Lars Eidinger

Member of the Berlinale 2016 International Jury, Lars Eidinger is one of Germany’s most accomplished actors. He alternates between stage, screen and television roles without difficulty. Since 1999, he has been a member of the ensemble at Berlin’s Schaubühne theatre, where he has also directed plays. His most outstanding performances on the stage include Thomas Ostermeier’s production of Hamlet, which Eidinger has played nationally and internationally over 250 times since 2008.
His breakthrough on the screen was in Maren Ade’s EVERYONE ELSE, which won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlinale in 2009. He participated in the Berlinale Competition again in 2012 with HOME FOR THE WEEKEND, and in 2015 with SWORN VIRGIN. In that same year he was also in the Panorama section with DORA OR THE SEXUAL NEUROSES OF OUR PARENTS. Eidinger has received many prizes, including the Grimme Award and the German Film Critics’ Award for the period drama MATILDA. Now, after CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA, he is working with Olivier Assayas again, as well as with Philipp Kadelbach in London, on the BBC series SS-GB starring Sam Riley.