Moritz Bleibtreu
Moritz Bleibtreu Johann ( born August 13, 1971 in Munich) is a German actor.
Life
Bleibtreu is the son of actors Monica Bleibtreu Austrian (1944-2009) and Hans Brenner (1938-1998) and a grandson of Renato Attilio Bleibtreu. His great-great aunt was the actress Hedwig Bleibtreu. He is the half brother of actress Cilli Drexel Through his father.
Bleibtreu grew up in Hamburg -St. George on. Even as a child he stood in front of the camera, especially in the written by his mother and Rainer Boldt children's series News from Uhlenbusch with Hans -Peter Korff, who was married at the time with Monica Bleibtreu. It was followed by another role in Boldt's I had a dream, again with Korff. He had his third role in 1986 on the side of his mother in the TV miniseries with my hot tears. He left school at the Secondary school ( Gesamtschule ) in the eleventh grade - because of no-show, he received no rating. He then went to Paris, where he worked for one and a half years as an Au Pair and learned French. After another year in Italy, he went to New York where he took drama classes. He continued his career with 21 years at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg on. This was followed by roles in smaller television productions. In 1993 he played in Schulz & Schulz 5 a supporting role, which already showed his great versatility.
In the 1990s, he played some great television roles. In 1998, he decided in his favor, " not to make any more television films, because cinema is an active form of spectatorship, television, however, a passive". Especially through his movie roles in Knockin 'on Heaven 's Door, Run Lola Run, The Experiment and The Baader Meinhof Complex, he was known. The filmmaker Fatih Akın he turned the movies in July, solino, Soul Kitchen and Chiko. In 2001 he received the German Film Award for Best Actor for July and the experiment. For the lead role in Oskar Roehler's elementary, he was awarded the 2006 Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlinale. Occasionally, the actor acts in major supporting roles with international co-productions. Even in children's films Moritz Bleibtreu was to be seen, including 2004 in the Danish film The fakir.
Bleibtreu, who lives in Reinbek, was established in November 2008 Father of a boy.
The Bleibtreu Strasse in Berlin, to which it is addressed again and again in connection with his last name, is named after the battle painter Georg Bleibtreu, who is a distant ancestor.
Since early 2010, a wax figure of Bleibtreu is issued at Madame Tussauds in Berlin.
In June 2013 Bleibtreu attracted attention when he appeared with Alexandra Maria Lara, Joko winter Scheidt, Christian elms, Elyas M'Barek, Cro, Jürgen Vogel and others in a commercial for fast-food chain McDonald's. Bleibtreu justified himself by saying that he himself enables the luxury with the spot to turn small - budget films and he also the advertised product ( cheeseburger ) occasionally even consuming.
Filmography (selection)
Awards
Documentary
- As an actor born - Moritz Bleibtreu. Documentary, Germany, 2011, 43 min, written and directed by Ulrike Bremer, Production: arte, first broadcast August 26, 2012 in arte, Summary of ARD with photos.