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
Flightplan (2005)
as Mortuary Director
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
as Udo
Valkyrie (2008)
as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Downfall (2004)
as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Trumbo (2015)
as Otto Preminger
Elle (2016)
as Robert
Black Book (2006)
as General Käutner
The Experiment (2001)
as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
Soundless (2004)
as Lang
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes (2020)
as Louis Ziffer
Safe Conduct (2002)
as Alfred Greven
Erste Liebe (2002)
as Rolf Drost
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
as Captain Eichholz
Flame & Citron (2008)
as Hoffmann
Ein Taxi für zwei (2025)
as Gregor Basil
Verzweiflung (2000)
Actor
Eine Jugendliebe (1977)
as Wolfgang
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
as Student
Simones Entscheidung (1997)
Actor
Ein gefährliches Angebot (2016)
as Michael Dithardt
In Wahrheit - Mord am Engelsgraben (2017)
as Erich Kupka
Triptych (—)
Actor
Helen, Fred und Ted (2006)
as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
Entführen für Anfänger (2024)
as Adam Lansky
Gute Referenzen (1994)
Actor
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger (2021)
as Bertram Dinkler
The Devil Kissed from Behind (1993)
Actor
Mogadischu (2008)
as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
Leningrad (2009)
as Vinkelmeyer
Ein Knödel für Zwei (—)
as Roman Boll
Das dunkle Nest (2011)
as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben (2000)
as Dietrich
Tod auf Amrum (1998)
as Rolf Spiekermann
Der Vater meiner Schwester (2005)
as Dr. Klaus Merbold
Wind von Südost (1985)
as Gernot
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen (1984)
as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
Spur eines Zweifels (1995)
as Jens Kolberg
Ich, der Boss (1995)
as Victor Mazza
Der andere Junge (2007)
as Jakob Wagner
Dreamgirls (2015)
as Herr Hegemann
A Retribution (2022)
as Simon Wiesenthal
Enfant Terrible (2020)
as Interviewer
Rossini (1997)
as Weich
The Blond Boy from the Casbah (2023)
as Sania
Frau Jenny Treibel (1982)
as Leopold Treibel
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall' (2005)
as Self
Block 10 (2026)
as Dr. Maximilian Samuel
Gates of Fire (1996)
as Dr. Sander
Anti-Social (2015)
as Philip
What Doesn't Kill Us (2018)
as Mark
Black Box (2023)
as Erik Behr
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit (2022)
as Self
Guys & Balls (2004)
as Rudolf
Buddy (2013)
as Dr. Küster
Scheidung für Anfänger (2018)
as Christoph
Paradise Is a Trap (1999)
as Rudi
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall (2013)
as Dr. van der Meer
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit (2014)
as Pilot
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! (1994)
as Walter Gebhard
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight (2014)
as Ernst Udet
Das Schicksal der Lilian H. (1993)
as Josef
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (1999)
as Richard
Ein Herz für Laura (1995)
Actor
New Year's Eve (1978)
as The Young Man
Wallenstein (1987)
as Schwedischer Hauptmann
Trügerische Sicherheit (2022)
as Magnus Mittendorf
Halt mich fest! (2000)
as Axel
Single sucht Nachwuchs (1998)
Actor
Sweet Little Sixteen (1999)
as Thomas Reiner
Eine Frage des Gewissens (2006)
as Martin Beltz
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann (1995)
as Patrick Lajonne
Querschuss (2024)
as Andreas
Your Best Years (1999)
as Arzt
Feuer in der Nacht (2004)
as Karl Winkler
Lautlose Schritte (1996)
as Simon Sundermann
Haber (2008)
as Fritz Shimon Haber
Vickys Alptraum (1998)
as John
The Last Employee (2011)
as David Böttcher
Münchhausens letzte Liebe (1988)
as Wilhelm
Der Unbestechliche (2002)
as Harald Kittler
Maiden's War (1977)
as Karol Djudko
Hexenküsse (2005)
as Herbert Zauner
Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns (1997)
as Stelzer