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Christian Berkel

Christian Berkel

Actor · Born 1957-10-28 · Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) — Proprietor Eric
  2. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) — Udo
  3. Downfall (2004) — Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
  4. Valkyrie (2008) — Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
  5. Flightplan (2005) — Mortuary Director
  6. Elle (2016) — Robert
  7. Trumbo (2015) — Otto Preminger
  8. Black Book (2006) — General Käutner
  9. The Experiment (2001) — Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
  10. Hijack (2023) — Roland Murnau
  11. Miracle at St. Anna (2008) — Captain Eichholz
  12. Inspector Rex (1994) — Gregor Schell
  13. Flame & Citron (2008) — Hoffmann
  14. Dreamgirls (2015) — Herr Hegemann
  15. The Serpent's Egg (1977) — Student
  16. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Uwe Pfandler
  17. Furia (2021) — Minister Hardenberg
  18. Criminal: Germany (2019) — Steffen Marquardt
  19. Leningrad (2009) — Vinkelmeyer
  20. Buddy (2013) — Dr. Küster
  21. Beat (2018) — Richard Diemer
  22. Derrick (1974) — Lussmann
  23. Anti-Social (2015) — Philip
  24. Rossini (1997) — Weich
  25. The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes (2020) — Louis Ziffer
  26. Enfant Terrible (2020) — Interviewer
  27. Safe Conduct (2002) — Alfred Greven
  28. Guys & Balls (2004) — Rudolf
  29. Mogadischu (2008) — Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
  30. Polizeiruf 110 (1971) — Max Ortheil
  31. Soundless (2004) — Lang
  32. The Blond Boy from the Casbah (2023) — Sania
  33. The Last Employee (2011) — David Böttcher
  34. The Old Fox (1977) — Mano Deller
  35. Wetten, dass..? (1981) — Self
  36. A Case For Two (1981) — Bernd Marquart
  37. Black Box (2023) — Erik Behr
  38. Markus Lanz (2008) — Self
  39. What Doesn't Kill Us (2018) — Mark
  40. NSU German History X (2016) — Amor

Directed

  1. Ein toter Spieler verläßt den Tisch (1991) — Director