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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthias Schweighöfer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027The Conjuring: First Communion
• Vanished — Alex Durand
• 2025Amrum — Uncle Theo
• 2025Brick — Tim
• 2025Elio — Ambassador Tegmen (voice)
• 2025The Life of Wishes — Felix, Producer
• 2023Family Switch — Rolf
• 2023Girl You Know It's True — Frank Farian
• 2023Heart of Stone — Jack of Hearts
• 2023Oppenheimer — Werner Heisenberg
• 2022The Swimmers — Sven
• 2021Army of Thieves — Ludwig Dieter, Producer, Director
• 2021Army of the Dead — Ludwig Dieter
• 2021Hinterland — Josef
• 2020Resistance — Klaus Barbie, Producer
• 2020Takeover — Producer
• 2018100 Things — Anton Katz, Producer
• 2018Hot Dog — Theo Ransoff, Producer
• 2018Kursk — Pavel Sonin
• 2018Vielmachglas — Erik Ruge, Producer
• 2017Bullyparade: The Movie
• You Are Wanted — Lukas Franke, Director
• 2016Four Against the Bank — Max
• 2016Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher — Producer
• 2016Robinson Crusoe — Robinson Crusoe (voice)
• 2016The Most Beautiful Day — Andi, Producer
• 2015Highway to Hellas — Producer
• 2015The Manny — Clemens, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2014Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched — Prinz Charming
• 2014Joy of Fatherhood — Felix, Director
• 2014Male Mistakes — Partygast
• 2013Break Up Man — Paul Voigt, Director, Producer
• Circus Halligalli
• 2013Frau Ella — Sascha, Producer
• 2013Kokowääh 2 — Matthias Schweighöfer
• 2013Rabbit Without Ears and Two-Eared Chick — Fuchs (voice)
• 2012Russendisko — Wladimir Kaminer
• 1Live Talk mit Frau Heinrich
• Hunderter Bus Zwei Gespräche auf einer Linie
• 2011Hut in the Woods — Matze
• 2011What a Man — Alex, Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2011Woman in Love — Alex Honk
• 20103nity — Christl
• 2010Friendship! — Tom
• 200912 Paces without a Head — Gödeke Michels
• 2009Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben — Marcel Reich-Ranicki
• 2009Must Love Death — Fan 2
• 2009Night Train — Frankie
• 2009Rabbit Without Ears 2 — Moritz
• 2008The Architect — Jan Winter
• 2008The Red Baron — Baron Manfred von Richthofen
• 2008Valkyrie — SS-Soldat im Erschießungskommando
• 2007An Old Maid — Felix
• 2007Eight Miles High — Rainer Langhans
• 2007Fata Morgana — Daniel
• 2007Rabbit Without Ears — Moritz
• 2006Der blaue Affe — Laurin
• 2006Lulu — Jack
• 2005Combat 16 — Daniel
• 2005Happy End
• 2005Polly Blue Eyes — Ronald 'Ronny' Helske
• 2005The Young Schiller — Friedrich Schiller
• 2004Baal — Baal
• 2004Cold Spring — Ben Lüders
• 2004Off Beat — Crash
• 2003Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt — Felix
• 2003Hamlet_X — Osric
• 2003Soloalbum — Ben
• 2002Ballett ist ausgefallen
• 2002FearDotCom — Dieter Schrader
• 2002Friends of Friends — Gregor
• 2002Nachts im Park — Hansen
• 2001Babykram ist Männersache — Malte
• 2001Heart Over Head — Dirk Bachmann
• 2001Vorspiel mit Nachspiel — Jan Quinn
• 20003 Tage 44 — Albert
• 2000Forbidden Desire - I Love My Student — Ben Simon
• 2000Friends — Speedy
• 2000Kiss Me, Frog — Prinz Dietbert
• Spuk im Reich der Schatten — Torsten
• 1998Ein Mann fällt nicht vom Himmel — Dieter
• Siska — Benny Daum, Sebastian Freese
• 1998Spuk aus der Gruft — Torsten
• 1997Changing Skins
• Dr. Stefan Frank - Der Arzt, dem die Frauen vertrauen — Ingo Taschke
• Ärzte
• Polizeiruf 110 — Daniel Cross
• Scene of the Crime — Jacky Bräutigam, Balthasar Staupen
• Bike Me Up — Berlin Segment, Director
• Go West — Director, Producer
• I AM AI — Producer
• Mister
• Play Dead

Appearances as themselves (44)

• Experte für alles — Self
• 2021Creating an Army of the Dead — Self
• Wer stiehlt mir die Show? — Self
• ZDF Magazin Royale — Self (archive footage)
• Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Late Night Berlin — Self
• Weihnachten mit Joko & Klaas — Self
• 2017Die Helene Fischer Show 2017 — Self
• Die beste Show der Welt — Self
• Teamwork — Himself
• Back to School – Gottschalks großes Klassentreffen — himself
• Quizduell — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Im Leben von … — Self
• 2012Tim Sander goes to Hollywood — self
• Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell — Self
• Granaten wie wir — Self
• Markus Lanz — Self
• Dickes B — Self
• Inas Nacht — Self
• Krömer - Die internationale Show — Self
• Sarah Kuttner – Die Show — self - guest, self - segment
• Beckmann — Self
• Deutscher Fernsehpreis — Self
• TV total — Self
• Volle Kanne — Self
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• Taff — self
• Tietjen und Bommes — Self
• Zimmer frei! — Self
• Goldene Henne — Self
• Morgenmagazin — Self
• DAS! — Self
• Romy Award — Self
• ZDF-Mittagsmagazin — Self
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Bavarian Film Awards — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• Kölner Treff — Self
• Grimme Award — Self
• Bambi — Self