Moritz Bleibtreu

Trivia

• Moritz Bleibtreu traveled the U.S. and Paris as a teenager before becoming a prominent German actor in television and film.
• After a few roles in productions with his mother, he appeared in the drama Einfach nur Liebe (Simply Love) and the comedy Stadtgespräch (Talk of the Town).
• In 1997, he earned his first major acclaim as the comedic gangster Abdul in Knockin' On Heaven's Door.
• The next year he made his international breakthrough as Franka Potente's slightly dim boyfriend Manni in Run Lola Run.
• With his sweetly sensitive looks, Bleibtreau continued playing mostly nice guys in German comedies and dramas: the idiot brother in Luna Papa, a hustling DJ in Fandango, and a schoolteacher in Im Juli.
• Moritz Bleibtreu appeared in four films in 2001, including his first American production, The Invisible Circus, and the goofy comedy Lammbock.
• Moritz Bleibtreu took on some challenging parts that year as well, appearing with Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård for Taking Sides and as the lead prisoner in Das Experiment.
• ontinuing with leading man status, Bleibtreau next portrayed an Italian immigrant in Solino and Kaiser Titus in Germanikus.

Quotes

• "I am a faithful soul, the name fits right just me."