Christian Berkel
Christian Berkel (born October 28, 1957) is a German actor. Berkel was born in Berlin, Germany. His father was a military doctor. From the age of 14 he lived in Paris where he took drama lessons with Jean-Louis Barrault and Pierre Berlin. He then trained at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin and appeared on stage in Augsburg, Düsseldorf, Munich, Vienna and at the Schiller Theatre, Berlin. He has appeared in many German television productions and secured a major role in the Academy Award-nominated film Downfall as Doctor Ernst-Günther Schenck. He has followed this with significant roles in the Paul Verhoeven directed Dutch movie Black Book and the big budget United States movies Flightplan, Valkyrie (in which he portrayed Colonel Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim) and the Academy Award-nominated Inglourious Basterds. He lives in Berlin with the actress Andrea Sawatzki, with whom he has two sons. He is also fluent in French and English. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christian Berkel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Entführen für Anfänger as Adam Lansky
- 2024 · Querschuss as Andreas
- 2023 · Once Upon a Time in Algeria as Sania
- 2023 · Black Box: Wem kannst du vertrauen? as Erik Behr
- 2022 · Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Schächten as Simon Wiesenthal
- 2022 · Voices of Liberation as Self
- 2022 · Trügerische Sicherheit as Magnus Mittendorf
- 2021 · Furia as Minister Hardenberg
- 2021 · Sportabzeichen für Anfänger as Bertram Dinkler
- 2020 · Enfant Terrible as Interviewer
- 2020 · Die verlorene Tochter as Heinrich von Gems
- 2020 · The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes as Louis Ziffer
- 2019 · Realm of the Volga as Narrator
- 2019 · Hier spricht Berlin as Self
- 2019 · Criminal: Germany as Steffen Marquardt
- 2018 · Beat as Richard Diemer
- 2018 · Talk aus Berlin as Self
- 2018 · What Doesn't Kill Us as Mark
- 2018 · Scheidung für Anfänger as Christoph
- 2017 · Abendshow as Self
- 2017 · In Wahrheit as Erich Kupka
- 2017 · MDR um 11 as Self
- 2017 · Redemption Road as Jonathan Roth
- 2016 · Ringlstetter as self
- 2016 · Klamroths Konter as Self
- 2016 · Die Superpauker as Self
- 2016 · Elle as Robert
- 2016 · Ein gefährliches Angebot as Michael Dithardt
- 2016 · NSU German History X as Amor
- 2015 · Trumbo as Otto Preminger
- 2015 · Quizduell-Olymp as Self
- 2015 · Das Literarische Quartett as Self
- 2015 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Udo
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Anti-Social as Philip
- 2015 · Dreamgirls as Herr Hegemann
- 2014 · Quizduell as Self
- 2014 · Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight as Ernst Udet
- 2014 · MDR um 4 as Self
- 2014 · Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit as Pilot
- 2013 · Buddy as Dr. Küster
- 2013 · Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall as Dr. van der Meer
- 2013 · Grill den Henssler as Self
- 2012 · Im Leben von … as Self
- 2012 · Roche & Böhmermann as Self
- 2012 · Gottschalk Live as Self
- 2011 · Das dunkle Nest as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
- 2011 · The Last Employee as David Böttcher
- 2011 · Der Mann mit dem Fagott as Heinrich Bockelmann
- 2011 · Der Mann mit dem Fagott as Heinrich Bockelmann
- 2011 · Günther Jauch as Self
- 2011 · Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell as Self
- 2009 · Inglourious Basterds as Proprietor Eric
- 2009 · Leningrad as Vinkelmeyer
- 2008 · Valkyrie as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
- 2008 · Mogadischu as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
- 2008 · Miracle at St. Anna as Captain Eichholz
- 2008 · Haber as Fritz Shimon Haber
- 2008 · Markus Lanz as Self
- 2008 · Flame & Citron as Hoffmann
- 2007 · Dickes B as Self
- 2007 · Der andere Junge as Jakob Wagner
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann
- 2006 · Black Book as General Käutner
- 2006 · Helen, Fred und Ted as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
- 2006 · Eine Frage des Gewissens as Martin Beltz
- 2006 · Die Sturmflut as Innensenator Helmut Schmidt
- 2005 · Thadeusz as self
- 2005 · Flightplan as Mortuary Director
- 2005 · Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang" as Self
- 2005 · Der Vater meiner Schwester as Dr. Klaus Merbold
- 2005 · Fröhlich lesen as Self
- 2005 · Star-Biathlon as Self
