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
- 2026 · Silent Friend as
- 2025 · Zweigstelle as Hausmeiter 'Pfosten'
- 2025 · Ein Sommer in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- 2025 · Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
- 2024 · The Investigation as Richter
- 2024 · Hallo Spencer - Der Film as Jakob Sesam
- 2022 · Alice as Ernst Schwarzer
- 2022 · Süßer Rausch as Hans
- 2021 · Westwall as Berthold Roosen
- 2021 · Die Luft, die wir atmen as Klaus Bronstein
- 2020 · Exile as Urs
- 2020 · My Indian Summer as Markus
- 2020 · Das Mädchen am Strand as Johannes Christensen
- 2019 · Lara as Paul
- 2018 · Luna's Revenge as Behringer
- 2017 · Godless Youth as Trainer
- 2017 · Sex, Pity and Loneliness as Robert Pfennig
- 2017 · Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur as Nick
- 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 · Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- 2015 · The Cold Truth as Wagner
- 2014 · Burning Souls as Abdias
- 2014 · Stereo as Wolfgang
- 2014 · Run Boy Run as SS Officer
- 2012 · Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
- 2012 · The Guardians as Karl Falkner
- 2012 · Barbara as Klaus Schütz
- 2011 · Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- 2010 · Klimawechsel as Psychiater
- 2010 · In the Shadows as Nico
- 2008 · Todsünde as Neidhard Moll
- 2008 · Einer bleibt sitzen as Reinhold
- 2004 · Onkel Wanja as
- Future · The Idiot(s) as
- 2026 · Einfach Elli as Leo
- 2025 · Karla as Richter Lamy
- 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
- 2023 · The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
- 2023 · Ein Fest Fürs Leben as Gabriele Totti
- 2022 · Irish Crime: The Price of Silence as Erik Bell
- 2022 · Mittagsstunde as Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984)
- 2022 · Your Honor as Muhr
- 2022 · Rückkehr nach Rimini as Peter Cerny
- 2022 · Divided We Stand as Hans Thieme
- 2021 · MuM Calls It Quits as Dr. Rudi Lutz
- 2020 · Wo ist die Liebe hin? as Bernhard
- 2020 · The Turncoat as Willi Stehauf
- 2020 · Freud as Theodor Meynert
- 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 · Rate Your Date as Bruno
- 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 · Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- 2018 · The Beginner as Rolf Buschhaus
- 2017 · Die Puppenspieler as Kardinal della Rovere
- 2017 · Ich war eine glückliche Frau as Hermann Blok
- 2017 · Wonder Woman as Von Hindenberg
- 2017 · SS-GB as Fritz Kellermann
- 2017 · Vive L'Amour as
- 2016 · Winnetou - A New World as James Bancroft
- 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 Oscar Tietz
- 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 · The Chosen Ones as Helmut Hoffmann
- 2014 · A Most Wanted Man as Dieter Mohr
- 2014 · Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- 2013 · Tracks as Kurt Posel
- 2013 · Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- 2013 · The Book Thief as Mayor Hermann
- 2013 · Zeugin der Toten as Quirin Kaiserley
- 2013 · Passion as Inspector Bach
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Mayor Engleman
- 2012 · Two Lives as Hugo
- 2012 · Russendisko as Herr Kaminer
- 2012 · München '72 - Das Attentat as Bruno Merk
- 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 · Dreileben: Beats Being Dead as Dr. Dreier
- 2011 · If Not Us, Who? as Verteidiger
- 2011 · Unknown as Herr Strauss
- 2011 · My Best Enemy as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
- 2010 · Die NDR Quizshow as Self
- 2009 · The White Ribbon as The Doctor
- 2009 · Inglourious Basterds as General Schonherr
- 2008 · A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- 2008 · Markus Lanz as Self
- 2008 · Der Bergdoktor as Ulrich Kretschmar
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Georg Wagenbach
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Arbogast
- 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 · Bloch as Klaus Hollstein
- 2002 · For Heaven's Sake as Rolf Hartung
- 2000 · Now or Never as Makowski
- 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 · German Film Award as Self
- Future · Weihnachten in Sommerby as Christian Boysen