Christian Berkel

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-10-28 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]

Christian Berkel

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 mov...

Acting

2001

The Experiment

as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

2004

Downfall

as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck

2008

Valkyrie

as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim

2009

Leningrad

as Vinkelmeyer

2004

Soundless

as Lang

2004

Guys & Balls

as Rudolf

2008

Mogadischu

as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt

2008

Flame & Citron

as Hoffmann

2022

2009

Inglourious Basterds

as Proprietor Eric

1977

2002

Safe Conduct

as Alfred Greven

2022

Trügerische Sicherheit

as Magnus Mittendorf

2011

The Last Employee

as David Böttcher

2023

Black Box

as Erik Behr

2022

A Retribution

as Simon Wiesenthal

1999

1999

Sweet Little Sixteen

as Thomas Reiner

2024

Querschuss

as Andreas

2005

Hexenküsse

as Herbert Zauner

2004

Feuer in der Nacht

as Karl Winkler

2013

Buddy

as Dr. Küster

1997

Rossini

as Weich

2006

Black Book

as General Käutner

1977

Eine Jugendliebe

as Wolfgang

1977

Maiden's War

as Karol Djudko

1982

Frau Jenny Treibel

as Leopold Treibel

1995

Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann

as Patrick Lajonne

1996

Lautlose Schritte

as Simon Sundermann

1998

Tod auf Amrum

as Rolf Spiekermann

2002

Der Unbestechliche

as Harald Kittler

2002

Erste Liebe

as Rolf Drost

2005

Der Vater meiner Schwester

as Dr. Klaus Merbold

2007

Der andere Junge

as Jakob Wagner

2006

Helen, Fred und Ted

as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich

2006

2008

Miracle at St. Anna

as Captain Eichholz

2011

Das dunkle Nest

as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg

2024

1998

2000

1994

1995

Ich, der Boss

as Victor Mazza

2008

Haber

as Fritz Shimon Haber

1978

New Year's Eve

as The Young Man

2016

Elle

as Robert

1984

Das schöne irre Judenmädchen

as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin

1987

Wallenstein

as Schwedischer Hauptmann

2015

Anti-Social

as Philip

1985

2015

Dreamgirls

as Herr Hegemann

2015

Trumbo

as Otto Preminger

2016

Ein gefährliches Angebot

as Michael Dithardt

1996

Gates of Fire

as Dr. Sander

1995

Spur eines Zweifels

as Jens Kolberg

2018

2020

Enfant Terrible

as Interviewer

2005

Flightplan

as Mortuary Director

2021

2025

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