Herbert Knaup
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Lives of Others (2006)
as Gregor Hessenstein
Hotel Desire (2011)
as Hotel Manager
Run Lola Run (1998)
as Father
In Darkness (2011)
as Ignacy Chiger
23 000 Lives (2026)
Actor
Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
as De Heer
The Elementary Particles (2006)
as Sollers
The Guardians (2012)
as Henri Brietner
Der Aufstand (2003)
as Rudolf Herrnstadt
Clarissas Geheimnis (2012)
as Konstantin
Anatomy 2 (2003)
as Professor Müller-LaRousse
Distant Lights (2003)
as Klaus
Jerry Cotton (2010)
as Mr. High
Die Braut (1999)
as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Bon Appétit (2010)
as Thomas
The Little Ghost (2013)
as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle
Mogadischu (2008)
as Ulrich Wegener
Crusade in Jeans (2006)
as Carlo Bennatti
Brother of Sleep (1995)
as Cantor Goller
Späte Aussicht (2007)
as Peter Frei
Agnes and His Brothers (2004)
as Werner Tschirner
Annas Heimkehr (2003)
as Toni Schweighofer
Move (2012)
as Dinas Vater
Fever (1998)
as Doermer
Dear Kurt (2022)
as Mahlow
Marlene (2000)
as Rudolf Sieber
This Is Love (2009)
as Dominik
Hamlet_X (2003)
as Laertes
Just Something Nice (2022)
as Robert
Harte Brötchen (2002)
as Jörg Erdmann
Mit verbundenen Augen (1995)
as Alex Ziegler
The Invincibles (1994)
as Karl Simon
Irren ist männlich (1996)
as Thomas
Margarete Steiff (2005)
as Vater Steiff
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar (2008)
as Erzengel Michael
Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung (2018)
as Franz Hübner
Gefährliche Träume - Das Geheimnis einer Frau (2000)
as Leonard Cass
Rock Crystal (2004)
as Paul
Die Musterknaben (1997)
as Kamphausen
Der Untergang der Pamir (2006)
as Ludwig Lewerenz
Angst (2003)
as Wolfgang
Framed (1999)
as Un infirmier
In the Name of Love (2006)
as Herr Novak
Hafen der Düfte (2013)
as Peter Philips
Die Nacht der Engel (2000)
as Breiner
Landauer (2014)
as Sigi Hermann
The Writing on the Wall (1996)
as Lopahkin
Homecoming (2012)
as Bürgermeister
Meister des Todes (2015)
as Moritz Hollstein
Der Bankraub (2016)
as von Kamphausen
You're Not Alone (2007)
as Kurt Wellinek
Special Escort (2007)
as Giselher
Toter Winkel (2017)
as Karl Holzer
Crossroads (2018)
as Heiner Witt
Anna's Summer (2001)
as Max Feldmann
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It (2021)
as Stetter
Der Herr der Wüste (2003)
as Richard Bucher
Komm, schöner Tod (2012)
as Jens Kurzhals
Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis (2011)
as Ralf Weiss
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Volles Haus (2026)
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
Der Mörder meines Vaters (2005)
as Phillip Koch
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein (2011)
as Voss
Flesh and Blood (2011)
as Bogdan
Molly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf (2010)
as Hannes Voss
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein (2018)
as Oliver Wackernagel
Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno (2009)
as Matthias Lettenbichler
Die Zeit mit Euch (2014)
as Heiko Hartung
Eichmanns Ende (2010)
as Adolf Eichmann
Mittlere Reife (2012)
as Oliver Seifert
Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi (2016)
as Kluftinger
600 PS für zwei (2015)
as Lorenz Hoffmann
Arschkalt (2011)
as Rainer Berg
Das beste Stück vom Braten (2016)
as Harry Dumont
Der Auftrag (2004)
as Debussion
Ein Sommer im Allgäu (2017)
as Hans
Ganz und gar (2003)
as Manfred
Waller's Last Trip (1989)
as Waller (jung)
Erntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi (2009)
as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
Beyond the Wall (2009)
as Frank Pramann
Entscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder (2001)
as Jan Meinert
Magic Girl (1995)
as Horst Antz
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben! (2009)
as Dr. Franz Reinhard
Wildwechsel (2014)
as Christoph
Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi (2012)
as Kommisar Kluftinger
Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich (2003)
as Sven Maiwald
Augenzeugin (2008)
as Alexander Kant
The Last Pig (2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Male Mistakes (2014)
as Georg Trautmann
Unschuldsengel (1994)
as Paul Hansen
Ins Leben zurück (2003)
as Martin Lorenz
Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi (2016)
as Kluftinger
Südsee, eigene Insel (1999)
as Albert
Sanfte Morde (1997)
as Dr. Plath
Stenzels Bescherung (2019)
as Volkmar Stenzel
Klassentreffen – Mordfall unter Freunden (2001)
as Littmann
Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst (1997)
as Major Weinrich
A Good Opportunity (1999)
as Lorenz Kellermann
August der Glückliche (2002)
as Grabowski
Der letzte Flug (2004)
as Hauptmann Kant
15 Minuten Wahrheit (2007)
as Georg Komann
Die Auferstehung (2018)
as Fred
Kinder der Nacht (1995)
as David
Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben (2024)
as Frank Becker
Die Ohrfeige (2006)
as Friedrich Gelmini
Zwei Tänzer für Isolde (2017)
as Hans
Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen (1998)
as Markus
Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi (2013)
as Kluftinger
Herbert (un)verbesserlich (2024)
as Herbert Knaup
Liebe und andere Gefahren (2009)
as Thomas 'Tom' Sellier
Lucky Child (2014)
as Hans Scholz
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter (2025)
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
Therapie und Praxis (2002)
as Bernhard Meier
Sarah Kohr - Bis auf den Grund (—)
as Anton Mehringer
Jimmy the Kid (1999)
as Dortmunder
Roccos Reise (—)
Actor
Fürchte dich nicht (2007)
as Ralf Bischof
Mein Vater, seine Neue und ich (2005)
as Paul
Silver and Gold (1997)
Actor
Die Tochter des Kommissars (2001)
as Volker Harms
Kriegsbilder (1996)
as Jan Loy
Der große Tom (2008)
as Dr. Heinrich Werhahn
Zur Zeit zu zweit (1998)
as Jan Wolf
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg (2011)
as Walter Aschauer
Vergewaltigt - Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen (1997)
as Dr. de Winter
Pilgerfahrt nach Padua (2011)
as Benno Fischer
Die Aufnahmeprüfung (2012)
as Ferdinand Meissner
Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter (2002)
as Schaller
Berlin, 10:46 (1994)
as Claus
Patricias Geheimnis (1995)
as Henning