Rainer Bock
Born: 1954-07-31 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, 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 as Prof. Winterhalter
- Einfach Elli as Leo
- The Idiot(s)
- Agnes & Amir
2025
- Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
- Zweigstelle as Pfosten
- Karla as Richter Lamy
- Ein Sommer in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
2024
- The Calendar Killer as HC
- The Investigation as Richter
- Hallo Spencer - Der Film as Jakob Sesam
- Vorübergehend glücklich - Vredenhorst as Clemens Stellbrink
- Sehnsucht Mallorca - Wie alles begann as Narrator
- Vorübergehend glücklich - Opimaral as Clemens Stellbrink
2023
- The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
- A Feast for Life as Gabriele Totti
- Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel as Wilfried Schneider
2022
- Divided We Stand as Hans Thieme
- Your Honor as Muhr
- Alice as Ernst Schwarzer
- Süßer Rausch as Hans
- Der Irland-Krimi: Preis des Schweigens as Erik Bell
- Mittagsstunde as Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984)
- Rückkehr nach Rimini as Peter Cerny
2021
- Westwall as Berthold Roosen
- Die Luft, die wir atmen as Klaus Bronstein
- MuM Calls It Quits as Dr. Rudi Lutz
2020
- The Turncoat as Willi Stehauf
- Freud as Theodor Meynert
- Das Mädchen am Strand as Johannes Christensen
- Exile as Urs
- Wo ist die Liebe hin? as Bernhard
- My Indian Summer as Markus
2019
- The Collini Case as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers
- Die verschwundene Familie as Johannes Christensen
- Rate Your Date as Bruno
- Lara as Paul
- Der König von Köln as Josef Asch
- 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
- Atlas as Walter Scholl
- Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- 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
- Solo für Weiss as Rainer Weiss
- Fatal News as Attorney General Hasse
- The Most Beautiful Day as Dr. Wüst
- Winnetou - A New World as James Bancroft
- The Verdict as Zeuge Lauterbach
- Hunters in the Night as Claus Rohmüller
- Kaltfront as Erik
- The Blue Mauritius as Detektiv Kirschenbaum
- Operation Zucker - Jagdgesellschaft as Staatsanwalt Mack
- Scrappin' as Herr Seifert
2015
- Better Call Saul as Werner Ziegler
- Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- Line of Separation as Robert Leonhardt
- Death of a Girl as Johannes Christensen
- Dengler as BKA Dr. Müller
- Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- Käthe Kruse as Oscar Tietz
- The Cold Truth as Wagner
2014
- MDR um 4 as Self
- A Most Wanted Man as Dieter Mohr
- 1864 as Bismarck
- Run Boy Run as SS-Officer
- Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- Open the Wall as Peter Arndt
- Stereo as Wolfgang
- Burning Souls as Abdias
- The Chosen Ones as Helmut Hoffmann
- Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
2013
- The Book Thief as Mayor Hermann
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Mayor Engleman
- Passion as Inspector Bach
- Zeugin der Toten as Quirin Kaiserley
- Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- Tracks as Kurt Posel
2012
- Barbara as Klaus Schütz
- The Guardians as Karl Falkner
- München '72 - Das Attentat as Bruno Merk
- Two Lives as Hugo
- Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
- Russendisko as Herr Kaminer
2011
- Homeland as BND Officer Keller
- War Horse as Brandt
- Unknown as Herr Strauss
- If Not Us, Who? as Verteidiger
- Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- Dreileben: Beats Being Dead as Dr. Dreier
- My Best Enemy as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
- Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden as Prof. Albert Brückner
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
- Todsünde as Neidhard Moll
- A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- Einer bleibt sitzen as Reinhold
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 Conrad Cassdorf
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Kapitän Helmut Reinders
1951
- German Film Award as Self