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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

175

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-03-23 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Sonthofen, Germany

Also Known As

Ге́рберт Кна́уп

Herbert Knaup

Biography

Herbert Knaup is a German film and television actor. He is perhaps best-known to international audiences for his supporting roles in Run Lola Run and The Lives of Others. Longtime companion of actress Natalia Wörner until 2001. Supports the SOS Children's Villages.

Started a career as musician with his two nephews in their band "Neffen und Knaup" (Nephews and Knaup) (2007). Founding member of the German Screen Actors Guild. After graduating from the Otto Falckenberg School, the Academy of Performing Arts in Munich, he made his stage debut in 1978.

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Roccos Reise

2025

Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter as Horst Schulte-Bräucker

2024

Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben as Frank Becker

2023		Jokah & Tutty as Galvin der Weise
2023		Hotel Barcelona as Viktor Hansen

2022		Just Something Nice as Robert
2022		Dear Kurt as Mahlow

2021		The Salvation Of The World As We Know It as Stetter
2021		Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late as Reinhard Severin

2020

Da is’ ja nix as Dr. Bruns

2019

Stenzels Bescherung as Volkmar Stenzel

2018		Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung as Franz Hübner
2018		Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein as Oliver Wackernagel
2018		Crossroads as Heiner Witt
2018		Die Auferstehung as Fred

2017		Die Puppenspieler as Jakob Fugger
2017		Ein Sommer im Allgäu as Hans
2017		Toter Winkel as Karl Holzer
2017		Zwei Tänzer für Isolde as Hans

2016		Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi as Kluftinger
2016		Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi as Kluftinger
2016		The Last Pig as Narrator (voice)
2016		Der Bankraub as von Kamphausen
2016		Das beste Stück vom Braten as Harry Dumont

2015		600 PS für zwei as Lorenz Hoffmann
2015		Die Kanzlei as Markus Gellert
2015		Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
2015		Meister des Todes as Moritz Hollstein

2014		Lucky Child as Hans Scholz
2014		Landauer as Sigi Hermann
2014		Male Mistakes as Georg Trautmann
2014		Wildwechsel as Christoph
2014		Helen Dorn as Hans Thomsen
2014		Sarah Kohr as Anton Mehringer
2014		Die Zeit mit Euch as Heiko Hartung

2013		Hafen der Düfte as Peter Philips
2013		Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi as Kluftinger
2013		The Little Ghost as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle

2012		Die Aufnahmeprüfung as Ferdinand Meissner
2012		Move as Dinas Vater
2012		Clarissas Geheimnis as Konstantin
2012		The Guardians as Henri Brietner
2012		Mittlere Reife as Oliver Seifert
2012		Homecoming as Bürgermeister
2012		Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi as Kommisar Kluftinger
2012		Komm, schöner Tod as Jens Kurzhals

2011		Hotel Desire as Hotel Manager
2011		Pilgerfahrt nach Padua as Benno Fischer
2011		In Darkness as Ignacy Chiger
2011		Flesh and Blood as Bogdan
2011		Arschkalt as Rainer Berg
2011		Hamburg Journal as self
2011		Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis as Ralf Weiss
2011		Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg as Walter Aschauer
2011		Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein as Voss
2011		Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis as Kurt Korbach

2010		Molly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf as Hannes Voss
2010		Bon Appétit as Thomas
2010		Eichmanns Ende as Adolf Eichmann
2010		Jerry Cotton as Mr. High

2009		Bergheimat
2009		Sisi as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)
2009		Beyond the Wall as Frank Pramann
2009		Erntedank as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
2009		This Is Love as Dominik
2009		Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben! as Dr. Franz Reinhard
2009		Liebe und andere Gefahren as Thomas 'Tom' Sellier
2009		Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno as Matthias Lettenbichler

2008		Mogadischu as Ulrich Wegener
2008		Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar as Erzengel Michael
2008		Der große Tom as Dr. Heinrich Werhahn
2008		Augenzeugin as Alexander Kant

2007		Späte Aussicht as Peter Frei
2007		Nachtlinie as Self
2007		Special Escort as Giselher
2007		Day of Disaster as Martin Feldmann
2007		You're Not Alone as Kurt Wellinek
2007		Inas Nacht as Self
2007		Fürchte dich nicht as Ralf Bischof
2007		15 Minuten Wahrheit as Georg Komann

