Til Schweiger

Til Schweiger (born 1963) is a German actor and filmmaker who became known in the 1990s through films such as Manta, Manta, Der bewegte Mann and Knockin on Heavens Door, and who later starred in international productions including Inglourious Basterds, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Cradle of Life and King Arthur. Born in Freiburg and raised in Hesse, he took acting lessons in Cologne and first appeared on television in the series Lindenstrasse in 1989. He produced and, without credit, directed Knockin on Heavens Door in 1997 and founded the production company Barefoot Films. His own comedies Rabbit Without Ears, Kokowaeah and Head Full of Honey, which he directed, produced and acted in, drew large audiences and made him the most commercially successful German filmmaker.