
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 · The Calendar Killer as HC
- 2023 · The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
- 2022 · Alice as Ernst Schwarzer
- 2022 · Süßer Rausch as Hans
- 2022 · Your Honor as Muhr
- 2021 · Westwall as Berthold Roosen
- 2020 · The Turncoat as Willi Stehauf
- 2020 · Freud as Theodor Meynert
- 2020 · Das Mädchen am Strand as Johannes Christensen
- 2019 · Lara as Paul
- 2019 · The Collini Case as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers
- 2019 · Rate Your Date as Bruno
- 2019 · Die verschwundene Familie as Johannes Christensen
- 2018 · Das Boot as Heinrich Gluck
- 2018 · Never Look Away as Burghart Kroll
- 2018 · Luna's Revenge as Behringer
- 2017 · Die Puppenspieler as Kardinal della Rovere
- 2017 · Wonder Woman as Von Hindenberg
- 2017 · Sex, Pity and Loneliness as Robert Pfennig
- 2017 · SS-GB as Fritz Kellermann
- 2016 · Solo für Weiss as Rainer Weiss
- 2016 · Fatal News as Attorney General Hasse
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- 2015 · Dengler as BKA Dr. Müller
- 2015 · Death of a Girl as Johannes Christensen
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Werner Ziegler
- 2015 · Line of Separation as Robert Leonhardt
- 2014 · 1864 as Bismarck
- 2014 · A Most Wanted Man as Dieter Mohr
- 2014 · Run Boy Run as SS-Offizier
- 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 · Barbara as Klaus Schütz
- 2011 · War Horse as Brandt
- 2011 · Homeland as BND Officer Keller
- 2011 · Unknown as Herr Strauss
- 2010 · Die NDR Quizshow as Self
- 2010 · Klimawechsel as Psychiater
- 2009 · The White Ribbon as The Doctor
- 2009 · Inglourious Basterds as General Schonherr
- 2008 · Polonius Fischer 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
- 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
- 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
- Future · Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
- 2025 · Karla as Richter Lamy
- 2024 · The Investigation as Richter
- 2022 · Der Irland-Krimi: Preis des Schweigens as Erik Bell
- 2021 · MuM Calls It Quits as Dr. Rudi Lutz
- 2020 · Wo ist die Liebe hin? as Bernhard
- 2020 · Exile as Urs
- 2019 · Der König von Köln as Josef Asch
- 2018 · Atlas as Walter Scholl
- 2018 · Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- 2017 · Godless Youth as Trainer
- 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
- 2016 · Operation Zucker - Jagdgesellschaft as Staatsanwalt Mack
- 2015 · Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- 2014 · Open the Wall as Peter Arndt
- 2014 · Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- 2014 · Burning Souls as Abdias
- 2014 · Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- 2014 · Stereo as Wolfgang
- 2013 · Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- 2012 · Two Lives as Hugo
- 2012 · Russendisko as Herr Kaminer
- 2012 · München '72 - Das Attentat as Bruno Merk
- 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 · My Best Enemy as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
- 2011 · Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- 2008 · A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- Future · The Idiots as
- 2025 · Zweigstelle as
- 2025 · Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) as Schigolch / Dr. Goll
- 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 · Mittagsstunde as Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984)
- 2022 · Rückkehr nach Rimini as Peter Cerny
- 2021 · Die Luft, die wir atmen as Klaus Bronstein
- 2020 · Mein Altweibersommer as Markus
- 2019 · Weihnachten im Schnee as Henri Johnen
- 2019 · Blochin: Das letzte Kapitel as Shukshin
- 2018 · The Beginner as Rolf Buschhaus
- 2017 · Ich war eine glückliche Frau as Hermann Blok
- 2017 · Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur as Nick
- 2017 · Vive L'Amour as
- 2016 · Kaltfront as Erik
- 2016 · The Blue Mauritius as Detektiv Kirschenbaum
- 2015 · Käthe Kruse as
- 2015 · Die kalte Wahrheit as Wagner
- 2014 · The Chosen Ones as Helmut Hoffmann
- 2013 · Tracks as Kurt Posel
- 2013 · Zeugin der Toten as Quirin Kaiserley
- 2012 · Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
- 2010 · In the Shadows as Nico
- 2008 · Todsünde as Neidhard Moll
- 2008 · Einer bleibt sitzen as Reinhold
- 2004 · Onkel Wanja as
- 2004 · Operation Valkyrie as General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
- 2003 · Getting a Life as
- 2000 · Now or Never as Makowski