Daniel Brühl
Born: 1978-06-16 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Known For: Acting
Biography
Daniel César Martín Brühl González (German: [ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈbʁyːl, -ni̯ɛl -]; Spanish: [daˈnjel ˈbɾul ɡonˈθaleθ]; born 16 June 1978) is a German-Spanish actor. He has received various accolades, including three European Film Awards and three German Film Awards, along with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA Award. He received his first German Film Award for Best Actor for his roles in Das Weisse Rauschen (2001), Nichts Bereuen (2001), and Vaya con Dios (2002). His starring role in the German film Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) received widespread recognition and critical acclaim and garnered him the European Film Award for Best Actor and another German Film Award for Best Actor. He was introduced to mainstream international audiences through his breakthrough performance as Fredrick Zoller, a Nazi German war hero in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009), and appearances in films like The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Fifth Estate (2013), and A Most Wanted Man (2014). Brühl received widespread critical acclaim and further recognition for his portrayal of former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda in the biographical film Rush (2013), for which he earned nominations including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Critic's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Brühl portrays Helmut Zemo in Captain America: Civil War (2016) and the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). He also starred as Dr. László Kreizler in the Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated period drama television series The Alienist (2018–2020), for which he earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award as Best Actor in a Television Motion Picture at the 76th Golden Globe Awards in 2018. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Brühl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
2025
- Eden as Heinz Wittmer
- The Hero of Friedrichstrasse Station as Alex Allonge
- Karl - Der Mann hinter der Maske as Self
2024
- The Franchise as Eric Bouchard
- Becoming Karl Lagerfeld as Karl Lagerfeld
- Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia as Roland Gumpert
2023
- The Movie Teller as Hauser
- Daniel Brühl: Breaking Bad as Self - Actor
2022
- All Quiet on the Western Front as Matthias Erzberger
- Making All Quiet on the Western Front as Self
2021
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Baron Zemo
- Marvel Studios Legends as Helmut Zemo / Baron Zemo (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The King's Man as Erik Jan Hanussen
- Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Baron Zemo
- Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Helmut Zemo (archive footage)
- Next Door as Daniel
2019
- My Zoe as Dr. Thomas Fischer
- Frank Elstner: Wetten, das war's..? as Self - Guest
2018
- The Alienist as Laszlo Kreizler
- The Cloverfield Paradox as Schmidt
- 7 Days in Entebbe as Wilfried Böse
2017
- The Zookeeper's Wife as Lutz Heck
2016
- Captain America: Civil War as Zemo
- Colonia as Daniel
- Alone in Berlin as Escherich
- Killing for Love as Jens Söring (voice)
- Daniel Brühl - Mein Barcelona as Self
2015
- Burnt as Tony
- Woman in Gold as Hubertus Czernin
- Me and Kaminski as Sebastian Zöllner
2014
- A Most Wanted Man as Maximilian
- The Face of an Angel as Thomas Lang
- Barcelona, la rosa de foc as narrator (German)
2013
- Rush as Niki Lauda
- The Fifth Estate as Daniel Domscheit-Berg
- Stadt, Rad, Hund as Self
2012
- Im Leben von … as Self
- 2 Days in New York as The Oak Fairy
- Winning Streak as Iván
- 7 Days in Havana as Leonardo (segment "La tentación de Cecilia")
- All Together as Dirk
2011
- Intruders as Father Antonio
- EVA as Alex Garel
- Lessons of a Dream as Konrad Koch
2010
- The Coming Days as Hans Krämer
- King's Road as Rupert
2009
- Inglourious Basterds as Fredrick Zoller
- John Rabe as Dr. Rosen
- The Countess as István Thurzó
- Stolz der Nation as Pvt Fredrick Zoller
- My Words, My Lies - My Love as David Kern
- Dinosaurier - Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus! as Tobias Hardmann
2008
- In Tranzit as Klaus
- Krabat as Tonda
- A Tram in SP as Marcos
2007
- The Bourne Ultimatum as Martin Kreutz
- 2 Days in Paris as Lucas
2006
- Cargo as Chris
- Salvador (Puig Antich) as Salvador Puig Antich
- A Friend of Mine as Karl
2005
- Joyeux Noel as Horstmayer
2004
- Love in Thoughts as Paul Krantz
- The Edukators as Jan
- Ladies in Lavender as Andrea
- Farland as Frank
- Der letzte Flug as Unteroffizier Barthel
2003
- Good Bye, Lenin! as Alex
- Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt as Schnubbi
2002
- Vaya con Dios as Arbo
- Elephant Heart as Marko Stemper
2001
- The White Sound as Lukas Delius
- Honolulu as Marek
- No Regrets as Daniel
- Ein mörderischer Plan as Reini Pfaff
- Eine öffentliche Affäre
2000
- No More School as Markus Baasweiler
- Deeply as Jay
- A Handful of Grass as Bernd
- Stundenhotel
1999
- Beckmann as Self
- Sturmzeit as Chris Rathenberg
- Paradise Mall as Checo
- Hin und weg as David
1998
- Blutiger Ernst as Reinhold Gerwander
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- Tietjen und Bommes as Self
1996
- Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten as Nikolas Koll
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- Kulturzeit as self
- Svens Geheimnis
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
1991
- DAS! as Self
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
- Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1978
- SOKO München as Knut
1976
- Kölner Treff as Self
1971
- Polizeiruf 110 as Robert Voigt
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Achim
1951
- German Film Award as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self