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 · Karla as Richter Lamy
- 2025 · Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) as Schigolch / Dr. Goll
- 2024 · Vorübergehend glücklich - Opimaral as Clemens Stellbrink
- 2022 · Mittagsstunde as Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984)
- 2022 · Rückkehr nach Rimini as Peter Cerny
- 2021 · MuM Calls It Quits as Dr. Rudi Lutz
- 2020 · Exile as Urs
- 2020 · Mein Altweibersommer as Markus
- 2020 · Freud as Theodor Meynert
- 2019 · Lara as Paul
- 2019 · Blochin: Das letzte Kapitel as Shukshin
- 2018 · Atlas as Walter Scholl
- 2018 · Das Boot as Heinrich Gluck
- 2018 · Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- 2018 · Luna's Revenge as Behringer
- 2017 · Godless Youth as Trainer
- 2017 · Wonder Woman as Von Hindenberg
- 2017 · SS-GB as Fritz Kellermann
- 2016 · The Verdict as Zeuge Lauterbach
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- 2015 · Käthe Kruse as
- 2015 · Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- 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 · 1864 as Bismarck
- 2014 · A Most Wanted Man as Dieter Mohr
- 2014 · Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 2004 · Operation Valkyrie as General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
- 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 · 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 · Ein Sommer in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- 2025 · Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
- 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 - Vredenhorst as Clemens Stellbrink
- 2023 · Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel as Wilfried Schneider
- 2023 · The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
- 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 · Your Honor as Muhr
- 2022 · Divided We Stand as Hans Thieme
- 2021 · Westwall as Berthold Roosen
- 2021 · Die Luft, die wir atmen as Klaus Bronstein
- 2020 · Wo ist die Liebe hin? as Bernhard
- 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 · The Collini Case as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers
- 2019 · Rate Your Date as Bruno
- 2019 · Die verschwundene Familie as Johannes Christensen
- 2018 · Never Look Away as Burghart Kroll
- 2018 · The Beginner as Rolf Buschhaus
- 2017 · Die Puppenspieler as Kardinal della Rovere
- 2017 · Ich war eine glückliche Frau as Hermann Blok
- 2017 · Sex, Pity and Loneliness as Robert Pfennig
- 2017 · Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur as Nick
- 2017 · Vive L'Amour as
- 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 · Death of a Girl as Johannes Christensen
- 2014 · Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- 2014 · The Chosen Ones as Helmut Hoffmann
- 2014 · Burning Souls as Abdias
- 2014 · Stereo as Wolfgang
- 2014 · Run Boy Run as SS-Offizier
- 2013 · Tracks as Kurt Posel
- 2013 · Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- 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
- 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 · Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- 2010 · Die NDR Quizshow as Self
- 2010 · Klimawechsel as Psychiater
- 2008 · A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- 2008 · Einer bleibt sitzen as Reinhold
- 2003 · Getting a Life as
- 2000 · Now or Never as Makowski