A talented actor, director and producer, a handsome and sexy man - all this is Til Schweiger. The filmography of the star does not include many works, but most of them are successful and received positive feedback from both the audience and critics. Schweiger played minor characters, the main characters, was engaged in dubbing, he also has films of his own production. Till has long earned the glory of the German sex symbol, but he is loved not only at home, in Germany, but also in other European countries, he also received recognition in America.
Actor's childhood
Tilman
Valentin Schweiger was born in the German city of Freiburg on December 19, 1963. The actor spent his childhood in the south of the country, in the small town of Giessen. When Til was 14 years old, he moved with his parents to Heichelheim. Schweiger was an exemplary student, he can not be called an excellent student, rather a good guy. At that time, six-point grading worked in Germany: 1 - excellent, 2 - good, etc. Till graduated from high school with an average score of “1.6”, which opened the way for him to further study and allowed him to choose any specialty.
Finding Your Way
Actor Til Schweiger for a long time could not find his destiny. Everything that he did seemed uninteresting to him, did not cause satisfaction. After school, the young man decided to choose the same profession as his parents, so he entered the Faculty of German Studies. As a teacher of German, he studied at the university for 2 years, after which he dropped out of school. Then Til decided that he would make a good doctor. For some time he paid attention to medicine, but he soon abandoned this occupation.
If not for one acquaintance, it is not known where and when Til Schweiger would have found his destiny. The filmography of the actor, perhaps, would not have included a single work, if not for the persuasion of a friend who was at the theater school at that time. The girl convinced the guy to get an appropriate education, because he had outstanding acting skills. Schweiger entered the theater school Der Keller in Cologne, which he successfully graduated in 3.5 years.
Debut in the world of cinema
It is very difficult for young talents to make their way to the star Olympus. Without the appropriate connections and money, one hope remains for talent, but in order to be noticed, you need to prove yourself somewhere. After the theater school, Til had to voice porn films. Of course, this is not a job for an actor, but you had to somehow earn a living. In 1989, Schweiger was invited to Bonn at the Contra-Krais Theater. They talked about young talent in Germany after the release of the movie “Maybe it can't be.” Till played a major role in this comedy, both film critics and the audience warmly received him.
Best Roles
Many films and television series in the 1990s starred Til Schweiger. The filmography at this time was replenished with a large number of high-quality and interesting works, but nevertheless the young man was perceived as an ordinary, unremarkable actor. For the first time they started talking about him as an outstanding master of his craft, not only in Germany, but also far beyond its borders, in 1997, when the film “Knockin 'on Heaven” appeared on the big screens. In this film, Schweiger acted as a producer, screenwriter and leading actor. Tragicomedy tells of two men with cancer who decide to become bandits. This film is thoroughly saturated with positive, it teaches us to love life, which is probably why the audience liked it.
Another successful work can be called Barefoot on the Pavement, filmed in 2005. Here, Til Schweiger proved himself as a director, screenwriter, producer and performer of the main role. The filmography was replenished with another brilliant film work, telling about the adventures of a loser who, for the first time in his life, had to take responsibility for someone (a patient in a psychiatric hospital) looking at the world with the naive eyes of a child.
In 2009, Schweiger starred in the film Phantom Pain, based on real events. This work is very difficult, it makes the viewer think a lot. The protagonist is a cyclist and a lover of women, not caring about the future, enjoying the present. Fate played a cruel joke with him, chained to the prosthesis. He cannot do what he loves, his wife has long gone to another man, her friends have evaporated, the girls no longer pay attention to him - life is meaningless and empty. Only a daughter, like a ray of sun, illuminates his path.
Director's work
In 1998, actor Til Schweiger first acted as director. The filmography in this period was replenished with the film work "Polar bear of the ninth caliber." However, Til himself does not consider this criminal thriller the directorial debut, because he fully demonstrated his talent in 2005 during the filming of the film “Barefoot on the Pavement”. In Germany, this film work became a box office, and they talked about Schweiger as an outstanding actor and director. As the last, he performed in such films as: “On the Heart and Kidneys”, “Handsome”, “Handsome 2”, “Seducer”, “Seducer-2”, “Guardian Angel”, “The Earskin Bunny and Two-Chicken " and etc.
The filmography of the actor
German actor Til Schweiger played the main characters in many film works. The filmography began to replenish in 1969, when the 6-year-old talent played a small role in the series "Crime Scene". Schweiger starred in films of various genres, and did not disdain TV shows. A lot of work was filmed in the 1990s, but Till attracted attention only in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Among his best works, in addition to the above, can be called “Punk from Salt Lake City”, “Vernyak”, “What to do in case of fire?”, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider-2: Cradle of Life”, “King Arthur” , “On Wheels,” “One Way,” “The Red Baron,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “So War,” and others.
Personal life
On June 19, 1995, a German sex symbol registered marriage. The wife of Thiel Schweiger is a former model, the American is Dana Carlsen. Until 2004, they lived in the United States, and then moved to Germany, Hamburg-Nindorf, where they purchased a nice villa, furnished in the English style. Four children were born in the marriage: in 1995, son Valentin Florian, in 1997, daughter Luna Marie, in 1998 - daughter Lilly Camille and in 2002 the youngest - Emma Tiger - was born. Unfortunately, the couple broke up in November 2005.
Even before the divorce, the press appeared notes about Thiel's infidelity. In 2003, Schweiger was suspected of having a love affair with Angelina Jolie, but the rumors remained rumors. In 2010, it became known about his affair with Svenier Holtmann.
Interesting movie star facts
Not only in Germany, but also in many other countries, Til Schweiger is the favorite of women. The biography of the actor is actively discussed by fans, but some facts from it are little known.
- Til is left-handed.
- For the main role in the film “Knocking on Heaven”, the actor received the MIFF award in the category “Best Actor” - silver “St. George”.
- Schweiger received an offer from Spielberg to star in the movie “Saving Private Ryan” as a fascist, but Til refused, explaining the refusal by not wanting his name and face to be associated with these bandits, whom he hates with all his heart.
- In 1997, Thiel won the Best Actor nomination at the Polish Film Festival for his role in the film The Bandit. This was the first time that an award went to an actor of non-Polish origin.
- In the film "Handsome" Schweiger removed all his four children. During the filming, he became friends with the Ukrainian boxer Vladimir Klitschko.