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Christian Berkel
Actor, Producer
Born October 28, 1957 (66 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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Christian Berkel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Christian Berkel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
2024 | Querschuss · as Andreas |
2023 | Le petit blond de la casbah · as Sania |
2023 | Black Box · as Erik Behr |
2022 | Schächten: A Retribution · as Simon Wiesenthal |
2022 | Erinyes (TV Series) · as Eberhard Mock |
2022 | Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" · as Narrator (voice) |
2022 | Trügerische Sicherheit · as Magnus Mittendorf |
2021 | |
2021 | Sportabzeichen für Anfänger · as Bertram Dinkler |
2020 | Sportabzeichen für Anfänger · as Bertram Dinkler |
2020 | Enfant Terrible · as Interviewer |
2020 | The Prodigal Daughter (TV Series) · as Heinrich Von Gems |
2020 | The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes · as Louis Ziffer |
2019 | Realm of the Volga (TV Series) · as Narrator |
2019 | Criminal: Germany (TV Series) · as Steffen Marquardt |
2019 | Scheidung für Anfänger · as Christoph |
2018 | What Doesn't Kill Us · as Mark |
2018 | Beat (TV Series) · as Richard Diemer |
2017 | In Truth (TV Series) · as Erich Kupka |
2017 | In Truth: Murder at Engelsgraben · as Erich Kupka |
2017 | District Court - History of a Family (TV Series) · as Jonathan Roth |
2017 | Redemption Road · as Jonathan Roth |
2016 | Elle · as Robert |
2016 | Ein gefährliches Angebot · as Michael Dithardt |
2016 | NSU German History X (TV Series) · as Amor |
2015 | Trumbo · as Otto Preminger |
2015 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · as Udo |
2015 | Anti-Social · as Philip |
2015 | Dreamgirls · as Herr Hegemann |
2014 | Elly Beinhorn - Alleinflug · as Ernst Udet |
2014 | Secret Societies (TV Series) |
2013 | Buddy · as Dr. Küster |
2011 | The Dark Nest · as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg |
2011 | Der Mann mit dem Fagott · as Heinrich Bockelmann |
2010 | The Last Employee · as David Böttcher |
2009 | Inglourious Basterds · as Proprietor Eric |
2009 | Leningrad · as Vinkelmeyer |
2008 | Valkyrie · as Albrecht Ritter Mertz Von Quirnheim |
2008 | Mogadischu · as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt |
2008 | Miracle at St. Anna · as Captain Eichholz |
2008 | Flame & Citron · as Hoffmann |
2007 | Attack on Leningrad (TV Series) · as Винкельмайер |
2007 | The Other Boy · as Jakob Wagner |
2006 | Der Kriminalist (TV Series) · as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann |
2006 | Black Book · as General Käutner |
2006 | Helen, Fred und Ted · as Eduard 'ted' Fröhlich |
2006 | Die Sturmflut · as Innensenator Helmut Schmidt |
2005 | Flightplan · as Mortuary Director |
2005 | Der Vater meiner Schwester · as Dr. Klaus Merbold |
2004 | Guys and Balls · as Rudolf |
2004 | |
2004 | Soundless · as Lang |
2002 | Safe Conduct · as Alfred Greven |
2001 | The Experiment · as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38 |
2000 | Halt mich fest! · as Axel |
1999 | Stille Nacht - Heilige Nacht · as Richard |
1999 | Deine besten Jahre · as Arzt |
1999 | Sweet Little Sixteen · as Thomas Reiner |
1998 | Tod auf Amrum · as Rolf Spiekermann |
1998 | Der letzte Zeuge (TV Series) · as Helmut Gittel |
1998 | Die Cleveren (TV Series) · as Alfons Kleiber |
1998 | The King of St. Pauli (TV Series) · as Christoph Allers |
1997 | Rossini · as Weich |
1996 | Gates of Fire · as Dr. Sander |
1995 | A.S. - Gefahr ist sein Geschäft (TV Series) · as Lefevre |
1994 | Inspector Rex (TV Series) · as Gregor Schell |
1994 | Rosa Roth (TV Series) · as Maiwald |
1994 | Die Kommissarin (TV Series) · as Walter Neumann |
1994 | Doppelter Einsatz (TV Series) · as Sebastian Van Leuyen |
1994 | Air Albatros (TV Series) |
1994 | Ein starkes Team (TV Series) · as Gerhard Brock |
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 5113 (TV Series) |
1977 | The Serpent's Egg · as Student |
1977 | Maiden's War · as Karol Djudko |
1977 | The Old Fox (TV Series) · as Harry Westphal |
1974 | Derrick (TV Series) · as Jürgen Klose |
1971 | Police Call 110 (TV Series) · as Max Ortheil |
1970 | Tatort (TV Series) · as Alfred Waller |