
Ebbies Bluff
  • Cast
1991
Manta Manta
  • Cast
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