Portrait of Matthias Schweighöfer

Acting

Matthias Schweighöfer

Career

Active from 1998 to 2026, busiest in 2009 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
45
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Swimmers
The Swimmers
GoodWatch score72/100

Characters

6

The characters Matthias Schweighöfer played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Matthias Schweighöfer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    3.3, average 4.1
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7
  • Scare
    1.8, average 2.6
  • Nostalgia
    3.1, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Biographical Drama 4
  • Relationship Dynamics 4
  • Lighthearted 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • German Cinema 3
  • Feel-Good Movie 3
  • Dark Humor 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Quirky 2
  • Action Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Bike Me Up
Bike Me Up

as Berlin Segment

Go West
Go West

Director, Producer

I AM AI
I AM AI

Producer

2020s

15 titles · average score 60
Vanished
Vanished (2026)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Alex Durand

Brick
Brick (2025)
GoodWatch score 47

as Tim

The Life of Wishes
The Life of Wishes (2025)
GoodWatch score 50

as Felix

Girl You Know It's True
Girl You Know It's True (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

as Frank Farian

Heart of Stone
Heart of Stone (2023)
GoodWatch score 45

as Jack of Hearts

Family Switch
Family Switch (2023)
GoodWatch score 46

as Rolf

Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer (2023)
GoodWatch score 86

as Werner Heisenberg

The Swimmers
The Swimmers (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

as Sven

Army of Thieves
Army of Thieves (2021)
GoodWatch score 62

as Ludwig Dieter

Army of the Dead
Army of the Dead (2021)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ludwig Dieter

Hinterland
Hinterland (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

as Josef

Resistance
Resistance (2020)
GoodWatch score 62

as Klaus Barbie

2010s

27 titles · average score 57
100 Things
100 Things (2018)
GoodWatch score 60

as Anton Katz

Vielmachglas
Vielmachglas (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

as Erik Ruge

Hot Dog
Hot Dog (2018)
GoodWatch score 49

as Theo Ransoff

You Are Wanted
You Are Wanted (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Lukas Franke

Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe (2016)
GoodWatch score 35

as Robinson Crusoe (voice)

Four Against the Bank
Four Against the Bank (2016)
GoodWatch score 58

as Max

The Most Beautiful Day
The Most Beautiful Day (2016)
GoodWatch score 66

as Andi

The Manny
The Manny (2015)
GoodWatch score 59

as Clemens

Break Up Man
Break Up Man (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

as Paul Voigt

Woman in Love
Woman in Love (2011)
GoodWatch score 53

as Alex Honk

What a Man
What a Man (2011)
GoodWatch score 39

as Alex

Friendship!
Friendship! (2010)
GoodWatch score 63

as Tom

2000s

34 titles · average score 54
Rabbit Without Ears 2
Rabbit Without Ears 2 (2009)
GoodWatch score 54

as Moritz

12 Paces without a Head
12 Paces without a Head (2009)
GoodWatch score 56

as Gödeke Michels

Night Train
Night Train (2009)
GoodWatch score 55

as Frankie

The Red Baron
The Red Baron (2008)
GoodWatch score 35

as Baron Manfred von Richthofen

Eight Miles High
Eight Miles High (2007)
GoodWatch score 43

as Rainer Langhans

Rabbit Without Ears
Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

as Moritz

An Old Maid
An Old Maid (2007)

as Felix

The Young Schiller
The Young Schiller (2005)
GoodWatch score 56

as Friedrich Schiller

Off Beat
Off Beat (2004)
GoodWatch score 66

as Crash

Soloalbum
Soloalbum (2003)
GoodWatch score 56

as Ben

Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt
Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt (2003)
GoodWatch score 60

as Felix

Forbidden Desire - I Love My Student
Forbidden Desire - I Love My Student (2000)
GoodWatch score 54

as Ben Simon

1990s

5 titles
Spuk aus der Gruft
Spuk aus der Gruft (1998)

as Torsten

Siska
Siska (1998)

TV show · as Benny Daum / Sebastian Freese

Ein Mann fällt nicht vom Himmel
Ein Mann fällt nicht vom Himmel (1998)

as Dieter

Dr. Stefan Frank - Der Arzt, dem die Frauen vertrauen
Dr. Stefan Frank - Der Arzt, dem die Frauen vertrauen (1995)

TV show · as Ingo Taschke

Ärzte
Ärzte (1994)

TV show

1970s

2 titles · average score 64
Polizeiruf 110
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Daniel Cross

Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime (1970)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Jacky Bräutigam / Balthasar Staupen