Christian Berkel
Born: 1957-10-28 in Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Assenheimers Promitalk as Self
- Being Famous for Beginners as Gregor Basil
2024
- Querschuss as Andreas
- Entführen für Anfänger as Adam Lansky
2023
- Once Upon a Time in Algeria as Sania
- Black Box as Erik Behr
2022
- Trügerische Sicherheit as Magnus Mittendorf
- A Retribution as Simon Wiesenthal
- Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit as Self
- Voices of Liberation as Self
- Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Furia as Minister Hardenberg
- Sportabzeichen für Anfänger as Bertram Dinkler
2020
- Enfant Terrible as Interviewer
- The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes as Louis Ziffer
- Die verlorene Tochter as Heinrich von Gems
2019
- Criminal: Germany as Steffen Marquardt
- Hier spricht Berlin as Self
- Realm of the Volga as Narrator
2018
- Scheidung für Anfänger as Christoph
- Talk aus Berlin as Self
- What Doesn't Kill Us as Mark
- Beat as Richard Diemer
2017
- Abendshow as Self
- MDR um 11 as Self
- In Wahrheit as Erich Kupka
- Redemption Road as Jonathan Roth
2016
- Ringlstetter as self
- Elle as Robert
- Ein gefährliches Angebot as Michael Dithardt
- NSU German History X as Amor
- Klamroths Konter as Self
- Die Superpauker as Self
2015
- Quizduell-Olymp as Self
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Udo
- Anti-Social as Philip
- Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- Dreamgirls as Herr Hegemann
- Trumbo as Otto Preminger
- Das Literarische Quartett as Self
2014
- MDR um 4 as Self
- Quizduell as Self
- Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight as Ernst Udet
- Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit as Pilot
2013
- Grill den Henssler as Self
- Buddy as Dr. Küster
- Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall as Dr. van der Meer
2012
- Gottschalk Live as Self
- Im Leben von … as Self
- Roche & Böhmermann as Self
2011
- Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell as Self
- The Last Employee as David Böttcher
- Günther Jauch as Self
- Das dunkle Nest as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
- Der Mann mit dem Fagott as Heinrich Bockelmann
2009
- Inglourious Basterds as Proprietor Eric
- Leningrad as Vinkelmeyer
2008
- Markus Lanz as Self
- Mogadischu as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
- Valkyrie as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
- Haber as Fritz Shimon Haber
- Flame & Citron as Hoffmann
- Miracle at St. Anna as Captain Eichholz
2007
- Dickes B as Self
- Der andere Junge as Jakob Wagner
2006
- Der Kriminalist as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann
- Black Book as General Käutner
- Helen, Fred und Ted as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
- Eine Frage des Gewissens as Martin Beltz
- Die Sturmflut as Helmut Schmidt
2005
- Flightplan as Mortuary Director
- Thadeusz as self
- Fröhlich lesen as Self
- Der Vater meiner Schwester as Dr. Klaus Merbold
- Star-Biathlon as Self
- Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang" as Self
- Hexenküsse as Herbert Zauner
2004
- Soundless as Lang
- Downfall as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
- Guys & Balls as Rudolf
- Feuer in der Nacht as Karl Winkler
2003
- ZIBB as Self
2002
- Der Unbestechliche as Harald Kittler
- Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- NDR Kultur – Das Journal as Self
- Erste Liebe as Rolf Drost
- Safe Conduct as Alfred Greven
2001
- The Experiment as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
2000
- Menschen der Woche as Self
- Verzweiflung
- Halt mich fest! as Axel
- Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben as Dietrich
1999
- Volle Kanne as Self
- maybrit illner as Self
- Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht as Richard
- Paradise Is a Trap as Rudi
- Sweet Little Sixteen as Thomas Reiner
- Your Best Years as Arzt
1998
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- Der letzte Zeuge as Hans Leinen
- Vickys Alptraum as John
- Die Cleveren as Alfons Kleiber
- Single sucht Nachwuchs
- Ein Herz für Kinder as Self
- Tod auf Amrum as Rolf Spiekermann
1997
- Im Dialog as self
- Simones Entscheidung
- Rossini as Weich
- Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns as Stelzer
1996
- Zimmer frei! as Self
- Gates of Fire as Dr. Sander
- Der Mann ohne Schatten as Bruno Kuhlin
- Lautlose Schritte as Simon Sundermann
1995
- Spur eines Zweifels as Jens Kolberg
- A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft as Lefevre
- Ich, der Boss as Victor Mazza
- Ein Herz für Laura
- Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann as Patrick Lajonne
1994
- Inspector Rex as Gregor Schell
- Ein starkes Team as Gerhard Brock
- alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio as Self
- Doppelter Einsatz as Sebastian van Leuyen
- Rosa Roth as Maiwald
- Die Kommissarin as Walter Neumann
- Gute Referenzen
- Air Albatros
- Die Gerichtsreporterin as Dr. Wegener
- Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! as Walter Gebhard
1993
- Bella Block as Thomas Engler
- Das Schicksal der Lilian H. as Josef
- Hecht & Haie as Dr. Frenkel
- Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende
- The Devil Kissed from Behind
1992
- Morgenmagazin as self
- Riverboat as Self
1991
- DAS! as Self
- Ein toter Spieler verläßt den Tisch ... (Director)
1990
- Kommissar Klefisch as Terboven
1989
- ZDF-Mittagsmagazin as Self
- Der Bastard as Felix Dennison
1988
- Münchhausens letzte Liebe as Wilhelm
1987
- Wallenstein as Schwedischer Hauptmann
1985
- Wind von Südost as Gernot
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
- Das schöne irre Judenmädchen as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
1982
- Steckbriefe as Gerhard Hartung
- Frau Jenny Treibel as Leopold Treibel
1981
- A Case For Two as Bernd Marquart
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
1978
- SOKO München
- New Year's Eve as The Young Man
1977
- Der Alte as Mano Deller
- The Serpent's Egg as Student
- Eine Jugendliebe as Wolfgang
- Maiden's War as Karol Djudko
1976
- Kölner Treff as Self
1974
- Derrick as Lussmann
1971
- Polizeiruf 110 as Max Ortheil
- Dalli Dalli as Self
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Uwe Pfandler
1948
- Bambi as Self