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
2025
- The Calendar Killer as HC
- Karla as Richter Lamy
- Zweigstelle
- Ein Sommer in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) as Schigolch / Dr. Goll
- Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
2024
- The Investigation as Richter
- Vorübergehend glücklich - Opimaral as Clemens Stellbrink
- Vorübergehend glücklich - Vredenhorst as Clemens Stellbrink
- Hallo Spencer - Der Film as Jakob Sesam
- Sehnsucht Mallorca - Wie alles begann as Narrator
2023
- A Feast for Life as Gabriele
- Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel as Wilfried Schneider
- The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
2022
- Mittagsstunde as Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984)
- Rückkehr nach Rimini as Peter Cerny
- Your Honor as Muhr
- Alice as Ernst Schwarzer
- Divided We Stand as Hans Thieme
- Süßer Rausch as Hans
- Irish Crime: The Price of Silence as Erik Bell
2021
- MuM Calls It Quits as Dr. Rudi Lutz
- Westwall as Berthold Roosen
- Die Luft, die wir atmen as Klaus Bronstein
2020
- Mein Altweibersommer as Markus
- Exile as Urs
- The Turncoat as Willi Stehauf
- Freud as Theodor Meynert
- Das Mädchen am Strand as Johannes Christensen
- Wo ist die Liebe hin? as Bernhard
2019
- Lara as Paul
- The Collini Case as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers
- Rate Your Date as Bruno
- Weihnachten im Schnee as Henri Johnen
- Blochin: Das letzte Kapitel as Shukshin
- Der König von Köln as Josef Asch
- Die verschwundene Familie as Johannes Christensen
2018
- Das Boot as Heinrich Gluck
- Atlas as Walter Scholl
- Luna's Revenge as Behringer
- Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- Never Look Away as Burghart Kroll
- The Beginner as Rolf Buschhaus
2017
- Wonder Woman as Von Hindenberg
- Godless Youth as Trainer
- SS-GB as Fritz Kellermann
- Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur as Nick
- Die Puppenspieler as Kardinal della Rovere
- Vive L'Amour
- Sex, Pity and Loneliness as Robert Pfennig
- Ich war eine glückliche Frau as Hermann Blok
2016
- Scrappin' as Herr Seifert
- Kaltfront as Erik
- The Verdict as Zeuge Lauterbach
- The Blue Mauritius as Detektiv Kirschenbaum
- The Most Beautiful Day as Dr. Wüst
- Solo für Weiss as Rainer Weiss
- Winnetou - A New World as James Bancroft
- Fatal News as Attorney General Hasse
- Operation Zucker - Jagdgesellschaft as Staatsanwalt Mack
- Hunters in the Night as Claus Rohmüller
2015
- Better Call Saul as Werner Ziegler
- Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- Käthe Kruse as Oscar Tietz
- Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- Line of Separation as Robert Leonhardt
- The Cold Truth as Wagner
- Death of a Girl as Johannes Christensen
- Dengler as BKA Dr. Müller
2014
- Open the Wall as Peter Arndt
- A Most Wanted Man as Dieter Mohr
- Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- Stereo as Wolfgang
- Burning Souls as Abdias
- The Chosen Ones as Helmut Hoffmann
- 1864 as Bismarck
- Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- Run Boy Run as SS Officer
2013
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Mayor Engleman
- The Book Thief as Bürgermeister Hermann
- Passion as Inspector Bach
- Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- Zeugin der Toten as Quirin Kaiserley
- Tracks as Kurt Posel
2012
- The Guardians as Karl Falkner
- Barbara as Klaus Schütz
- Russendisko as Herr Kaminer
- München '72 - Das Attentat as Bruno Merk
- Two Lives as Hugo
- Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
2011
- Homeland as BND Officer Keller
- Unknown as Herr Strauss
- War Horse as Brandt
- Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- My Best Enemy as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
- Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden as Prof. Albert Brückner
- If Not Us, Who? as Verteidiger
- Dreileben: Beats Being Dead as Dr. Dreier
2010
- In the Shadows as Nico
- Die NDR Quizshow as Self
- Klimawechsel as Psychiater
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
- Onkel Wanja
- Operation Valkyrie as General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
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
- Der Alte 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