---
name: "Moritz Bleibtreu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/moritz-bleibtreu"
fi1m_id: "moritz-bleibtreu"
imdb_id: "nm0001953"
tmdb_id: 677
wikidata_id: "Q58603"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 August 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T19:50:51.961992+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Moritz Bleibtreu

## Identity

Moritz Bleibtreu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/moritz-bleibtreu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** moritz-bleibtreu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001953
- **TMDB ID:** 677
- **Wikidata ID:** Q58603
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moritz_Bleibtreu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/677

Actor. Born 13 August 1971 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 August 1971, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- **Active:** 1998–2013
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 2 Berlin prizes (2 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 72 (2), 2010s 55 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Drama 3, Thriller 3, History 2, Crime 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $697m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moritz_Bleibtreu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58603, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/677

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Munich*](https://film.one/film/munich.md) (80), [*The Baader Meinhof Complex*](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) (65)
- **Disney+:** [*Run Lola Run*](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Moritz Bleibtreu

> Moritz Bleibtreu makes volatile men engaging company, and we value his ability to matter without dominating a film. *Run Lola Run* uses that quality well; his broader playing elsewhere can push a character towards caricature.

In *Run Lola Run* (1998), Moritz Bleibtreu is the man Franka Potente needs to reach. Tom Tykwer gives Lola and Manni little time to establish themselves as a couple, but their relationship is credible enough to make the running matter. We were anxious for Lola: Potente made reaching Bleibtreu’s Manni feel urgent, despite all the editing tricks. The credit there belongs chiefly to her, and there is no need to pretend otherwise. Bleibtreu helps make a quickly sketched relationship sufficient for a whole thriller.

His breakthrough came as the gangster Abdul in *Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door* (1997), with *Run Lola Run* bringing international attention the following year. The physically demanding role of prisoner Tarek Fahd in *Das Experiment* (2001) made further use of his intensity. In *Soul Kitchen* (2009), he plays Ilias Kazantsakis for regular collaborator Fatih Akin, working within a comedy-drama ensemble. The comedy matters: forcefulness would become tiring if it were all he offered, and these parts give us a reason to look beyond the gangsters and rebels.

His career has settled into German leads, international supporting parts and recurring work with Akin and Oskar Roehler. We like that willingness to take supporting parts as well as leads, though his performances are not uniformly persuasive. In broader historical and comic parts, with *Jew Suss: Rise and Fall* (2010) a caution, his energy can tip into caricature. His directorial debut, *Cortex* (2020), is a further turn, but it is the actor we would start with.

*Run Lola Run* remains our recommendation because it keeps the scale of his contribution clear. Potente carries the film; Bleibtreu does not need to compete with her for the relationship to work. The cutting and techno score supply much of the excitement, and the thoughts about chance are thinner than the film seems to realise. Choose it for the pace and for the couple, and let the theories about chance look after themselves.

## Biography

Moritz Bleibtreu is a German actor. Born on 13 August 1971 in Munich, he grew up in Hamburg and is the son of actors Monica Bleibtreu and Hans Brenner.

He began appearing on television as a child in the late 1970s, including the series Neues aus Uhlenbusch. After leaving school, he worked as an au pair in Paris and studied acting there and in New York. In 1992 he joined the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. His breakthrough came with the role of Abdul in Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997).

Bleibtreu is known for his performance as Manni in Run Lola Run (1998), as well as roles in Das Experiment (2001), The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) and international films including Munich (2005) and World War Z (2013).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *World War Z* (2013), Fi1m 55, as W.H.O. Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Fi1m 65, as Andreas Baader — [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *Munich* (2005), Fi1m 80, as Andreas — [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), Fi1m 82, as Manni — [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)

