Christian Berkel
Acting
Born: October 28, 1957 (age 68) · Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Inglourious Basterds
2009
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
Downfall
2004
Valkyrie
2008
Flightplan
2005
Elle
2016
Trumbo
2015
Black Book
2006
The Experiment
2001
Hijack
2023
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
Inspector Rex
1994
Photos (2)
Movies (53)
Inglourious Basterds
Proprietor Eric
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Udo
Valkyrie
Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Downfall
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Flightplan
Mortuary Director
Black Book
General Käutner
Trumbo
Otto Preminger
Elle
Robert
Miracle at St. Anna
Captain Eichholz
The Experiment
Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
Flame & Citron
Hoffmann
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
Louis Ziffer
The Serpent's Egg
Student
Safe Conduct
Alfred Greven
Leningrad
Vinkelmeyer
Rossini
Weich
Anti-Social
Philip
Haber
Fritz Shimon Haber
Ein gefährliches Angebot
Michael Dithardt
A Retribution
Simon Wiesenthal
Mogadischu
Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
Ein Taxi für zwei
Gregor Basil
Enfant Terrible
Interviewer
Maiden's War
Karol Djudko
Buddy
Dr. Küster
Soundless
Lang
Guys & Balls
Rudolf
Helen, Fred und Ted
Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
What Doesn't Kill Us
Mark
Entführen für Anfänger
Adam Lansky
Paradise Is a Trap
Rudi
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
Bertram Dinkler
Scheidung für Anfänger
Christoph
Der andere Junge
Jakob Wagner
Das dunkle Nest
Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
Your Best Years
Arzt
Dreamgirls
Herr Hegemann
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
Narrator (voice)
Tod auf Amrum
Rolf Spiekermann
Black Box
Erik Behr
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
Sania
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
Ernst Udet
Querschuss
Andreas
New Year's Eve
The Young Man
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit
Pilot
Sweet Little Sixteen
Thomas Reiner
Trügerische Sicherheit
Magnus Mittendorf
Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
Josef
Gates of Fire
Dr. Sander
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall
Dr. van der Meer
Wallenstein
Schwedischer Hauptmann
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
Walter Gebhard
The Last Employee
David Böttcher
TV Shows (51)
Scene of the Crime
Uwe Pfandler · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Erik Steinbeck · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Rainer Wenisch · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Alfred Waller · 1 eps
Scene of the Crime
Doc Decker · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Mano Deller · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Thilo Müller · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Hans Fänger · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Werner Kuziemsky · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Peter Larsen · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Peter Aulan · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Erik Falter · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Hausmann · 1 eps
The Old Fox
Harry Westphal · 1 eps
SOKO München
1 eps
Derrick
Lussmann · 1 eps
Derrick
Jürgen Klose · 1 eps
Derrick
Rolf Laduhn · 1 eps
Derrick
Alex Sierich · 1 eps
Derrick
Psychopath · 1 eps
Derrick
Andy Stein · 1 eps
Derrick
Dixi · 1 eps
Derrick
Manfred Kessler · 1 eps
Polizeiruf 110
Max Ortheil · 1 eps
Wer weiß denn sowas?
1 eps
A Case For Two
Bernd Marquart · 1 eps
Inspector Rex
Gregor Schell · 1 eps
Hijack
Roland Murnau · 7 eps
Ein starkes Team
Gerhard Brock · 1 eps
Der Kriminalist
Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann · 109 eps
Furia
Minister Hardenberg · 5 eps
Bella Block
Thomas Engler · 1 eps
Der letzte Zeuge
Hans Leinen · 1 eps
Der letzte Zeuge
Helmut Gittel · 1 eps
Die Kommissarin
Walter Neumann · 1 eps
Doppelter Einsatz
Sebastian van Leuyen · 1 eps
Rosa Roth
Maiwald · 1 eps
In Wahrheit
Erich Kupka · 1 eps
Die Cleveren
Alfons Kleiber · 1 eps
Criminal: Germany
Steffen Marquardt · 3 eps
Helen, Fred und Ted
Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich · 2 eps
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
Lefevre · 1 eps
Realm of the Volga
Narrator · 3 eps
Beat
Richard Diemer · 7 eps
NSU German History X
Amor · 1 eps
Der Bastard
Felix Dennison · 3 eps
Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende
1 eps
Redemption Road
Jonathan Roth · 2 eps
Die Sturmflut
Helmut Schmidt · 2 eps
Die verlorene Tochter
Heinrich von Gems · 6 eps
The Man with the Bassoon
Heinrich Bockelmann · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (26)
Morgenmagazin
Self · 1 eps
Markus Lanz
Self · 2 eps
DAS!
Self · 4 eps
Kölner Treff
Self · 5 eps
NDR Talk Show
Self · 5 eps
MDR um 4
Self · 1 eps
maybrit illner
Self · 2 eps
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self · 1 eps
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Self · 8 eps
Zimmer frei!
Self · 1 eps
Riverboat
Self · 3 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
Bambi
Self · 3 eps
Quizduell-Olymp
Self · 5 eps
Ringlstetter
self · 1 eps
Dalli Dalli
Self · 1 eps
Quizduell
Self · 2 eps
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Self · 3 eps
Grill den Henssler
Self · 1 eps
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self · 1 eps
Roche & Böhmermann
Self · 1 eps
Ein Herz für Kinder
Self · 1 eps
Voices of Liberation
Self · 11 eps
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
Self
California Dreaming - Modern Architecture In The Golden State
Self - Presenter · 4 eps
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit
Self