- 2005 · Hexenküsse as Herbert Zauner
- 2004 · Feuer in der Nacht as Karl Winkler
- 2004 · Guys & Balls as Rudolf
- 2004 · Downfall as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
- 2004 · Soundless as Lang
- 2003 · ZIBB as Self
- 2002 · Der Unbestechliche as Harald Kittler
- 2002 · Paradise Is a Trap as Rudi
- 2002 · NDR Kultur – Das Journal as Self
- 2002 · Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- 2002 · Safe Conduct as Alfred Greven
- 2002 · Erste Liebe as Rolf Drost
- 2001 · The Experiment as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
- 2000 · Verzweiflung as
- 2000 · Menschen der Woche as Self
- 2000 · Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben as Dietrich
- 2000 · Halt mich fest! as Axel
- 1999 · Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht as Richard
- 1999 · Maybrit Illner as Self
- 1999 · Your Best Years as Arzt
- 1999 · Volle Kanne as Self
- 1999 · Sweet Little Sixteen as Thomas Reiner
- 1998 · Tod auf Amrum as Rolf Spiekermann
- 1998 · Ein Herz für Kinder as Self
- 1998 · Der letzte Zeuge as Hans Leinen
- 1998 · Der letzte Zeuge as Helmut Gittel
- 1998 · Single sucht Nachwuchs as
- 1998 · Die Cleveren as Alfons Kleiber
- 1998 · Die Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- 1998 · Vickys Alptraum as John
- 1997 · Simones Entscheidung as
- 1997 · Rossini as Weich
- 1997 · Im Dialog as self
- 1997 · Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns as Stelzer
- 1996 · Lautlose Schritte as Simon Sundermann
- 1996 · Gates of Fire as Dr. Sander
- 1996 · Zimmer frei! as Self
- 1996 · Der Mann ohne Schatten as Bruno Kuhlin
- 1995 · Spur eines Zweifels as Jens Kolberg
- 1995 · A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft as Lefevre
- 1995 · Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann as Patrick Lajonne
- 1995 · Ich, der Boss as Victor Mazza
- 1995 · Ein Herz für Laura as
- 1994 · alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
- 1994 · Inspector Rex as Gregor Schell
- 1994 · Rosa Roth as Maiwald
- 1994 · Die Kommissarin as Walter Neumann
- 1994 · Doppelter Einsatz as Sebastian van Leuyen
- 1994 · Air Albatros as
- 1994 · Die Gerichtsreporterin as Dr. Wegener
- 1994 · Gute Referenzen as
- 1994 · Ein starkes Team as Gerhard Brock
- 1994 · Bella Block as Thomas Engler
- 1994 · Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! as Walter Gebhard
- 1993 · Das Schicksal der Lilian H. as Josef
- 1993 · Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende as
- 1993 · Hecht & Haie as Dr. Frenkel
- 1993 · The Devil Kissed from Behind as
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as self
- 1992 · Riverboat as Self
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1990 · Kommissar Klefisch as Terboven
- 1989 · ZDF-Mittagsmagazin as Self
- 1989 · Der Bastard as Felix Dennison
- 1988 · Münchhausens letzte Liebe as Wilhelm
- 1987 · Wallenstein as Schwedischer Hauptmann
- 1985 · Wind von Südost as Gernot
- 1984 · Das schöne irre Judenmädchen as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
- 1982 · Frau Jenny Treibel as Leopold Treibel
- 1982 · Steckbriefe as Gerhard Hartung
- 1981 · A Case For Two as Bernd Marquart
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1978 · New Year's Eve as The young man
- 1978 · SOKO 5113 as
- 1977 · The Serpent's Egg as Student
- 1977 · Eine Jugendliebe as Wolfgang
- 1977 · Der Mädchenkrieg as Karol Djudko
- 1977 · Der Alte as Mano Deller
- 1977 · Der Alte as Thilo Müller
- 1977 · Der Alte as Hans Fänger
- 1977 · Der Alte as Werner Kuziemsky
- 1977 · Der Alte as Erik Falter
- 1977 · Der Alte as Peter Aulan
- 1977 · Der Alte as Hausmann
- 1977 · Der Alte as Peter Larsen
- 1977 · Der Alte as Harry Westphal
- 1976 · Kölner Treff as Self
- 1974 · Derrick as Alex Sierich
- 1974 · Derrick as Lussmann
- 1974 · Derrick as Jürgen Klose
- 1974 · Derrick as Dixi
- 1974 · Derrick as Andy Stein
- 1974 · Derrick as Rolf Laduhn
- 1974 · Derrick as Psychopath
- 1974 · Derrick as Manfred Kessler
- 1971 · Polizeiruf 110 as Max Ortheil
- 1971 · Dalli Dalli as Self
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Uwe Pfandler
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Erik Steinbeck
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Rainer Wenisch
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Alfred Waller
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Doc Decker
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self