## Complete filmography (99)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blood Money* (2026), Actor
- *Hijamat* (2026), as Michael
- *Woodwalkers 2* (2026), as Tucker Jones
- *Miss Sophie - Same Procedure as Every Year* (2025), series, as Mr. Pommeroy
- *Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin* (2024), as Karl Bonhoeffer
- *Everything's Fifty Fifty* (2024), as Andreas/Andi
- *Viktor bringt's* (2024), series, as Viktor Kudinski
- *Transatlantic* (2023), series, as Walter Benjamin
- *Manta, Manta: Legacy* (2023), as Gunnar
- *Caveman* (2023), as Robert Müller
- *Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin* (2022), series, as Pickle Host
- *A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love* (2022), as Talkshow-Gast
- *Faking Hitler* (2021), series, as Konrad Kujau
- *Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late* (2021), series, as Pierre Manzano
- *Cortex* (2020), as Hagen · Producer, Director, Writer
- *I've Never Been to New York* (2019), as Axel Staudach
- *Roads* (2019), as Luttger
- *M - A City Hunts a Murderer* (2019), series, as Verleger
- *The Typist* (2018), series, as Jo Jacobi
- *Cut Off* (2018), as Paul Herzfeld
- *Only God Can Judge Me* (2018), as Ricky · Producer
- *Familiye* (2017), Producer
- *Bye Bye Germany* (2017), as David
- *Lommbock* (2017), as Kai
- *Heart of Stone* (2016), as Holländer-Michel
- *The Confessions* (2016), as Mark Klein
- *Blockbustaz* (2016), series, as Alphatier
- *The Dark Side of the Moon* (2016), as Urs Blank
- *Kill Your Friends* (2015), as Rudi
- *The Pasta Detectives 2* (2015), as Boris Wandbeck
- *Woman in Gold* (2015), as Gustav Klimt
- *Shades of Guilt* (2015), series, as Friedrich Kronberg
- *The Cut* (2014), as Peter Edelman
- *Stereo* (2014), as Henry
- *The Black Brothers* (2014), as Antonio Luini
- *Not My Day* (2014), as Nappo Navroki
- *The Fifth Estate* (2013), as Marcus
- *Vijay and I* (2013), as Will / Vijay
- *World War Z* (2013), as W.H.O. Doctor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/world-war-z.md)
- *Sources of Life* (2013), as Klaus Freytag
- *The Guardians* (2012), as Rudi
- *360* (2012), as Salesman
- *The Fourth State* (2012), as Paul Jensen
- *My Best Enemy* (2011), as Victor Kaufmann
- *Gegengerade* (2011), as Immobilienhai
- *Young Goethe in Love* (2010), as Albert Kestner
- *Jew Suss: Rise and Fall* (2010), as Joseph Goebbels
- *Angel of Evil* (2010), as Sergio
- *Jerry Cotton* (2010), as Sammy Serrano
- *Times Change You* (2010), as Arafat Abou-Chaker
- *Lippels Traum* (2009), as König / Otto Mattenheim
- *Soul Kitchen* (2009), as Ilias Kazantsakis
- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), as Andreas Baader — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *Adam Resurrected* (2008), as Joseph Gracci
- *Speed Racer* (2008), as Grey Ghost
- *Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family* (2008), as Gray Ghost
- *Chiko* (2008), as Brownie
- *Female Agents* (2008), as Karl Heinrich
- *Reclaim Your Brain* (2007), as Rainer
- *The Lark Farm* (2007), as Ferzan
- *La masseria delle allodole* (2007), as Ferzan
- *The Walker* (2007), as Emek Yoglu
- *The Stone Council* (2006), as Serguei Makov
- *The Elementary Particles* (2006), as Bruno Klement
- *Munich* (2005), as Andreas — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)
- *The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam* (2005), as Malikshah
- *About the Looking for and the Finding of Love* (2005), as Mimi Nachtigal
- *Fakiren fra Bilbao* (2004), as Lombardo
- *C(r)ook* (2004), as Valentin
- *Agnes and His Brothers* (2004), as Hans-Jörg Tschirner
- *Schillerstraße* (2004), series, Actor
- *Germanikus* (2004), as Emperor Titus
- *Solino* (2002), as Giancarlo
- *Taking Sides* (2002), as David Wills
- *Lammbock* (2001), as Kai
- *The Experiment* (2001), as Tarek Fahd, Prisoner Nr. 77 · Camera Operator
- *The Invisible Circus* (2001), as Eric
- *Fandango - Members Only* (2000), as DJ Sunny
- *In July* (2000), as Daniel Bannier
- *Luna Papa* (1999), as Nasreddin
- *Das Gelbe vom Ei* (1999), as Toon Jungjohann
- *Love Your Female Neighbor!* (1998), as Tristan
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), as Manni — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)
- *Die einzige Chance* (1998), as Mike
- *Back in Trouble* (1997), as Knasti
- *Kind zu vermieten* (1997), as Marco
- *The German Bronx* (1997), series, as René Begemann
- *Knockin' on Heaven's Door* (1997), as Abdul
- *Kabel und Liebe* (1997), as Stefan
- *Die Gang* (1997), series, as Klaus Winkelmann
- *Deathline* (1996), as Gabriel
- *Talk of the Town* (1995), as Karl
- *Kinder des Satans* (1995), as Henning Voss
- *Doppelter Einsatz* (1994), series, as Nils Herrmann
- *Einfach nur Liebe* (1994), as Yüksel
- *Unschuldsengel* (1994), as Thorsten
- *Neues aus Uhlenbusch - Ich hatte einen Traum* (1984), as Kind
- *Neues aus Uhlenbusch* (1977), series, as Moritz
- *The Angel Face*, as Giorgio Basile

