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Christian Berkel

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Christian Berkel

Born October 28, 1957 in Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]80 films

Christian Berkel (born October 28, 1957) is a German actor.

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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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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Downfall poster7.9Downfall2004The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster7.1The Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015Valkyrie poster7.0Valkyrie2008Trumbo poster7.2Trumbo2015The Experiment poster7.4The Experiment2001Black Book poster7.4Black Book2006Flightplan poster6.4Flightplan2005Elle poster6.6Elle2016

Filmography

80 films as actor
  1. TBATriptych
  2. 2026Block 10Dr. Maximilian Samuel
  3. 2025Ein Taxi für zweiGregor Basil
  4. 2024Entführen für AnfängerAdam Lansky
  5. 2024QuerschussAndreas
  6. 2023The Blond Boy from the CasbahSania
  7. 2023Black BoxErik Behr
  8. 2022Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"Narrator (voice)
  9. 2022A RetributionSimon Wiesenthal
  10. 2022Trügerische SicherheitMagnus Mittendorf
  11. 2021Sportabzeichen für AnfängerBertram Dinkler
  12. 2020Enfant TerribleInterviewer
  13. 2020The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely HeroesLouis Ziffer
  14. 2018What Doesn't Kill UsMark
  15. 2018Scheidung für AnfängerChristoph
  16. 2016ElleRobert
  17. 2016Ein gefährliches AngebotMichael Dithardt
  18. 2015TrumboOtto Preminger
  19. 2015The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Udo
  20. 2015Anti-SocialPhilip
  21. 2015DreamgirlsHerr Hegemann
  22. 2014Elly Beinhorn: Solo FlightErnst Udet
  23. 2014Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mitPilot
  24. 2013BuddyDr. Küster
  25. 2013Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter FallDr. van der Meer
  26. 2011Das dunkle NestPfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
  27. 2011The Last EmployeeDavid Böttcher
  28. 2009Inglourious BasterdsProprietor Eric
  29. 2009LeningradVinkelmeyer
  30. 2008ValkyrieAlbrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
  31. 2008MogadischuBundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
  32. 2008Miracle at St. AnnaCaptain Eichholz
  33. 2008HaberFritz Shimon Haber
  34. 2008Flame & CitronHoffmann
  35. 2007Der andere JungeJakob Wagner
  36. 2006Black BookGeneral Käutner
  37. 2006Helen, Fred und TedEduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
  38. 2006Eine Frage des GewissensMartin Beltz
  39. 2005FlightplanMortuary Director
  40. 2005Der Vater meiner SchwesterDr. Klaus Merbold
  41. 2005HexenküsseHerbert Zauner
  42. 2004Feuer in der NachtKarl Winkler
  43. 2004Guys & BallsRudolf
  44. 2004DownfallProf. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
  45. 2004SoundlessLang
  46. 2002Der UnbestechlicheHarald Kittler
  47. 2002Safe ConductAlfred Greven
  48. 2002Erste LiebeRolf Drost
  49. 2001The ExperimentRobert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
  50. 2000Verzweiflung
  51. 2000Blondine sucht Millionär fürs LebenDietrich
  52. 2000Halt mich fest!Axel
  53. 1999Stille Nacht, Heilige NachtRichard
  54. 1999Paradise Is a TrapRudi
  55. 1999Your Best YearsArzt
  56. 1999Sweet Little SixteenThomas Reiner
  57. 1998Tod auf AmrumRolf Spiekermann
  58. 1998Single sucht Nachwuchs
  59. 1998Vickys AlptraumJohn
  60. 1997Simones Entscheidung
  61. 1997RossiniWeich
  62. 1997Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von unsStelzer
  63. 1996Lautlose SchritteSimon Sundermann
  64. 1996Gates of FireDr. Sander
  65. 1995Spur eines ZweifelsJens Kolberg
  66. 1995Drei Frauen und (k)ein MannPatrick Lajonne
  67. 1995Ich, der BossVictor Mazza
  68. 1995Ein Herz für Laura
  69. 1994Gute Referenzen
  70. 1994Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!Walter Gebhard
  71. 1993Das Schicksal der Lilian H.Josef
  72. 1988Münchhausens letzte LiebeWilhelm
  73. 1987WallensteinSchwedischer Hauptmann
  74. 1985Wind von SüdostGernot
  75. 1984Das schöne irre JudenmädchenFriedrich, Graf von Schwerin
  76. 1982Frau Jenny TreibelLeopold Treibel
  77. 1978New Year's EveThe Young Man
  78. 1977The Serpent's EggStudent
  79. 1977Eine JugendliebeWolfgang
  80. 1977Maiden's WarKarol Djudko