33 Facts About Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu has been a successful actor in many movies such as Run Lola Run, Das Experiment, The Baader Meinhof Complex, and Elementary Particles.

Moritz Bleibtreu was born in 1971 and was raised in the St Georg district of Hamburg.

Renato Attilio Bleibtreu is Moritz's grandfather and is a well-known writer.

The Bleibtreustrasse, a street in Berlin, was originally named after Georg Bleibtreu who was a battle painter and a distant ancestor of Moritz.

Moritz Bleibtreu's career continued to grow as he got a role in Boldt's, I Had a Dream, and then in 1986 in, With My Hot Tears, a television series that he acted in with his mother.

Moritz Bleibtreu grew up attending the Jahnschule, which is known as the Ida-Ehre-School in Hamburg-Harvestehude.

Moritz Bleibtreu obtained his secondary school certificate in the eleventh grade while attending the school.

Moritz Bleibtreu then began to not attend the school anymore after obtaining his certificate.

Moritz Bleibtreu then moved to Paris to work as an Au-Pair for almost two years.

Moritz Bleibtreu then moved to Italy afterwards for a year and then on to New York.

Moritz Bleibtreu was not offered a job in his audition at the Actors Studio, but he was able to get on as a factotum, which let him observe the actors' rehearsals.

Moritz Bleibtreu had a son in November 2008 with his ex-wife Annika in Reinbek, Germany.

Moritz Bleibtreu married Saskia de Tschaschell in Reinbek at the Maria-Magdelenen Church on 21 July 2022.

At the age of 21 and after 4 years of studying abroad, Moritz Bleibtreu continued his career by working at the Thalia Theater and the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Germany.

Moritz Bleibtreu starred in a romantic comedy called Talk of the Town.

Moritz Bleibtreu played the role of Karl, a homosexual naive carpenter.

Moritz Bleibtreu said, "cinema is an active form of watching, while television is a passive one".

Moritz Bleibtreu has worked in many well-known films such as Run Lola Run, Knockin' on Heaven's Door, The Baader Meinhof Complex, and The Experiment.

Moritz Bleibtreu worked on many other films such as Solino, im Juli, Chiko, and Soul Kitchen in which he worked with filmmaker Fatih Akin.

Moritz Bleibtreu won the German Film Award for best leading actor in the films im Juli and The Experiment.

Moritz Bleibtreu was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actor in 2006 for his role in Elementary Particles directed by Oskar Roehler.

Moritz Bleibtreu enjoys taking smaller supporting roles in international co-productions.

Moritz Bleibtreu started acting in the ZDF crime series called Schuld.

Moritz Bleibtreu played the role of Friedrich Kronberg, a criminal defense lawyer, for three seasons.

Moritz Bleibtreu played a main role in the musical adaptation, "I've Never Been to New York", which was first shown in cinemas in Germany in October 2019.

Moritz Bleibtreu worked alongside a couple other famous actors and actresses such as Katharina Thalbach, Heike Makatsch, and Uwe Ochsenknecht in movies such as I've Never Been to New York and Love Your Neighbour.

Moritz Bleibtreu then began his journey as a director in September 2020 with his film "Cortex".

Moritz Bleibtreu premiered his film at the Hamburg Film Festival in October 2020.

Moritz Bleibtreu began his career in directing in 2019 with his film Cortex which released in theaters on 22 October 2020.

Moritz Bleibtreu said, in an interview with the German Films Quarterly, that the film was "very personal to him" as he directed the psychological thriller.

Moritz Bleibtreu said that "directing was not an escape from acting, but rather just another challenge for his journey".

German film critic, Christopher Diekhaus, said in a review that "Moritz Bleibtreu finds his own way to challenge and captivate the audience".

Moritz Bleibtreu says it "creates an abysmal pull and makes you want to watch it several times to better understand the dance between dream and reality".