2006		In the Name of Love as Herr Novak
2006		Kommissar Stolberg as Carl Reese
2006		Der Untergang der Pamir as Ludwig Lewerenz
2006		Die Ohrfeige as Friedrich Gelmini
2006		Frag doch mal die Maus as Self
2006		The Lives of Others as Gregor Hessenstein
2006		The Elementary Particles as Sollers

2005		Margarete Steiff as Vater Steiff
2005		Thadeusz as self
2005		Der Mörder meines Vaters as Phillip Koch
2005		Mein Vater, seine Neue und ich as Paul
2005		Kanzleramt as Regierungssprecher

2004		Rock Crystal as Paul
2004		Der letzte Flug as Hauptmann Kant
2004		Agnes and His Brothers as Werner Tschirner
2004		Der Auftrag as Debussion

2003		Anatomy 2 as Professor Müller-LaRousse
2003		Annas Heimkehr as Toni Schweighofer
2003		Der Herr der Wüste as Richard Bucher
2003		Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich as Sven Maiwald
2003		Ins Leben zurück as Martin Lorenz
2003		Hamlet_X as Laertes
2003		Der Aufstand
2003		Kommissarin Lucas as Klaus Merdinger
2003		Angst as Wolfgang
2003		Distant Lights as Klaus
2003		Ganz und gar as Manfred

2002		August der Glückliche as Grabowski
2002		Blond: Eva Blond! as Richard Vester
2002		Under Suspicion as Georg Zechner
2002		Harte Brötchen as Jörg Erdmann
2002		Therapie und Praxis as Bernhard Meier
2002		Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter as Schaller

2001		Die Tochter des Kommissars as Volker Harms
2001		Anna's Summer as Max Feldmann
2001		Klassentreffen – Mordfall unter Freunden as Littmann
2001		Entscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder as Jan Meinert

2000		Die Nacht der Engel as Breiner
2000		Nuremberg as Albert Speer
2000		Gefährliche Träume - Das Geheimnis einer Frau as Leonard Cass
2000		Marlene as Rudolf Sieber
2000		Ordinary Decent Criminal as De Heer

1999		Ne günstige Gelegenheit as Lorenz Kellermann
1999		Framed as Un infirmier
1999		Volle Kanne as Self
1999		Südsee, eigene Insel as Albert
1999		Die Braut as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1999		Jimmy the Kid as Dortmunder

1998		Fever as Doermer
1998		Ein Herz für Kinder as Self
1998		Run Lola Run as Father
1998		Zur Zeit zu zweit as Jan Wolf
1998		T.E.A.M. Berlin as Robert Berger
1998		Der letzte Zeuge as Karl Kromberg
1998		Der letzte Zeuge as Alex Leidhoff
1998		Die Unbestechliche as Rolf Clausnitzer
1998		The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
1998		Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen as Markus

1997		Leute heute as Self
1997		Die Musterknaben as Kamphausen
1997		Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst as Major Weinrich
1997		Tietjen und Bommes as Self
1997		Vergewaltigt - Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen as Dr. de Winter
1997		Sanfte Morde as Dr. Plath
1997		Die Gang as Francis Miller
1997		Silver and Gold

1996		Kriegsbilder as Jan Loy
1996		Irren ist männlich as Thomas
1996		The Writing on the Wall as Lopahkin
1996		Zimmer frei! as Self

1995		Mit verbundenen Augen as Alex Ziegler
1995		Magic Girl as Horst Antz
1995		Brother of Sleep as Cantor Goller
1995		Kinder der Nacht as David

1994		The Invincibles as Karl Simon
1994		Doppelter Einsatz as Klaus Brandstein
1994		Alles außer Mord as Alexander Mehring
1994		Faust as Uwe Eichmeier
1994		Unschuldsengel as Paul Hansen

1993

Bella Block as Pfarrer Daniel

1992

Die Dirk Bach Show as Self

1991

DAS! as Self

1989		Waller's Last Trip as Waller (jung)
1989		Blauer Panther as Self

1984		Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
1984		Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self - Laudatio

1979		Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
1979		NDR Talk Show as Self

1976

Kölner Treff as Self

1971		Polizeiruf 110 as Prof. Henner Gottsched
1971		Polizeiruf 110 as Hermann Denninger

1970		Scene of the Crime as Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler
1970		Scene of the Crime as Andreas Franke
1970		Scene of the Crime as Günther Kowatsch

1951

Deutscher Filmpreis as Self