Christian Berkel
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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
Credits
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
as Proprietor Eric
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
as Udo
Downfall (2004)
as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Valkyrie (2008)
as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Flightplan (2005)
as Mortuary Director
Black Book (2006)
as General Käutner
The Experiment (2001)
as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
Elle (2016)
as Robert
Trumbo (2015)
as Otto Preminger
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
as Captain Eichholz
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes (2020)
as Louis Ziffer
Flame & Citron (2008)
as Hoffmann
Leningrad (2009)
as Vinkelmeyer
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
as Student
Rossini (1997)
as Weich
Anti-Social (2015)
as Philip
Mogadischu (2008)
as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
Safe Conduct (2002)
as Alfred Greven
Soundless (2004)
as Lang
Dreamgirls (2015)
as Herr Hegemann
Black Box (2023)
as Erik Behr
Simones Entscheidung (1997)
Actor
What Doesn't Kill Us (2018)
as Mark
Sweet Little Sixteen (1999)
as Thomas Reiner
Buddy (2013)
as Dr. Küster
Helen, Fred und Ted (2006)
as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
A Retribution (2022)
as Simon Wiesenthal
Guys & Balls (2004)
as Rudolf
Triptych (—)
Actor
Enfant Terrible (2020)
as Interviewer
Gates of Fire (1996)
as Dr. Sander
Block 10 (2026)
as Dr. Maximilian Samuel
The Blond Boy from the Casbah (2023)
as Sania
Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben (2000)
as Dietrich
Your Best Years (1999)
as Arzt
Scheidung für Anfänger (2018)
as Christoph
Erste Liebe (2002)
as Rolf Drost
Entführen für Anfänger (2024)
as Adam Lansky
Ein Taxi für zwei (2025)
as Gregor Basil
Das Schicksal der Lilian H. (1993)
as Josef
Das dunkle Nest (2011)
as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang" (2005)
as Self
Der andere Junge (2007)
as Jakob Wagner
Vickys Alptraum (1998)
as John
Wallenstein (1987)
as Schwedischer Hauptmann
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (1999)
as Richard
Spur eines Zweifels (1995)
as Jens Kolberg
Maiden's War (1977)
as Karol Djudko
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger (2021)
as Bertram Dinkler
Ein gefährliches Angebot (2016)
as Michael Dithardt
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen (1984)
as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
Feuer in der Nacht (2004)
as Karl Winkler
New Year's Eve (1978)
as The Young Man
Halt mich fest! (2000)
as Axel
Der Vater meiner Schwester (2005)
as Dr. Klaus Merbold
Gute Referenzen (1994)
Actor
Eine Jugendliebe (1977)
as Wolfgang
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight (2014)
as Ernst Udet
Ein Herz für Laura (1995)
Actor
Frau Jenny Treibel (1982)
as Leopold Treibel
Tod auf Amrum (1998)
as Rolf Spiekermann
The Last Employee (2011)
as David Böttcher
Der Unbestechliche (2002)
as Harald Kittler
Eine Frage des Gewissens (2006)
as Martin Beltz
Haber (2008)
as Fritz Shimon Haber
Hexenküsse (2005)
as Herbert Zauner
Trügerische Sicherheit (2022)
as Magnus Mittendorf
Ich, der Boss (1995)
as Victor Mazza
Münchhausens letzte Liebe (1988)
as Wilhelm
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! (1994)
as Walter Gebhard
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit (2014)
as Pilot
Verzweiflung (2000)
Actor
Paradise Is a Trap (1999)
as Rudi
Single sucht Nachwuchs (1998)
Actor
Wind von Südost (1985)
as Gernot
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall (2013)
as Dr. van der Meer
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit (2022)
as Self
Lautlose Schritte (1996)
as Simon Sundermann
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Querschuss (2024)
as Andreas
The Devil Kissed from Behind (1993)
Actor
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann (1995)
as Patrick Lajonne
Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns (1997)
as Stelzer