Moritz Bleibtreu

Moritz Bleibtreu
Moritz Bleibtreu, October 2004

Moritz Bleibtreu (born August 13, 1971) is a German actor.

Bleibtreu was born in Munich, the son of actors Monica Bleibtreu and Hans Brenner, and the great-grand-nephew of the actress Hedwig Bleibtreu.

Bleibtreu grew up in Hamburg. His first appearance on TV was in the late seventies on a children's television series called Neues aus Uhlenbusch, written by his mother Monica and Rainer Boldt. Next roles in Boldt's Ich hatte einen Traum and beside his mother Monica in miniseries Mit meinen heißen Tränen. After he left school when he was 16, he lived in Paris and New York City where he attended acting school. In 1992 he began his acting career at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. He also had numerous small parts in television productions.

His first son, David, was born in November 2008 in Hamburg.

His roles include the Gray Ghost in the film Speed Racer and Andreas Baader in Der Baader Meinhof Komplex.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1995	Stadtgespräch	Karl
1997	Knockin' On Heaven's Door	Abdul
1998	Run Lola Run	Manni
1999	Luna Papa	Nasreddin
2001	Im Juli	Daniel Bannier
2001	The Invisible Circus	Eric
	Das Experiment	Tarek Fahd / Number 77
	Lammbock	Kai
	Taking Sides	Lt. David Wills
2002	Solino	Giancarlo
2004	Germanikus	Kaiser Titus
	C(r)ook	Valentin
	Agnes and His Brothers	Hans-Jörg Tschirner
2005	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	Malikshah
	On Love and Death	Mimi Nachtigal
	Munich	Andreas
2006	The Elementary Particles	Bruno
	The Stone Council	Serguei Makov
2007	The Walker	Emek Yoglu
	La Masseria Delle Allodole	Ferzan
	Free Rainer - Dein Fernseher lügt	Rainer
2008	Chiko	Brownie
	Speed Racer	Grey Ghost
	Adam Resurrected	Joseph Gracci
	The Baader Meinhof Complex	Andreas Baader
	Les Femmes de l'ombre	SS Colonel Heindrich

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