Christian Berkel

Personal Info

Known For Actor

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christian Berkel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
2024
Querschuss

as Andreas

2023
Black Box

as Erik Behr

2022
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"

as Narrator (voice)

2022
Schächten

as Simon Wiesenthal

2022
Trügerische Sicherheit

as Magnus Mittendorf

2021
2021
Furia

as Minister Hardenberg

2020
Enfant Terrible

as Interviewer

2020
Die verlorene Tochter

as Heinrich von Gems

2019
Realm of the Volga

as Narrator

2019
Criminal: Germany

as Steffen Marquardt

2018
2018
Beat

as Richard Diemer

2018
2017
Abendshow

as Self

2017
In Wahrheit

as Erich Kupka

2017
MDR um 11

as Self

2017
Redemption Road

as Jonathan Roth

2016
Elle

as Robert

2016
Ein gefährliches Angebot

as Michael Dithardt

2016
Ringlstetter

as self

2016
2016
2015
Trumbo

as Otto Preminger

2015
Anti-Social

as Philip

2015
Dreamgirls

as Herr Hegemann

2015
2015
Wer weiß denn sowas?

as Self - Guest

2014
2014
Quizduell

as Self

2014
MDR um 4

as Self

2013
Buddy

as Dr. Küster

2013
2012
2012
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
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
Flame & Citron

as Hoffmann

2008
Markus Lanz

as Self

2007
Der andere Junge

as Jakob Wagner

2007
Dickes B

as Self

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

2006
Der Kriminalist

as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann

2005
Flightplan

as Mortuary Director

2005
Der Vater meiner Schwester

as Dr. Klaus Merbold

2005
Hexenküsse

as Herbert Zauner

2005
Thadeusz

as self

2005
2005
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
2002
Safe Conduct

as Alfred Greven

2002
Erste Liebe

as Rolf Drost

2001
The Experiment

as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

2000
2000
1999
1999
Sweet Little Sixteen

as Thomas Reiner

1999
1999
Volle Kanne

as Self

1998
Tod auf Amrum

as Rolf Spiekermann

1998
1998
Der letzte Zeuge

as Hans Leinen

1998
Der letzte Zeuge

as Helmut Gittel

1998
Die Cleveren

as Alfons Kleiber

1997
Rossini

as Weich

1997
Im Dialog

as self

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
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann

as Patrick Lajonne

1995
Ich, der Boss

as Victor Mazza

1994
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
Die Gerichtsreporterin

as Dr. Wegener

1994
Ein starkes Team

as Gerhard Brock

1994
Bella Block

as Thomas Engler

1993
Hecht & Haie

as Dr. Frenkel

1992
1992
Riverboat

as Self

1991
DAS!

as Self

1990
Kommissar Klefisch

as Terboven

1989
1989
Der Bastard

as Felix Dennison

1987
Wallenstein

as Schwedischer Hauptmann

1985
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
1979
1978
New Year's Eve

as The young man

1977
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
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

Producer

2024
Querschuss

as Producer