Christian Berkel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 28, 1957 (age 69)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography
Triptych
Movie
Ein Knödel für Zwei
Movie · as Roman Boll
Block 10
Movie · as Dr. Maximilian Samuel
Ein Taxi für zwei
Movie · as Gregor Basil
Assenheimers Promitalk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Querschuss
Movie · as Andreas
Entführen für Anfänger
Movie · as Adam Lansky
Black Box
Movie · as Erik Behr
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
Movie · as Sania
Hijack
TV · as Roland Murnau · 7 eps
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Trügerische Sicherheit
Movie · as Magnus Mittendorf
A Retribution
Movie · as Simon Wiesenthal
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit
Movie · as Self
Voices of Liberation
TV · as Self · 11 eps
California Dreaming - Modern Architecture In The Golden State
TV · as Self - Presenter · 4 eps
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
Movie · as Bertram Dinkler
Furia
TV · as Minister Hardenberg · 5 eps
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
Movie · as Louis Ziffer
Enfant Terrible
Movie · as Interviewer
Die verlorene Tochter
TV · as Heinrich von Gems · 6 eps
Hier spricht Berlin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Realm of the Volga
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Criminal: Germany
TV · as Steffen Marquardt · 3 eps
What Doesn't Kill Us
Movie · as Mark
Scheidung für Anfänger
Movie · as Christoph
Beat
TV · as Richard Diemer · 7 eps
Talk aus Berlin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
In Wahrheit - Mord am Engelsgraben
Movie · as Erich Kupka
Redemption Road
TV · as Jonathan Roth · 2 eps
In Wahrheit
TV · as Erich Kupka · 1 ep
Abendshow
TV · as Self · 1 ep
MDR um 11
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Elle
Movie · as Robert
Ein gefährliches Angebot
Movie · as Michael Dithardt
Ringlstetter
TV · as self · 1 ep
Klamroths Konter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
NSU German History X
TV · as Amor · 1 ep
Die Superpauker
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Movie · as Udo
Anti-Social
Movie · as Philip
Dreamgirls
Movie · as Herr Hegemann
Trumbo
Movie · as Otto Preminger
Das Literarische Quartett
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wer weiß denn sowas?
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Quizduell-Olymp
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
Movie · as Ernst Udet
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit
Movie · as Pilot
MDR um 4
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Quizduell
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Buddy
Movie · as Dr. Küster
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall
Movie · as Dr. van der Meer
Grill den Henssler
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gottschalk Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Im Leben von …
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Roche & Böhmermann
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Last Employee
Movie · as David Böttcher
Das dunkle Nest
Movie · as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
The Man with the Bassoon
TV · as Heinrich Bockelmann · 2 eps
Günther Jauch
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Leningrad
Movie · as Vinkelmeyer
Inglourious Basterds
Movie · as Proprietor Eric
Valkyrie
Movie · as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Mogadischu
Movie · as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
Flame & Citron
Movie · as Hoffmann
Miracle at St. Anna
Movie · as Captain Eichholz
Haber
Movie · as Fritz Shimon Haber
Markus Lanz
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Der andere Junge
Movie · as Jakob Wagner
Dickes B
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Black Book
Movie · as General Käutner
Helen, Fred und Ted
Movie · as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
Eine Frage des Gewissens
Movie · as Martin Beltz
Der Kriminalist
TV · as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann · 109 eps
Die Sturmflut
TV · as Helmut Schmidt · 2 eps
Helen, Fred und Ted
TV · as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich · 2 eps
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
Movie · as Self
Hexenküsse
Movie · as Herbert Zauner
Der Vater meiner Schwester
Movie · as Dr. Klaus Merbold
Flightplan
Movie · as Mortuary Director
Star-Biathlon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fröhlich lesen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Thadeusz
TV · as self · 1 ep
Downfall
Movie · as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Soundless
Movie · as Lang
Guys & Balls
Movie · as Rudolf
Feuer in der Nacht
Movie · as Karl Winkler
ZIBB
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Safe Conduct
Movie · as Alfred Greven
Der Unbestechliche
Movie · as Harald Kittler
Erste Liebe
Movie · as Rolf Drost
NDR Kultur – Das Journal
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Experiment
Movie · as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben
Movie · as Dietrich
Halt mich fest!
