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