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