Theatre Eidinger started his career at
Deutsches Theater in 1997. He became a salaried member of the
Schaubühne ensemble in 1999 in Berlin, He said that a significant moment in his career came while performing in a production of
Troilus and Cressida directed by
James Macdonald in 2005, when Macdonald told him to focus on "the words, just the words". It was not until he was rehearsing the "
To be, or not to be" soliloquy for a production of
Hamlet in 2008 that the meaning sunk in.
Richard III, performed in German with English
surtitles and occasional English expressions, was one of the opening acts at the 2017
Adelaide Festival, and played at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in
New York City in 2017. Eidinger played
Richard III again in a production by
Marius von Mayenburg, staged at the Berliner
Schaubühne in early 2026, directed by
Thomas Ostermeier.
Screen Eidinger appeared in several German TV series and films before coming to international notice. Since then he has acted in many international productions, including
Tim Burton's
Dumbo (2019);
Claire Denis's sci-fi horror film
High Life; and the 2020 Swiss drama film
My Little Sister as a famous actor suffering from cancer, opposite
Nina Hoss. He is also known for the hit German neo-noir series
Babylon Berlin (2017–2022).
Music Eidinger has been a musician and DJ as long as he has been an actor. In 1998, he released a
trip-hop EP, ''I'll Break Ya Legg''. ==Other activities==