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
- 2020 · Exile as Urs
- 2019 · Lara as Paul
- 2018 · Das Boot as Heinrich Gluck
- 2018 · Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- 2018 · Luna's Revenge as Behringer
- 2017 · Wonder Woman as Von Hindenberg
- 2016 · Scrappin' as Herr Seifert
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Werner Ziegler
- 2014 · The Chosen Ones as Helmut Hoffmann
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Mayor Engleman
- 2012 · The Guardians as Karl Falkner
- 2011 · Homeland as BND Officer Keller
- 2011 · Unknown as Herr Strauss
- 2009 · Inglourious Basterds as General Schonherr
- 2008 · Markus Lanz as Self
- 2008 · Der Bergdoktor as Ulrich Kretschmar
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Georg Wagenbach
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Arbogast
- 2002 · For Heaven's Sake as Rolf Hartung
- 2000 · Abendschau as Self
- 1999 · Volle Kanne as Self
- 1995 · Wilsberg as Müntemeyer
- 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 · Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
- 2025 · The Calendar Killer as HC
- 2024 · Sehnsucht Mallorca - Wie alles begann as Narrator
- 2024 · Vorübergehend glücklich - Vredenhorst as Clemens Stellbrink
- 2023 · The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
- 2022 · Your Honor as Muhr
- 2022 · Divided We Stand as Hans Thieme
- 2020 · Das Mädchen am Strand as Johannes Christensen
- 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 · Never Look Away as Burghart Kroll
- 2017 · Die Puppenspieler as Kardinal della Rovere
- 2017 · Ich war eine glückliche Frau as Hermann Blok
- 2017 · Godless Youth as Trainer
- 2017 · Sex, Pity and Loneliness as Robert Pfennig
- 2017 · Vive L'Amour as
- 2016 · Solo für Weiss as Rainer Weiss
- 2016 · The Most Beautiful Day as Dr. Wüst
- 2016 · Fatal News as Attorney General Hasse
- 2015 · Dengler as BKA Dr. Müller
- 2015 · Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- 2014 · 1864 as Bismarck
- 2014 · A Most Wanted Man as Dieter Mohr
- 2013 · Passion as Inspector Bach
- 2012 · Two Lives as Hugo
- 2012 · München '72 - Das Attentat as Bruno Merk
- 2011 · My Best Enemy as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
- 2010 · Die NDR Quizshow as Self
- 2010 · Klimawechsel as Psychiater
- 2004 · Onkel Wanja as
- 2004 · Operation Valkyrie as General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
- 2003 · Getting a Life as
- Future · Weihnachten in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- 2025 · Ein Sommer in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- 2025 · Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) as Schigolch / Dr. Goll
- 2024 · The Investigation as Richter
- 2024 · Hallo Spencer - Der Film as Jakob Sesam
- 2024 · Vorübergehend glücklich - Opimaral as Clemens Stellbrink
- 2023 · Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel as Wilfried Schneider
- 2023 · A Feast for Life as Gabriele Totti
- 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 · 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 · Weihnachten im Schnee as Henri Johnen
- 2019 · Der König von Köln as Josef Asch
- 2019 · Blochin: Das letzte Kapitel as Shukshin
- 2018 · The Beginner as Rolf Buschhaus
- 2017 · SS-GB as Fritz Kellermann
- 2017 · Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur as Nick
- 2016 · Winnetou - A New World as James Bancroft
- 2016 · The Verdict as Zeuge Lauterbach
- 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 · Käthe Kruse as Oscar Tietz
- 2015 · The Cold Truth as Wagner
- 2015 · Death of a Girl as Johannes Christensen
- 2015 · Line of Separation as Robert Leonhardt
- 2014 · Open the Wall as Peter Arndt
- 2014 · Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- 2014 · Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- 2014 · Burning Souls as Abdias
- 2014 · Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- 2014 · Stereo as Wolfgang
- 2014 · Run Boy Run as SS Officer
- 2013 · Tracks as Kurt Posel
- 2013 · Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- 2013 · The Book Thief as Bürgermeister Hermann
- 2013 · Zeugin der Toten as Quirin Kaiserley
- 2012 · Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
- 2012 · Russendisko as Herr Kaminer
- 2012 · Barbara as Klaus Schütz
- 2011 · War Horse as Brandt
- 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 · Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- 2010 · In the Shadows as Nico
- 2009 · The White Ribbon as The Doctor
- 2008 · Todsünde as Neidhard Moll
- 2008 · A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- 2008 · Einer bleibt sitzen as Reinhold
- 2003 · Nachtschicht as Olaf Holtzmann
- 2003 · Kommissarin Lucas as Wolfram Truss
- 2002 · Bloch as Klaus Hollstein
- 2000 · Now or Never as Makowski
- 1993 · Bella Block as Malte Schnaak
- 1993 · Bella Block as Kommissar Schnaak