Moritz Bleibtreu was born in Munich in 1971, but went abroad early, where he spent three years at drama schools in Paris, Rome and New York. His first stage acting experience came at the Hamburg 'Schauspielhaus' in "Romeo and Juliet", and in "Richard III" at the
'Thalia Theatre'.

In 1993 Moritz Bleibtreu teamed up with director Nico Hofmann to appear in "Schulz & Schulz", and the following year he appeared in Rainer Kaufmann's "Unschuldsengel". In 1995, his performance in another Rainer Kaufmann film, "Stadtgespräch" saw him celebrated as a great new talent.

Since his appearance in "Knocking on Heaven"s door", for which he was awarded both the "Ernst Lubitsch Prize" and the "German Film Prize", Moritz Bleibtreu has become one of the shooting stars of modern German cinema. Since then he has appeared in Tom Twyker's popular film "Run Lola run" and Detlev Buck's "Liebe Deine Nächste". This summer he appeared in both Bakhtyar Chudojnazarow's "Luna Papa" and "Im Juli" by Fatih Akins.

In TAKING SIDES he plays the part of Lieutenant David Wills.