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