He is one of the most successful filmmakers in Germany. His works lure millions of fans into cinemas and repeatedly break records with the audience. Whether as an actor, director or producer – he really makes everything he does. Hard to believe, but true: This exceptional talent started 35 years ago His career at the ARD-soap victim Lindenstrasse. Would you have recognized him?
Breakthrough in ARD-Seifenoper: 35 years ago Til Schweiger became famous
Today we know Til Schweiger as an established size of the German film world, but at the end of the 1980s it looks very different. Originally, Schweiger did not want to become an actor at all: after the civilian service, he started studying medicine, which he only broke off a short time later.
In 1986, however, the then 23-year-old Schweiger discovered his true calling: he completed an acting training in Cologne and begins to act in theaters. Only a short time later Schweiger gets his first role in film and television. In 1990 Schweiger celebrated his breakthrough in the role of Jo Zenker at Lindenstraße (ARD).
Blood cub, cheeky and good -looking – this is how the audience gets to know the young actor at Telenovela. When it turns out quickly that the cameras do not get enough of Schweiger, nothing stands in the way of a world career. The young blonde with the striking chin and the jumper voice strikes like a bomb; Just a year later, he celebrates Manta with the riot comedy, Manta his debut on the big screen.
In the Neue Osnarbrücker Zeitung, Schweiger admitted that he does not like to think back to the show due to the lack of artistic freedoms: “That was two years in which I didn’t like to go to work.”
Curious: In an interview with BZ, Schweiger admitted that he had his time at Lindenstrasse had to finance with a slippery additional income: Schweiger worked as a voice actor for “Quite pornographic films” And earned good money.
Til Schweiger today: XXL success and XXL scandals
Then Til Schweiger was steeply uphill. The actor can be seen in numerous successful productions and can even fishing roles in Hollywood blockbusters like King Arthur (2004) and Inglourious Basterds (2009). As if that weren’t impressive enough Incidentally, Schweiger mushed into one of the most successful filmmakers in Germany. Schweiger wrote the script, directed and played the leading role for the Keinschlager Keinohrhasen (2009); He also attracted millions of people to cinemas with hits like Kokowääh and honey in the head.
In recent years, however, the acting has to struggle with image problems. The former flight from the past seems long over, instead it is constantly hailing new negative headlines. Til Schweiger is noticeable online by controversial statements, and after the filming of Manta, Manta – Zwoter part, sometimes shocking details come to light: Schweiger was published by the set, He also admitted that there had been handicrafts with employees.
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What’s next for Til Schweiger?
It remains to be seen whether Schweiger will find their way back to old size after the scandals of the past few years. Finally, the public came to the public that he will be shown in the US action strip The Neglected (2026). It is not yet known when the film will appear.