Movie · as Axel
Verzweiflung
Movie
Menschen der Woche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Your Best Years
Movie · as Arzt
Sweet Little Sixteen
Movie · as Thomas Reiner
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Movie · as Richard
Paradise Is a Trap
Movie · as Rudi
Volle Kanne
TV · as Self · 5 eps
maybrit illner
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Tod auf Amrum
Movie · as Rolf Spiekermann
Single sucht Nachwuchs
Movie
Vickys Alptraum
Movie · as John
Die Cleveren
TV · as Alfons Kleiber · 1 ep
Der letzte Zeuge
TV · as Hans Leinen, Helmut Gittel · 1 ep
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Ein Herz für Kinder
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Simones Entscheidung
Movie
Rossini
Movie · as Weich
Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns
Movie · as Stelzer
Im Dialog
TV · as self · 1 ep
Lautlose Schritte
Movie · as Simon Sundermann
Gates of Fire
Movie · as Dr. Sander
Der Mann ohne Schatten
TV · as Bruno Kuhlin · 14 eps
Zimmer frei!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann
Movie · as Patrick Lajonne
Ich, der Boss
Movie · as Victor Mazza
Ein Herz für Laura
Movie
Spur eines Zweifels
Movie · as Jens Kolberg
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
TV · as Lefevre · 1 ep
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
Movie · as Walter Gebhard
Gute Referenzen
Movie
Lady Cop
TV · as Walter Neumann · 1 ep
Doppelter Einsatz
TV · as Sebastian van Leuyen · 1 ep
Rosa Roth
TV · as Maiwald · 1 ep
Ein starkes Team
TV · as Gerhard Brock · 1 ep
Die Gerichtsreporterin
TV · as Dr. Wegener · 1 ep
Inspector Rex
TV · as Gregor Schell · 1 ep
Air Albatros
TV · 2 eps
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
Movie · as Josef
The Devil Kissed from Behind
Movie
Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende
TV · 1 ep
Bella Block
TV · as Thomas Engler · 1 ep
Hecht & Haie
TV · as Dr. Frenkel · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Morgenmagazin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
DAS!
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Kommissar Klefisch
TV · as Terboven · 1 ep
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bastard
TV · as Felix Dennison · 3 eps
Münchhausens letzte Liebe
Movie · as Wilhelm
Wallenstein
Movie · as Schwedischer Hauptmann
Wind von Südost
Movie · as Gernot
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
Movie · as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Frau Jenny Treibel
Movie · as Leopold Treibel
Steckbriefe
TV · as Gerhard Hartung · 1 ep
A Case For Two
TV · as Bernd Marquart · 1 ep
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
NDR Talk Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
New Year's Eve
Movie · as The Young Man
SOKO München
TV · 1 ep
The Serpent's Egg
Movie · as Student
Eine Jugendliebe
Movie · as Wolfgang
Maiden's War
Movie · as Karol Djudko
The Old Fox
TV · as Mano Deller, Thilo Müller, Hans Fänger, Werner Kuziemsky, Erik Falter, Peter Aulan, Hausmann, Peter Larsen, Harry Westphal · 1 ep
Kölner Treff
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Derrick
TV · as Alex Sierich, Lussmann, Jürgen Klose, Dixi, Andy Stein, Rolf Laduhn, Psychopath, Manfred Kessler · 1 ep
Polizeiruf 110
TV · as Max Ortheil · 1 ep
Dalli Dalli
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Uwe Pfandler, Erik Steinbeck, Rainer Wenisch, Alfred Waller, Doc Decker · 1 ep
Bambi
TV · as Self · 3 eps