
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
- 2025 · Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
- 2023 · The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
- 2022 · Süßer Rausch as Hans
- 2022 · Mittagsstunde as Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984)
- 2022 · Your Honor as Muhr
- 2022 · Divided We Stand as Hans Thieme
- 2020 · Exile as Urs
- 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
- 2017 · Die Puppenspieler as Kardinal della Rovere
- 2016 · Solo für Weiss as Rainer Weiss
- 2016 · The Verdict as Zeuge Lauterbach
- 2016 · The Most Beautiful Day as Dr. Wüst
- 2016 · Fatal News as Attorney General Hasse
- 2015 · Käthe Kruse as
- 2015 · Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- 2015 · Death of a Girl as Johannes Christensen
- 2014 · Burning Souls as Abdias
- 2014 · Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- 2014 · Stereo as Wolfgang
- 2014 · Run Boy Run as SS-Offizier
- 2013 · Zeugin der Toten as Quirin Kaiserley
- 2012 · Two Lives as Hugo
- 2012 · Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
- 2012 · Russendisko as Herr Kaminer
- 2010 · Klimawechsel as Psychiater
- 2004 · Operation Valkyrie as General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
- Future · The Idiots as
- 2025 · Ein Sommer in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- 2025 · Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) as Schigolch / Dr. Goll
- 2025 · The Calendar Killer as HC
- 2024 · The Investigation as Richter
- 2024 · Sehnsucht Mallorca - Wie alles begann as Narrator
- 2024 · Hallo Spencer - Der Film as Jakob Sesam
- 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 · A Feast for Life as Gabriele
- 2022 · Alice as Ernst Schwarzer
- 2022 · Der Irland-Krimi: Preis des Schweigens as Erik Bell
- 2022 · Rückkehr nach Rimini as Peter Cerny
- 2021 · Westwall as Berthold Roosen
- 2021 · MuM Calls It Quits as Dr. Rudi Lutz
- 2021 · Die Luft, die wir atmen as Klaus Bronstein
- 2020 · Wo ist die Liebe hin? as Bernhard
- 2020 · Mein Altweibersommer as Markus
- 2020 · The Turncoat as Willi Stehauf
- 2020 · Freud as Theodor Meynert
- 2019 · Lara as Paul
- 2019 · Rate Your Date as Bruno
- 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 · Luna's Revenge as Behringer
- 2018 · The Beginner as Rolf Buschhaus
- 2017 · Ich war eine glückliche Frau as Hermann Blok
- 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 · Winnetou - A New World as James Bancroft
- 2016 · Scrappin' as Herr Seifert
- 2016 · Hunters in the Night as Claus Rohmüller
- 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 · The Cold Truth as Wagner
- 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
- 2013 · Tracks as Kurt Posel
- 2013 · Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- 2013 · The Book Thief as Bürgermeister Hermann
- 2013 · Passion as Inspector Bach
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Mayor Engleman
- 2012 · The Guardians as Karl Falkner
- 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 · 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
- 2011 · Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- 2010 · Die NDR Quizshow as Self
- 2010 · In the Shadows as Nico
- 2009 · The White Ribbon as The Doctor
- 2009 · Inglourious Basterds as General Schonherr
- 2008 · Todsünde as Neidhard Moll
- 2008 · A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- 2008 · Einer bleibt sitzen as Reinhold
- 2008 · Markus Lanz as Self
- 2008 · Der Bergdoktor as Ulrich Kretschmar
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Georg Wagenbach
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Arbogast
- 2004 · Onkel Wanja as
- 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