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