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