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name: "Sebastian Schipper"
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born: "8 May 1968"
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average_fi1m_score: 82
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# Sebastian Schipper

Actor. Born 8 May 1968 in Hannover, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 May 1968, Hannover, Germany
- **Active:** 1996–2016

## Biography

Sebastian Schipper is a German actor and director. He was born on 8 May 1968 in Hannover and studied acting at the Otto Falckenberg Schule in Munich from 1992 to 1995. He performed with the Münchner Kammerspiele and made his screen debut in the 1992 comedy Kleine Haie.

As an actor, Schipper appeared in supporting roles including in The English Patient (1996), Winter Sleepers (1997) and as Mike in Run Lola Run (1998). He later took lead roles such as Simon in Three (2010). Schipper has also directed films including Absolute Giganten (1999), A Friend of Mine (2006) and Victoria (2015).

*Sources: filmportal.de, imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Toni Erdmann* (2016), Fi1m 86, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/toni-erdmann.md)
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), Fi1m 82, as Mike — [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)
- *The English Patient* (1996), Fi1m 78, as Interrogation Room Soldier — [page](https://film.one/film/the-english-patient.md)

## Also known for

- *Victoria* (2015), Director
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), Jan Katz
- *Gigantic* (1999), Director, Writer
- *Three* (2010), Simon
- *A Friend of Mine* (2006), Director, Writer
- *I Am Here* (2015), Peter
- *Coconut Hero* (2015), Frank Burger
- *Winter Sleepers* (1997), Otto

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