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Acting

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180

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-10-28 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]

Christian Berkel

Biography

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.

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Acting

2024		Entführen für Anfänger as Adam Lansky
2024		Querschuss as Andreas

2023		Once Upon a Time in Algeria as Sania
2023		Black Box as Erik Behr

2022		Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" as Narrator (voice)
2022		Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit as Self
2022		A Retribution 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?
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		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 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		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
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		Paradise Is a Trap as Rudi
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
1998		Die Cleveren as Alfons Kleiber
1998		The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
1998		Vickys Alptraum as John

1997		Simones Entscheidung
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

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
1994		Die Gerichtsreporterin as Dr. Wegener
1994		Gute Referenzen
1994		Ein starkes Team as Gerhard Brock
1994		Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! as Walter Gebhard

1993		Bella Block as Thomas Engler
1993		Das Schicksal der Lilian H. as Josef
1993		Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende
1993		Hecht & Haie as Dr. Frenkel
1993		The Devil Kissed from Behind

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
1984		Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self

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 München

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

1948

BAMBI Awards as Self

Directing

1991

Ein toter Spieler verläßt den Tisch as Director

Production

2024

Querschuss as Producer

Writing

1991

Ein toter Spieler verläßt den Tisch as Writer