Rainer Bock
Born: 1954-07-31 in Kiel, Germany
Known For: Acting
Biography
After graduating from high school, Rainer Bock ran a café in his hometown, which also had a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private acting school in Kiel, he made his debut as a theater actor on the stages of the state capital of Kiel in 1982. He came to Heidelberg and the National Theater Mannheim via the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. From 1995 to 2001 he had an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Until 2011 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Bock often appears in supporting roles, including his initially rare appearances in film and television. The part of the doctor in Michael Haneke's award-winning drama The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (2009) earned him a nomination for the German Film Prize. In 2011 he was represented at the Berlinale with four films. Bock is also active as an audio book speaker.
Filmography
2026
- Silent Friend
- Einfach Elli as Leo
2025
- The Calendar Killer as HC
- Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
- Zweigstelle as Pfosten
- Karla as Richter Lamy
- Ein Sommer in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
2024
- The Investigation as Richter
- Hallo Spencer - Der Film as Jakob Sesam
- Vorübergehend glücklich - Opimaral as Clemens Stellbrink
- Vorübergehend glücklich - Vredenhorst as Clemens Stellbrink
- Sehnsucht Mallorca - Wie alles begann as Narrator
2023
- The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
- Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel as Wilfried Schneider
- A Feast for Life as Gabriele Totti
2022
- Your Honor as Muhr
- Alice as Ernst Schwarzer
- Divided We Stand as Hans Thieme
- Süßer Rausch as Hans
- Mittagsstunde as Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984)
- Der Irland-Krimi: Preis des Schweigens as Erik Bell
- Rückkehr nach Rimini as Peter Cerny
2021
- Westwall as Berthold Roosen
- MuM Calls It Quits as Dr. Rudi Lutz
- Die Luft, die wir atmen as Klaus Bronstein
2020
- Freud as Theodor Meynert
- The Turncoat as Willi Stehauf
- Exile as Urs
- Das Mädchen am Strand as Johannes Christensen
- Wo ist die Liebe hin? as Bernhard
- My Indian Summer as Markus
2019
- The Collini Case as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers
- Lara as Paul
- Die verschwundene Familie as Johannes Christensen
- Der König von Köln as Josef Asch
- Rate Your Date as Bruno
- Blochin: Das letzte Kapitel as Shukshin
- Weihnachten im Schnee as Henri Johnen
2018
- Das Boot as Heinrich Gluck
- Never Look Away as Burghart Kroll
- Luna's Revenge as Behringer
- Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- Atlas as Walter Scholl
- The Beginner as Rolf Buschhaus
2017
- Wonder Woman as Von Hindenberg
- SS-GB as Fritz Kellermann
- Die Puppenspieler as Kardinal della Rovere
- Sex, Pity and Loneliness as Robert Pfennig
- Godless Youth as Trainer
- Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur as Nick
- Ich war eine glückliche Frau as Hermann Blok
- Vive L'Amour
2016
- Fatal News as Attorney General Hasse
- Solo für Weiss as Rainer Weiss
- Scrappin' as Herr Seifert
- Winnetou - A New World as James Bancroft
- The Most Beautiful Day as Dr. Wüst
- The Verdict as Zeuge Lauterbach
- The Blue Mauritius as Detektiv Kirschenbaum
- Operation Zucker - Jagdgesellschaft as Staatsanwalt Mack
- Kaltfront as Erik
- Hunters in the Night as Claus Rohmüller
2015
- Better Call Saul as Werner Ziegler
- Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- Line of Separation as Robert Leonhardt
- Dengler as BKA Dr. Müller
- Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- Death of a Girl as Johannes Christensen
- Käthe Kruse as Oscar Tietz
- The Cold Truth as Wagner
2014
- MDR um 4 as Self
- 1864 as Bismarck
- A Most Wanted Man as Dieter Mohr
- Run Boy Run as SS Officer
- Stereo as Wolfgang
- Open the Wall as Peter Arndt
- Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- Burning Souls as Abdias
- The Chosen Ones as Helmut Hoffmann
2013
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Mayor Engleman
- The Book Thief as Mayor Hermann
- Passion as Inspector Bach
- Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- Zeugin der Toten as Quirin Kaiserley
- Tracks as Kurt Posel
2012
- Barbara as Klaus Schütz
- The Guardians as Karl Falkner
- Two Lives as Hugo
- München '72 - Das Attentat as Bruno Merk
- Russendisko as Herr Kaminer
- Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
2011
- Homeland as BND Officer Keller
- Unknown as Herr Strauss
- War Horse as Brandt
- If Not Us, Who? as Verteidiger
- My Best Enemy as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
- Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden as Prof. Albert Brückner
- Dreileben: Beats Being Dead as Dr. Dreier
2010
- Die NDR Quizshow as Self
- Klimawechsel as Psychiater
- In the Shadows as Nico
2009
- Inglourious Basterds as General Schonherr
- The White Ribbon as The Doctor
2008
- Markus Lanz as Self
- Der Bergdoktor as Ulrich Kretschmar
- A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- Einer bleibt sitzen as Reinhold
- Todsünde as Neidhard Moll
2006
- Der Kriminalist as Georg Wagenbach
2004
- Operation Valkyrie as General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
- Onkel Wanja
2003
- Kommissarin Lucas as Wolfram Truss
- Nachtschicht as Olaf Holtzmann
- Getting a Life
2002
- For Heaven's Sake as Rolf Hartung
- Bloch as Klaus Hollstein
2000
- Abendschau as Self
- Now or Never as Makowski
1999
- Volle Kanne as Self
1995
- Wilsberg as Müntemeyer
1993
- Bella Block as Malte Schnaak
1991
- DAS! as Self
1977
- The Old Fox as Prof. Dr. Werner Schmedtmann
1976
- Kölner Treff as Self
1971
- Polizeiruf 110 as PvD Conrad Cassdorf
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Kapitän Helmut Reinders
1951
- German Film Award as Self