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 · Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) as Schigolch / Dr. Goll
- 2025 · The Calendar Killer as HC
- 2024 · The Investigation as Richter
- 2023 · The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
- 2020 · Exile as Urs
- 2020 · Freud as Theodor Meynert
- 2019 · The Collini Case as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers
- 2019 · Rate Your Date as Bruno
- 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 · 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 · The Verdict as Zeuge Lauterbach
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- 2015 · Käthe Kruse as Oscar Tietz
- 2015 · Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- 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 · Stereo as Wolfgang
- 2014 · Run Boy Run as SS Officer
- 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
- 2011 · War Horse as Brandt
- 2011 · Homeland as BND Officer Keller
- 2011 · If Not Us, Who? as Verteidiger
- 2011 · Unknown as Herr Strauss
- 2011 · My Best Enemy as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
- 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 · 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 · Operation Valkyrie as General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
- 2003 · Getting a Life as
- 2003 · Nachtschicht as Olaf Holtzmann
- 2002 · Bloch as Klaus Hollstein
- 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 · German Film Award as Self
- Future · The Idiots as
- 2025 · Zweigstelle as
- 2025 · Karla as Richter Lamy
- 2025 · Ein Sommer in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- 2025 · Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
- 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 · Süßer Rausch as Hans
- 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 · 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 · Das Mädchen am Strand as Johannes Christensen
- 2019 · Weihnachten im Schnee as Henri Johnen
- 2019 · Der König von Köln as Josef Asch
- 2019 · Lara as Paul
- 2019 · Blochin: Das letzte Kapitel as Shukshin
- 2019 · Die verschwundene Familie as Johannes Christensen
- 2018 · Atlas as Walter Scholl
- 2018 · Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- 2017 · Die Puppenspieler as Kardinal della Rovere
- 2017 · Godless Youth as Trainer
- 2017 · Sex, Pity and Loneliness as Robert Pfennig
- 2017 · Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur as Nick
- 2016 · Winnetou - A New World as James Bancroft
- 2016 · Solo für Weiss as Rainer Weiss
- 2016 · Scrappin' as Herr Seifert
- 2016 · The Most Beautiful Day as Dr. Wüst
- 2016 · Hunters in the Night as Claus Rohmüller
- 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 · Dengler as BKA Dr. Müller
- 2015 · The Cold Truth as Wagner
- 2015 · Death of a Girl as Johannes Christensen
- 2013 · Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- 2013 · Passion as Inspector Bach
- 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 · Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- 2010 · Die NDR Quizshow as Self
- 2004 · Onkel Wanja as
- Future · Weihnachten in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- 2014 · Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- 2014 · Burning Souls as Abdias
- 2014 · Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- 2013 · Tracks as Kurt Posel
- 2012 · Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
- 2011 · Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden as Prof. Albert Brückner
- 2011 · Dreileben: Beats Being Dead as Dr. Dreier
- 2010 · Klimawechsel as Psychiater
- 2008 · A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- 2003 · Kommissarin Lucas as Wolfram Truss
- 2000 · Now or Never as Makowski