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Til Schweiger Biography

Birth Name:Tilman Valentin Schweiger

Birth Place:Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Profession Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Editor

Fast Facts

He was the first non-Polish actor to receive the Best Actor Award at the Polish Film Festival for his film "Bandyta" in 1998
Has won two German Comedy Awards for Best Feature Film Comedy, one for "Rabbit Without Ears" and the other for "Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1․"
Won five awards for "Inglourious Basterds," including Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Briefly studied German and Medicine at university before deciding to go to Der Keller, a drama school in Cologne, Germany, from which he graduated in 1989
His breakthrough role came from his mentor, producer Bernd Eichinger, in the 1994 film "Maybe․․․Maybe Not․"
Runs his own production company in Berlin called Barefoot Films
He is one of Germany's most successful filmmakers and is best known for his roles in the films "Inglourious Basterds" and "This Means War․"
His daughter Luna has appeared in two of his films: "Keinorhasen" and "Phantom Pain․"

1994Bambi-Film - National: winner
1997Silver St. George-Best Actor: winner
1997Best Actor-: winner
1998Golden Camera-Best German Actor: winner
2004Special Award-: winner
2004German Comedy Award-Best Feature Film Comedy (Beste Filmkomödie): winner
2005Bambi-Film - National: winner
2008Bambi-Film - National: winner
2008Ernst Lubitsch Award-: winner
2008EFA People's Choice Award-: nominated
2008German Comedy Award-Best Feature Film Comedy (Beste Filmkomödie): winner
2009ACCA-Best Cast Ensemble: winner
2009Audience Award-: winner
2009PFCS Award-Best Acting Ensemble: winner
2009SDFCS Award-Best Ensemble Performance: winner
2010Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: winner
2010COFCA Award-Best Ensemble: winner
2010CinEuphoria-Best Ensemble - International Competition: winner
2010Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: winner
2012Jupiter Award-Best German Actor: winner
2012Jupiter Award-Best German Actor: nominated
2012Romy-Best Direction (Beste Regie): winner
2013Bambi-Film - National: nominated
2013Audience Award-: nominated
2014Jupiter Award-Best German Film: nominated
2015Special Award-: winner
2015CIVIS Europe's Media Prize for Integration-CIVIS European Cinema Prize: winner
2015Cinema for Peace Honorary Award-: winner
2015Audience Award-Highest grossing Film of the Year: winner
2015Romy-Best Direction (Beste Regie): winner
2015Romy-Best Producer (Bester Produzent): winner
2016Audience Award-: winner