Name
Christian Berkel
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1957-10-28 (69 years old)
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.
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Known For
Inglourious Basterds
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In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as ...
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Flightplan
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Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's ...
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear wea...
Relase Date : 13 Aug, 2015
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Black Book
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Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the k...
Relase Date : 14 Sep, 2006
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The Experiment
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20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the uni...
Relase Date : 8 Mar, 2001
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The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
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Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where ...
Relase Date : 23 Jan, 2020
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 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
- 2005 Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall' as Self
- 2022 Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 Inglourious Basterds as Proprietor Eric
- 1977 The Serpent's Egg as Student
- 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 Your Best Years as Arzt
- 1997 Simones Entscheidung
- 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
- 2014 Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight as Ernst Udet
- 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
- 1993 Das Schicksal der Lilian H. as Josef
- 1995 Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann as Patrick Lajonne
- 1996 Lautlose Schritte as Simon Sundermann
- 1998 Tod auf Amrum as Rolf Spiekermann
- 1999 Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht as Richard
- 2000 Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben as Dietrich
- 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 Eine Frage des Gewissens as Martin Beltz
- 2008 Miracle at St. Anna as Captain Eichholz
- 2011 Das dunkle Nest as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
- 1998 Single sucht Nachwuchs
- 2024 Entführen für Anfänger as Adam Lansky
- 1998 Vickys Alptraum as John
- 2000 Halt mich fest! as Axel
- 2023 The Blond Boy from the Casbah as Sania
- 1994 Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! as Walter Gebhard
- 1995 Ich, der Boss as Victor Mazza
- 1995 Ein Herz für Laura
- 2008 Haber as Fritz Shimon Haber
- 1978 New Year's Eve as The Young Man
- 2016 Elle as Robert
- 1993 The Devil Kissed from Behind
- 2013 Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall as Dr. van der Meer
- 1984 Das schöne irre Judenmädchen as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
- 1997 Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns as Stelzer
- 1987 Wallenstein as Schwedischer Hauptmann
- 2015 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Udo
- 1999 Paradise Is a Trap as Rudi
- 2015 Anti-Social as Philip
- 1985 Wind von Südost as Gernot
- 1988 Münchhausens letzte Liebe as Wilhelm
- 2015 Dreamgirls as Herr Hegemann
- 2015 Trumbo as Otto Preminger
- 2000 Verzweiflung
- 2016 Ein gefährliches Angebot as Michael Dithardt
- 1994 Gute Referenzen
- 1996 Gates of Fire as Dr. Sander
- 2018 What Doesn't Kill Us as Mark
- 1995 Spur eines Zweifels as Jens Kolberg
- 2018 Scheidung für Anfänger as Christoph
- 2014 Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit as Pilot
- 2020 The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes as Louis Ziffer
- 2020 Enfant Terrible as Interviewer
- 2005 Flightplan as Mortuary Director
- 2021 Sportabzeichen für Anfänger as Bertram Dinkler
- 2022 Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit as Self
- 2025 Ein Taxi für zwei as Gregor Basil
- 2026 Block 10 as Dr. Maximilian Samuel
- Soon Triptych
- Soon Ein Knödel für Zwei as Roman Boll
- 2017 In Wahrheit - Mord am Engelsgraben as Erich Kupka
- 2008 Markus Lanz ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1989 ZDF-Mittagsmagazin ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1989 Bastard ( 3 episodes ) as Felix Dennison
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Uwe Pfandler
- 1990 Kommissar Klefisch ( 1 episode ) as Terboven
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Erik Steinbeck
- 1994 Die Kommissarin ( 1 episode ) as Walter Neumann
- 2006 Der Kriminalist ( 109 episodes ) as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann
- 1996 Der Mann ohne Schatten ( 14 episodes ) as Bruno Kuhlin
- 2022 Voices of Liberation ( 11 episodes ) as Self
- 1994 Doppelter Einsatz ( 1 episode ) as Sebastian van Leuyen
- 1994 Rosa Roth ( 1 episode ) as Maiwald
- 1998 Die Cleveren ( 1 episode ) as Alfons Kleiber
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Alex Sierich
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Lussmann
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Jürgen Klose
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Dixi
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Andy Stein
- 1998 Der letzte Zeuge ( 1 episode ) as Hans Leinen
