Christian Berkel

Christian Berkel

  • Birthday: 1957-10-28
  • Place of birth: Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]

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.

Filmography

Der Unbestechliche

2002

As Harald Kittler

The Last Employee

2011

As David Böttcher

Feuer in der Nacht

2004

As Karl Winkler

Eine Jugendliebe

1977

As Wolfgang

Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann

1995

As Patrick Lajonne

Tod auf Amrum

1998

As Rolf Spiekermann

Das dunkle Nest

2011

As Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg

Ich, der Boss

1995

As Victor Mazza

New Year's Eve

1978

As The young man

Haber

2008

As Fritz Shimon Haber

Wind von Südost

1985

As Gernot

Scheidung für Anfänger

2018

As Christoph

Trügerische Sicherheit

2022

As Magnus Mittendorf

Schächten

2022

As

Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"

2022

As Narrator (voice)

Querschuss

0000

As Andreas

The Experiment

2001

As Steinhoff, Häftling Nr. 38

Der Mann mit dem Fagott

2011

As Heinrich Bockelmann

Sweet Little Sixteen

1999

As Thomas Reiner

Hexenküsse

2005

As Herbert Zauner

Lautlose Schritte

1996

As Simon Sundermann

Erste Liebe

2002

As Rolf Drost

Der Vater meiner Schwester

2005

As Dr. Klaus Merbold

Helen, Fred und Ted

2006

As Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich

Eine Frage des Gewissens

2006

As Martin Beltz

Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!

1994

As Walter Gebhard

Das schöne irre Judenmädchen

1984

As Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin

Sportabzeichen für Anfänger

2021

As Bertram Dinkler

Entführen für Anfänger

0000

As Adam Lansky

Soundless

2004

As Lang

Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight

2014

As Ernst Udet

Ein gefährliches Angebot

2016

As Michael Dithardt

Mogadischu

2008

As Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt

Der andere Junge

2007

As Jakob Wagner

Vickys Alptraum

1998

As John

Halt mich fest!

2000

As Axel

Paradise Is a Trap

2002

As Rudi

Anti-Social

2015

As Philip

Verzweiflung

2000

As

Spur eines Zweifels

1995

As Jens Kolberg

Leningrad

2009

As Vinkelmeyer

Flame & Citron

2008

As Hoffmann

The Serpent's Egg

1977

As Student

Buddy

2013

As Dr. Küster

Your Best Years

1999

As Arzt

Das Tor des Feuers

1996

As Dr. Sander

Downfall

2004

As Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck

Guys & Balls

2004

As Rudolf

Der Mädchenkrieg

1977

As Karol Djudko

Frau Jenny Treibel

1982

As Leopold Treibel

Elle

2016

As Robert

Safe Conduct

2002

As Alfred Greven

Black Book

2006

As General Käutner

Enfant Terrible

2020

As Interviewer

Rossini

1997

As Weich

Valkyrie

2008

As Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim

Die Sturmflut

2006

As Innensenator Helmut Schmidt

Wallenstein

1987

As Schwedischer Hauptmann

Dreamgirls

2015

As Herr Hegemann

Trumbo

2015

As Otto Preminger

Flightplan

2005

As Mortuary Director

Inglourious Basterds

2009

As Proprietor Eric

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

As Captain Eichholz

Production

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