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Christian Berkel
Actor
Born October 28, 1957 (64 years)
Christian Berkel (born October 28, 1957) is a German actor.
Berkel was born in Berlin, Germany. His father was a military doctor.
From the age of 14 he lived in Paris where he took drama lessons with Jean-Louis Barrault and Pierre Berlin. He then trained at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin and appeared on stage in Augsburg, Düsseldorf, Munich, Vienna and at the Schiller Theatre, Berlin.
He has appeared in many German television productions and secured a major role in the Academy Award-nominated film Downfall as Doctor Ernst-Günther Schenck. He has followed this with significant roles in the Paul Verhoeven directed Dutch movie Black Book and the big budget United States movies Flightplan, Valkyrie (in which he portrayed Colonel Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim) and the Academy Award-nominated Inglourious Basterds.
He lives in Berlin with the actress Andrea Sawatzki, with whom he has two sons. He is also fluent in French and English.
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Filmography
| 2022 | Trügerische Sicherheit · as Magnus Mittendorf |
| 2021 | Sportabzeichen für Anfänger · as Bertram Dinkler |
| 2021 | Furia (TV Series) · as Minister Hardenberg |
| 2020 | The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes · as Louis Ziffer |
| 2020 | Enfant Terrible · as Interviewer |
| 2020 | The Prodigal Daughter (TV Series) · as Heinrich von Gems |
| 2019 | Criminal: Germany (TV Series) · as Marquardt |
| 2018 | What Doesn't Kill Us · as Mark |
| 2018 | Beat (TV Series) · as Richard Diemer |
| 2017 | Landgericht - Geschichte einer Familie (TV Series) · as Jonathan Roth |
| 2017 | Redemption Road · as Jonathan Roth |
| 2017 | In Wahrheit: Mord am Engelsgraben · as Erich Kupka |
| 2016 | Elle · as Robert |
| 2016 | Ein gefährliches Angebot · as Michael Dithardt |
| 2016 | NSU German History X (TV Series) · as Amor |
| 2015 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · as Udo |
| 2015 | Trumbo · as Otto Preminger |
| 2015 | Dreamgirls · as Herr Hegemann |
| 2015 | Anti-Social · as Philip |
| 2014 | Elly Beinhorn - Alleinflug · as Ernst Udet |
| 2013 | Buddy · as Dr. Küster |
| 2011 | Der Mann mit dem Fagott · as Heinrich Bockelmann |
| 2010 | The Last Employee · as David Böttcher |
| 2009 | Leningrad · as Vinkelmeyer |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds · as Proprietor Eric |
| 2008 | Valkyrie · as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna · as Captain Eichholz |
| 2008 | Mogadischu · as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt |
| 2008 | Flame & Citron · as Hoffmann |
| 2007 | The Other Boy · as Jakob Wagner |
| 2006 | Black Book · as General Käutner |
| 2006 | Die Sturmflut · as Innensenator Helmut Schmidt |
| 2006 | Der Kriminalist (TV Series) · as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann |
| 2005 | Flightplan · as Mortuary Director |
| 2004 | Guys and Balls · as Rudolf |
| 2004 | Lautlos · as Lang |
| 2004 | Downfall · as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck |
| 2002 | Safe Conduct · as Alfred Greven |
| 2001 | The Experiment · as Steinhoff, Häftling Nr. 38 |
| 2000 | Halt mich fest! · as Axel |
| 1999 | Sweet Little Sixteen · as Thomas Reiner |
| 1998 | The King of St. Pauli (TV Series) · as Christoph Allers |
| 1998 | Der letzte Zeuge (TV Series) · as Helmut Gittel |
| 1998 | Die Cleveren (TV Series) · as Alfons Kleiber |
| 1997 | Rossini · as Weich |
| 1996 | Gates of Fire · as Dr. Sander |
| 1995 | A.S. - Gefahr ist sein Geschäft (TV Series) · as Lefevre |
| 1994 | Air Albatros (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Inspector Rex (TV Series) · as Gregor Schell |
| 1994 | Doppelter Einsatz (TV Series) · as Sebastian van Leuyen |
| 1994 | Ein starkes Team (TV Series) · as Gerhard Brock |
| 1994 | Rosa Roth (TV Series) · as Maiwald |
| 1994 | Die Kommissarin (TV Series) · as Walter Neumann |
| 1993 | Bella Block (TV Series) · as Thomas Engler |
| 1993 | Hecht & Haie (TV Series) · as Dr. Frenkel |
| 1991 | Karniggels · as Man #2 |
| 1990 | Kommissar Klefisch (TV Series) · as Terboven |
| 1989 | Der Bastard (TV Series) · as Felix Dennison |
| 1987 | Scoop · as Ishmaelia - Heinz |
| 1981 | A Case for Two (TV Series) · as Bernd Marquart |
| 1978 | SOKO München (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | The Serpent's Egg · as Student |
| 1977 | The Old Fox (TV Series) · as Hausmann |
| 1974 | Derrick (TV Series) · as Dixi |
| 1971 | Police Call 110 (TV Series) · as Max Ortheil |
| 1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as Doc Decker |