Lars Eidinger (; born 21 January 1976) is a German actor. Eidinger started his career at Deutsches Theater in 1997. Before his breakthrough, he played minor roles in German television shows like ''

Schloss Einstein ''Schloss Einstein'' is a long-running, popular German television series which is designed as a teenage soap opera. It portrays the lives of teenagers in Schloss Einstein (Castle Einstein), a fictional boarding school. The intended audience is 1 ...

'' (2002) and ''

Berlin, Berlin ''Berlin, Berlin'' is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 18:50 on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards. A sequel f ...

'' (2003). In February 2016, he was nominated as one of the judges for the main competition section of the

66th Berlin International Film Festival The 66th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2016, with American actress Meryl Streep as the President of the Jury. The Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement was presented to German cinematographer Michael ...

. He is a member of the ensemble of the

Schaubühne The Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz (Theatre on Lehniner Square) is a famous theatre in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, located on the Kurfürstendamm boulevard. It is a conversion of the ''Universum'' cinema, built according to plans designe ...

theatre in Berlin, with leading roles in

Thomas Ostermeier Thomas Ostermeier (born 3 September 1968, Soltau, West Germany) is a German theatre director. He currently mainly works for the Schaubühne. Biography Ostermeier began his theatrical career in 1990 acting under director Einar Schleef, one of hi ...

productions such as

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depi ...

and

Richard III Richard III (2 October 145222 August 1485) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty. His defeat and death at the Bat ...

. Eidinger was one of the first signers of the Open Letter to the German Position on Russo-Ukrainian War on late April 2022, demanded that Germany not support Ukraine with arms in order to "prevent a third world war". Eidinger lives in Berlin, is married and has a daughter. He has appeared in German and international film and television productions.

Selected filmography

Lars Eidinger at Berlinale 2022 Picture 2

Film

* 2005: ''

See You at Regis Debray ''See You at Regis Debray'' is a 2005 film written and directed by C.S. Leigh and starring Lars Eidinger as the film's only character. Set in 1969, the film sees Andreas Baader hiding in Régis Debray's (who was imprisoned in Bolivia at the time) ...

'' * 2009: '' Everyone Else'' * 2011: '' Hell'' * 2012: '' Goltzius and the Pelican Company'' * 2012: '' Home for the Weekend'' * 2014: ''

Clouds of Sils Maria ''Clouds of Sils Maria'' (known simply as ''Sils Maria'' in some territories) is a 2014 psychological drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas, and starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz. The film is a Fren ...

'' * 2015: '' Dora or the Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents'' * 2015: '' Sworn Virgin'' * 2016: ''

The Origin of Violence ''The Origin of Violence'' (French title: ''L'Origine de la violence'') is a 2016 Franco-German drama film directed by Élie Chouraqui, based on the Prix Renaudot-winning novel of the same name by Fabrice Humbert. The film won the Best Narrative ...

'' * 2016: ''

Personal Shopper A personal shopper is a person who helps others shop by giving advice and making suggestions. They are often employed by department stores and boutiques, although some are freelance or work exclusively online. Their focus is usually on clothes, ...

'' * 2016: '' The Bloom of Yesterday'' * 2017: ''

Matilda Matilda or Mathilda may refer to: Animals * Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder * Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse * Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The ...

'' * 2018: '' Never Look Away'' * 2018: '' High Life'' * 2018: '' Cut Off'' * 2018: ''Mackie Messer – Brechts Dreigroschenfilm'' * 2018: '' 25 km/h'' * 2019: '' Proxima'' * 2019: ''

Dumbo ''Dumbo'' is a 1941 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth Disney animated feature film, it is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, a ...

'' * 2019: ''

All My Loving "All My Loving" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their second UK album ''With the Beatles'' (1963). It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and produced by George Martin. Though not officially rele ...

'' * 2020: '' My Little Sister'' * 2020: ''

Persian Lessons ''Persian Lessons'' (german: Persischstunden) is a 2020 Russian-Belarusian war drama film directed by Vadim Perelman. The film was partially inspired by the short story ''Erfindung einer Sprache'' by German writer Wolfgang Kohlhaase. It was ...

'' * 2022: ''

About Joan ''About Joan'' (, ) is a 2022 drama film directed by Laurent Larivière. The film stars Isabelle Huppert, Lars Eidinger and Swann Arlaud. It is a French-German-Irish co-production. The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Berlin Internati ...

'' * 2022: ''

White Noise In signal processing, white noise is a random signal having equal intensity at different frequencies, giving it a constant power spectral density. The term is used, with this or similar meanings, in many scientific and technical disciplines, ...

Television

* 2003: ''

'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2008: ''

Großstadtrevier ''Großstadtrevier'' (roughly ''(Big) City Police Station'') is a German television series, broadcast on Germany's Das Erste of the ARD. First aired on 16 December 1986, the show is one of the most popular television series in the country. It fo ...

'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2010: ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

: Hauch des Todes'' (TV film) * 2012: ''Tatort: Borowski und der stille Gast'' (TV film) * 2013: ''Der Wagner-Clan. Eine Familiengeschichte'' (TV film) * 2013: ''

Foyle's War ''Foyle's War'' is a British detective drama television series set during and shortly after the Second World War, created by ''Midsomer Murders'' screenwriter and author Anthony Horowitz and commissioned by ITV after the long-running series '' ...

'' * 2013: ''

Polizeiruf 110 ''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series likened to Poirot. The name links to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the ...

: Der Tod macht Engel aus uns allen'' (TV film) * 2015: ''Tatort: Borowski und die Rückkehr des stillen Gastes'' (TV film) * 2016: ''Terror – Ihr Urteil'' (TV film) * 2017: '' Shades of Guilt'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2017: '' SS-GB'' (miniseries) * 2017: ''

Sense8 ''Sense8'' (a Word play, play on the word ''wiktionary:sensate, sensate'' ) is an American Science fiction on television, science fiction Drama (film and television), drama streaming television series created by The Wachowskis, Lana and Lilly ...

'' (

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a ...

series, 4 episodes) * 2017–2020: ''

Babylon Berlin ''Babylon Berlin'' is a German neo-noir television series. Created, written, and directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, and Hendrik Handloegten. It is loosely based on novels by German author Volker Kutscher. The series premiered on 13 ...

'' (TV series) * 2019: '' M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder'' (miniseries) * 2020: ''Gott von Ferdinand von Schirach'' (TV film) * 2021: ''Ich und die Anderen'' (miniseries) * 2021: ''Faking Hitler'' (miniseries) * 2021: ''Tatort: Borowski und der gute Mensch'' (TV film) * 2021: ''Tatort: Murot und das Prinzip Hoffnung'' (TV film) * 2022 : ''

Irma Vep ''Irma Vep'' is a 1996 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas. Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung plays a fictionalised version of herself, as disasters result when an unstable French film director (played by Jean-Pierr ...

'' (miniseries)

Music videos

* 2014:

Herbert Grönemeyer Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Grönemeyer (born 12 April 1956) is a German singer, musician, producer, composer and actor, popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Grönemeyer starred as war correspondent Lieutenant Werner in Wolfgang Pete ...

- ''Morgen'' * 2017: Love Hotel Band - ''Diamant'' * 2018: Drangsal - ''Eine Geschichte/Und Du?'' * 2019: Deichkind - ''Richtig gutes Zeug'' * 2019: Deichkind - ''Wer sagt denn das?'' * 2019: Deichkind - ''Keine Party'' * 2019: Deichkind - ''Dinge''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eidinger, Lars 1976 births Living people 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors German male film actors German male stage actors German male television actors Male actors from Berlin