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Rolf Laduhn
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Psychopath
- 1998 Der letzte Zeuge ( 1 episode ) as Helmut Gittel
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Mano Deller
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Manfred Kessler
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Thilo Müller
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Hans Fänger
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Werner Kuziemsky
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Erik Falter
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Peter Aulan
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Hausmann
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Peter Larsen
- 1981 A Case For Two ( 1 episode ) as Bernd Marquart
- 1994 Ein starkes Team ( 1 episode ) as Gerhard Brock
- 1971 Polizeiruf 110 ( 1 episode ) as Max Ortheil
- 1993 Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende ( 1 episode )
- 2011 The Man with the Bassoon ( 2 episodes ) as Heinrich Bockelmann
- 1994 Die Gerichtsreporterin ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Wegener
- 1995 A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft ( 1 episode ) as Lefevre
- 1993 Bella Block ( 1 episode ) as Thomas Engler
- 1994 Inspector Rex ( 1 episode ) as Gregor Schell
- 1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Hier spricht Berlin ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Realm of the Volga ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator
- 1978 SOKO München ( 1 episode )
- 2019 Criminal: Germany ( 3 episodes ) as Steffen Marquardt
- 2016 Ringlstetter ( 1 episode ) as self
- 2017 Redemption Road ( 2 episodes ) as Jonathan Roth
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Rainer Wenisch
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Harry Westphal
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Alfred Waller
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Doc Decker
- 2016 Klamroths Konter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Das Literarische Quartett ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Gottschalk Live ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 Grill den Henssler ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 Günther Jauch ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 Air Albatros ( 2 episodes )
- 1993 Hecht & Haie ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Frenkel
- 2014 MDR um 4 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Im Leben von … ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 NSU German History X ( 1 episode ) as Amor
- 1982 Steckbriefe ( 1 episode ) as Gerhard Hartung
- 1984 Goldene Kamera ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1948 Bambi ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Wer weiß denn sowas? ( 8 episodes ) as Self
- 2012 Roche & Böhmermann ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Beat ( 7 episodes ) as Richard Diemer
- 1971 Dalli Dalli ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Volle Kanne ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 Quizduell ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Quizduell-Olymp ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2016 Die Superpauker ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 Zimmer frei! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1976 Kölner Treff ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2000 Menschen der Woche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 The Johannes B. Kerner Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2005 Star-Biathlon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Furia ( 5 episodes ) as Minister Hardenberg
- 2018 Talk aus Berlin ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2020 Die verlorene Tochter ( 6 episodes ) as Heinrich von Gems
- 1999 maybrit illner ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1991 DAS! ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1979 NDR Talk Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1998 Ein Herz für Kinder ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 NDR Kultur – Das Journal ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 Gero von Boehm begegnet... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Riverboat ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2011 Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2005 Fröhlich lesen ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 Dickes B ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 In Wahrheit ( 1 episode ) as Erich Kupka
- 2005 Thadeusz ( 1 episode ) as self
- 1992 Morgenmagazin ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Im Dialog ( 1 episode ) as self
- 2003 ZIBB ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2017 Abendshow ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 MDR um 11 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Wer weiß denn sowas? ( 1 episode )
- 2006 Die Sturmflut ( 2 episodes ) as Helmut Schmidt
- 2025 Assenheimers Promitalk ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 Helen, Fred und Ted ( 2 episodes ) as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
- 1980 Verstehen Sie Spaß? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 Hijack ( 7 episodes ) as Roland Murnau
- 2022 California Dreaming - Modern Architecture In The Golden State ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
