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Personal Info

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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Known For

Acting

2024

Querschuss as Andreas

2023

Black Box as Erik Behr

2022

Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" as Narrator (voice)
Trügerische Sicherheit as Magnus Mittendorf
A Retribution as Simon Wiesenthal

2021

Furia as Minister Hardenberg

2020

Enfant Terrible as Interviewer
Die verlorene Tochter as Heinrich von Gems

2019

Realm of the Volga as Narrator
Criminal: Germany as Steffen Marquardt

2018

Beat as Richard Diemer

2017

Redemption Road as Jonathan Roth
In Wahrheit as Erich Kupka
Abendshow as Self
MDR um 11 as Self

2016

Elle as Robert
Ein gefährliches Angebot as Michael Dithardt
Ringlstetter as self

2015

Anti-Social as Philip
Dreamgirls as Herr Hegemann
Trumbo as Otto Preminger

2014

MDR um 4 as Self
Quizduell as Self

2013

Buddy as Dr. Küster

2012

2011

The Last Employee as David Böttcher
Das dunkle Nest as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
Der Mann mit dem Fagott as Heinrich Bockelmann

2009

Leningrad as Vinkelmeyer
Inglourious Basterds as Proprietor Eric

2008

Valkyrie as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Mogadischu as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
Flame & Citron as Hoffmann
Miracle at St. Anna as Captain Eichholz
Haber as Fritz Shimon Haber
Markus Lanz as Self

2007

Der andere Junge as Jakob Wagner
Dickes B as Self

2006

Black Book as General Käutner
Helen, Fred und Ted as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
Eine Frage des Gewissens as Martin Beltz
Der Kriminalist as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann
Die Sturmflut as Helmut Schmidt

2005

Hexenküsse as Herbert Zauner
Der Vater meiner Schwester as Dr. Klaus Merbold
Flightplan as Mortuary Director
Thadeusz as self

2004

Downfall as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Soundless as Lang
Guys & Balls as Rudolf
Feuer in der Nacht as Karl Winkler

2003

ZIBB as Self

2002

Safe Conduct as Alfred Greven
Der Unbestechliche as Harald Kittler
Erste Liebe as Rolf Drost

2001

The Experiment as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

2000

1999

Sweet Little Sixteen as Thomas Reiner
Volle Kanne as Self

1998

Tod auf Amrum as Rolf Spiekermann
Die Cleveren as Alfons Kleiber
Der letzte Zeuge as Hans Leinen
Der letzte Zeuge as Helmut Gittel

1997

Rossini as Weich
Im Dialog as self

1996

Lautlose Schritte as Simon Sundermann
Gates of Fire as Dr. Sander
Der Mann ohne Schatten as Bruno Kuhlin
Zimmer frei! as Self

1995

Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann as Patrick Lajonne
Ich, der Boss as Victor Mazza
Spur eines Zweifels as Jens Kolberg

1994

Die Kommissarin as Walter Neumann
Doppelter Einsatz as Sebastian van Leuyen
Rosa Roth as Maiwald
Ein starkes Team as Gerhard Brock
Die Gerichtsreporterin as Dr. Wegener
Inspector Rex as Gregor Schell

1993

Bella Block as Thomas Engler
Hecht & Haie as Dr. Frenkel

1992

Riverboat as Self

1991

DAS! as Self

1990

Kommissar Klefisch as Terboven

1989

Der Bastard as Felix Dennison

1988

1987

Wallenstein as Schwedischer Hauptmann

1985

1984

Das schöne irre Judenmädchen as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin

1982

Frau Jenny Treibel as Leopold Treibel
Steckbriefe as Gerhard Hartung

1981

A Case For Two as Bernd Marquart

1979

1978

New Year's Eve as The Young Man

1977

Eine Jugendliebe as Wolfgang
Der Mädchenkrieg as Karol Djudko
Der Alte as Mano Deller
Der Alte as Thilo Müller
Der Alte as Hans Fänger
Der Alte as Werner Kuziemsky
Der Alte as Peter Larsen
Der Alte as Peter Aulan
Der Alte as Erik Falter
Der Alte as Hausmann
Der Alte as Harry Westphal

1976

1974

Derrick as Lussmann
Derrick as Jürgen Klose
Derrick as Rolf Laduhn
Derrick as Alex Sierich
Derrick as Psychopath
Derrick as Andy Stein
Derrick as Dixi
Derrick as Manfred Kessler

1971

Polizeiruf 110 as Max Ortheil
Dalli Dalli as Self

1970

Scene of the Crime as Uwe Pfandler
Scene of the Crime as Erik Steinbeck
Scene of the Crime as Rainer Wenisch
Scene of the Crime as Alfred Waller
Scene of the Crime as Doc Decker

1948

BAMBI Awards as Self

Directing

Writing

Production

2024

Querschuss as Producer