
Rainer Bock
After graduating from high school, Rainer Bock ran a café in his hometown, which also had a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private acting school in Kiel, he made his debut as a theater actor on the stages of the state capital of Kiel in 1982. He came to Heidelberg and the National Theater Mannheim via the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. From 1995 to 2001 he had an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Until 2011 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Bock often appears in supporting roles, including his initially rare appearances in film and television. The part of the doctor in Michael Haneke's award-winning drama The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (2009) earned him a nomination for the German Film Prize. In 2011 he was represented at the Berlinale with four films. Bock is also active as an audio book speaker.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Zweigstelle as
- 2025 · Karla as Richter Lamy
- 2024 · The Investigation as Richter
- 2024 · Hallo Spencer - Der Film as Jakob Sesam
- 2023 · The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
- 2023 · A Feast for Life as Gabriele
- 2022 · Mittagsstunde as Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984)
- 2022 · Your Honor as Muhr
- 2022 · Rückkehr nach Rimini as Peter Cerny
- 2021 · MuM Calls It Quits as Dr. Rudi Lutz
- 2020 · Mein Altweibersommer as Markus
- 2020 · The Turncoat as Willi Stehauf
- 2019 · Lara as Paul
- 2019 · Rate Your Date as Bruno
- 2018 · Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- 2017 · Die Puppenspieler as Kardinal della Rovere
- 2017 · Ich war eine glückliche Frau as Hermann Blok
- 2016 · Winnetou - A New World as James Bancroft
- 2016 · The Verdict as Zeuge Lauterbach
- 2016 · Scrappin' as Herr Seifert
- 2016 · The Most Beautiful Day as Dr. Wüst
- 2016 · Hunters in the Night as Claus Rohmüller
- 2015 · The Cold Truth as Wagner
- 2014 · The Chosen Ones as Helmut Hoffmann
- 2013 · Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- 2013 · Passion as Inspector Bach
- 2011 · Dreileben: Beats Being Dead as Dr. Dreier
- 2011 · If Not Us, Who? as Verteidiger
- 2011 · My Best Enemy as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
- 2010 · In the Shadows as Nico
- 2008 · A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- 2008 · Einer bleibt sitzen as Reinhold
- 2002 · Bloch as Klaus Hollstein
- 2000 · Now or Never as Makowski
- Future · The Idiots as
- 2025 · Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) as Schigolch / Dr. Goll
- 2025 · The Calendar Killer as HC
- 2024 · Sehnsucht Mallorca - Wie alles begann as Narrator
- 2024 · Vorübergehend glücklich - Opimaral as Clemens Stellbrink
- 2024 · Vorübergehend glücklich - Vredenhorst as Clemens Stellbrink
- 2023 · Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel as Wilfried Schneider
- 2022 · Alice as Ernst Schwarzer
- 2022 · Süßer Rausch as Hans
- 2022 · Der Irland-Krimi: Preis des Schweigens as Erik Bell
- 2022 · Divided We Stand as Hans Thieme
- 2021 · Westwall as Berthold Roosen
- 2021 · Die Luft, die wir atmen as Klaus Bronstein
- 2020 · Wo ist die Liebe hin? as Bernhard
- 2020 · Exile as Urs
- 2020 · Freud as Theodor Meynert
- 2020 · Das Mädchen am Strand as Johannes Christensen
- 2019 · Weihnachten im Schnee as Henri Johnen
- 2019 · Der König von Köln as Josef Asch
- 2019 · Blochin: Das letzte Kapitel as Shukshin
- 2019 · The Collini Case as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers
- 2019 · Die verschwundene Familie as Johannes Christensen
- 2018 · Atlas as Walter Scholl
- 2018 · Das Boot as Heinrich Gluck
- 2018 · Never Look Away as Burghart Kroll
- 2018 · Luna's Revenge as Behringer
- 2018 · The Beginner as Rolf Buschhaus
- 2017 · Godless Youth as Trainer
- 2017 · Wonder Woman as Von Hindenberg
- 2017 · Sex, Pity and Loneliness as Robert Pfennig
- 2017 · SS-GB as Fritz Kellermann
- 2017 · Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur as Nick
- 2017 · Vive L'Amour as
- 2016 · Solo für Weiss as Rainer Weiss
- 2016 · Fatal News as Attorney General Hasse
- 2016 · Operation Zucker - Jagdgesellschaft as Staatsanwalt Mack
- 2016 · Kaltfront as Erik
- 2016 · The Blue Mauritius as Detektiv Kirschenbaum
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- 2015 · Dengler as BKA Dr. Müller
- 2015 · Käthe Kruse as
- 2015 · Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- 2015 · Death of a Girl as Johannes Christensen
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Werner Ziegler
- 2015 · Line of Separation as Robert Leonhardt
- 2014 · Open the Wall as Peter Arndt
- 2014 · Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- 2014 · 1864 as Bismarck
- 2014 · A Most Wanted Man as Dieter Mohr
- 2014 · Burning Souls as Abdias
- 2014 · Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- 2014 · Stereo as Wolfgang
- 2014 · Run Boy Run as SS-Offizier
- 2013 · Tracks as Kurt Posel
- 2013 · The Book Thief as Bürgermeister Hermann
- 2013 · Zeugin der Toten as Quirin Kaiserley
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Mayor Engleman
- 2012 · Two Lives as Hugo
- 2012 · Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
- 2012 · The Guardians as Karl Falkner
- 2012 · Russendisko as Herr Kaminer
- 2012 · München '72 - Das Attentat as Bruno Merk
- 2012 · Barbara as Klaus Schütz
- 2011 · War Horse as Brandt
- 2011 · Homeland as BND Officer Keller
- 2011 · Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden as Prof. Albert Brückner
- 2011 · Unknown as Herr Strauss
- 2011 · Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- 2010 · Die NDR Quizshow as Self
- 2010 · Klimawechsel as Psychiater
- 2009 · The White Ribbon as The Doctor
- 2009 · Inglourious Basterds as General Schonherr
- 2008 · Todsünde as Neidhard Moll
- 2008 · Markus Lanz as Self
- 2008 · Der Bergdoktor as Ulrich Kretschmar
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Georg Wagenbach
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Arbogast
- Future · Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
- 2004 · Onkel Wanja as
- 2004 · Operation Valkyrie as General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
- 2003 · Getting a Life as
- 2003 · Nachtschicht as Olaf Holtzmann
- 2003 · Kommissarin Lucas as Wolfram Truss
- 2002 · For Heaven's Sake as Rolf Hartung
- 2000 · Abendschau as Self
- 1999 · Volle Kanne as Self
- 1995 · Wilsberg as Müntemeyer
- 1993 · Bella Block as Malte Schnaak
- 1993 · Bella Block as Kommissar Schnaak
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1977 · Der Alte as Prof. Dr. Werner Schmedtmann
- 1976 · Kölner Treff as Self
- 1971 · Polizeiruf 110 as PvD Conrad Cassdorf
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Kapitän Helmut Reinders
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Werner Krabonk
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Augenthaler
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Jost Friedland
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Bauer's Father
- 1951 · Deutscher Filmpreis as Self