## Gallery

- ![Moritz Bleibtreu](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-df215e515d32.jpg) Moritz Bleibtreu — Michael Schilling, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Nicht-mein-Tag-Darsteller_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![?, ?, Oskar Roehler (Regie), Martin Weiß, Herbert Knaup, Tom Schilling and Moritz Bleibtreu on the stage of the movie theater "Lichtburg" in Essen, Germany afte (2004)](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-d5c3db3de422.jpg) ?, ?, Oskar Roehler (Regie), Martin Weiß, Herbert Knaup, Tom Schilling and Moritz Bleibtreu on the stage of the movie theater "Lichtburg" in Essen, Germany afte (2004) — Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Filmpremiere_Agnes_und_seine_Br%C3%BCder_-_nach_Vorstellung_%28Bleibtreu-Weiss-Knaup-Roehler%29.jpg/1280px-Filmpremiere_Agnes_und_seine_Br%C3%BCder_-_nach_Vorstellung_%28Bleibtreu-Weiss-Knaup-Roehler%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tom Schilling, Martin Weiß, Moritz Bleibtreu, Oskar Roehler (Regie) and Herbert Knaup in front of the movie theater "Lichtburg" in Essen, Germany before the Nor (2004)](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-7eb3ab49c8c2.jpg) Tom Schilling, Martin Weiß, Moritz Bleibtreu, Oskar Roehler (Regie) and Herbert Knaup in front of the movie theater "Lichtburg" in Essen, Germany before the Nor (2004) — Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Filmpremiere_Agnes_und_seine_Br%C3%BCder_-_vor_dem_Kino_%28Bleibtreu-Weiss-Knaup-Roehler%29.jpg/1280px-Filmpremiere_Agnes_und_seine_Br%C3%BCder_-_vor_dem_Kino_%28Bleibtreu-Weiss-Knaup-Roehler%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Moritz Bleibtreu Press Conference of "The Walker" at the Hyatt Hotel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-0772ed186524.jpg) Moritz Bleibtreu Press Conference of "The Walker" at the Hyatt Hotel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin (2007) — Thore Siebrands from Germany, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Flickr_-_Siebbi_-_Moritz_Bleibtreu.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Moritz Bleibtreu](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-9e7800824886.jpg) Moritz Bleibtreu — Image via TMDB
- ![Moritz Bleibtreu](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-2d46650db678.jpg) Moritz Bleibtreu — Image via TMDB
- ![Moritz Bleibtreu](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-3052dda4c333.jpg) Moritz Bleibtreu — Image via TMDB
- ![Moritz Bleibtreu Premiere of "The Walker" at the Berlinalepalace, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz, Berlin (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-aefbda219e01.jpg) Moritz Bleibtreu Premiere of "The Walker" at the Berlinalepalace, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz, Berlin (2007) — Thore Siebrands from Germany, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flickr_-_Siebbi_-_Moritz_Bleibtreu_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_Siebbi_-_Moritz_Bleibtreu_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Moritz Bleibtreu and Johanna Wokalek at the opening ceremenony of the Berlinale 2018](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-327ee730e3b0.jpg) Moritz Bleibtreu and Johanna Wokalek at the opening ceremenony of the Berlinale 2018 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/MJK_08167_Moritz_Bleibtreu_und_Johanna_Wokalek_%28Berlinale_2018%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_08167_Moritz_Bleibtreu_und_Johanna_Wokalek_%28Berlinale_2018%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Moritz Bleibtreu](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-c3c68d75e70d.jpg) Moritz Bleibtreu — Image via TMDB
- ![Moritz Bleibtreu](https://film.one/media/person/87812/gallery-3c9b4ac411a3.jpg) Moritz Bleibtreu — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 2 won

- 2006: Best Actor (won)
- 2001: Berliner Bär (won)

### Other awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- Austrian Film Award for Best Actor 2011: Austrian Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Jew Suss: Rise and Fall*
- European Film Award for Best Actor 2009: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *The Baader Meinhof Complex*
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor 2001: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Das Experiment*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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