Birthday:
Oct 28, 1957
Place of Birth: Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Place of Birth: Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Christian Berkel
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Experiment | Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38 | 2001 |
| Downfall | Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck | 2004 |
| Valkyrie | Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim | 2008 |
| Leningrad | Vinkelmeyer | 2009 |
| Soundless | Lang | 2004 |
| Die Sturmflut | Innensenator Helmut Schmidt | 2006 |
| Guys & Balls | Rudolf | 2004 |
| Mogadischu | Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt | 2008 |
| Flame & Citron | Hoffmann | 2008 |
| Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang" | Self | 2005 |
| Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" | Narrator (voice) | 2022 |
| Inglourious Basterds | Proprietor Eric | 2009 |
| The Serpent's Egg | Student | 1977 |
| Safe Conduct | Alfred Greven | 2002 |
| Der Mann mit dem Fagott | Heinrich Bockelmann | 2011 |
| Trügerische Sicherheit | Magnus Mittendorf | 2022 |
| The Last Employee | David Böttcher | 2011 |
| Black Box | Erik Behr | 2023 |
| Schächten | Simon Wiesenthal | 2022 |
| Your Best Years | Arzt | 1999 |
| Simones Entscheidung | 1997 | |
| Sweet Little Sixteen | Thomas Reiner | 1999 |
| Querschuss | Andreas | 2024 |
| Hexenküsse | Herbert Zauner | 2005 |
| Feuer in der Nacht | Karl Winkler | 2004 |
| Buddy | Dr. Küster | 2013 |
| Rossini | Weich | 1997 |
| Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight | Ernst Udet | 2014 |
| Black Book | General Käutner | 2006 |
| Eine Jugendliebe | Wolfgang | 1977 |
| Frau Jenny Treibel | Leopold Treibel | 1982 |
| Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann | Patrick Lajonne | 1995 |
| Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht | Richard | 1999 |
| Helen, Fred und Ted | Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich | 2006 |
| Tod auf Amrum | Rolf Spiekermann | 1998 |
| Der Mädchenkrieg | Karol Djudko | 1977 |
| Der andere Junge | Jakob Wagner | 2007 |
| Lautlose Schritte | Simon Sundermann | 1996 |
| Der Unbestechliche | Harald Kittler | 2002 |
| Der Vater meiner Schwester | Dr. Klaus Merbold | 2005 |
| Das Schicksal der Lilian H. | Josef | 1993 |
| Miracle at St. Anna | Captain Eichholz | 2008 |
| Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben | Dietrich | 2000 |
| Erste Liebe | Rolf Drost | 2002 |
| Eine Frage des Gewissens | Martin Beltz | 2006 |
| Das dunkle Nest | Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg | 2011 |
| Single sucht Nachwuchs | 1998 | |
| Entführen für Anfänger | Adam Lansky | 2024 |
| Vickys Alptraum | John | 1998 |
| Halt mich fest! | Axel | 2000 |
| Once Upon a Time in Algeria | Sania | 2023 |
| Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! | Walter Gebhard | 1994 |
| Ich, der Boss | Victor Mazza | 1995 |
| Ein Herz für Laura | 1995 | |
| Haber | Fritz Shimon Haber | 2008 |
| New Year's Eve | The young man | 1978 |
| Elle | Robert | 2016 |
| The Devil Kissed from Behind | 1993 | |
| Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall | Dr. van der Meer | 2013 |
| Das schöne irre Judenmädchen | Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin | 1984 |
| Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns | Stelzer | 1997 |
| Wallenstein | Schwedischer Hauptmann | 1987 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Udo | 2015 |
| Paradise Is a Trap | Rudi | 2002 |
| Anti-Social | Philip | 2015 |
| Wind von Südost | Gernot | 1985 |
| Münchhausens letzte Liebe | Wilhelm | 1988 |
| Dreamgirls | Herr Hegemann | 2015 |
| Trumbo | Otto Preminger | 2015 |
| Verzweiflung | 2000 | |
| Ein gefährliches Angebot | Michael Dithardt | 2016 |
| Gute Referenzen | 1994 | |
| Gates of Fire | Dr. Sander | 1996 |
| What Doesn't Kill Us | Mark | 2018 |
| Spur eines Zweifels | Jens Kolberg | 1995 |
| Scheidung für Anfänger | Christoph | 2018 |
| Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit | Pilot | 2014 |
| The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes | Louis Ziffer | 2020 |
| Enfant Terrible | Interviewer | 2020 |
| Flightplan | Mortuary Director | 2005 |
| Sportabzeichen für Anfänger | Bertram Dinkler | 2021 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Markus Lanz | Self | 2008 |
| ZDF-Mittagsmagazin | Self | 1989 |
| Der Bastard | Felix Dennison | 1989 |
| Scene of the Crime | Uwe Pfandler | 1970 |
| Kommissar Klefisch | Terboven | 1990 |
| Scene of the Crime | Erik Steinbeck | 1970 |
| Die Kommissarin | Walter Neumann | 1994 |
| Der Kriminalist | Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann | 2006 |
| Der Mann ohne Schatten | Bruno Kuhlin | 1996 |
| Voices of Liberation | Self | 2022 |
| Doppelter Einsatz | Sebastian van Leuyen | 1994 |
| Rosa Roth | Maiwald | 1994 |
| Die Cleveren | Alfons Kleiber | 1998 |
| Derrick | Lussmann | 1974 |
| Derrick | Jürgen Klose | 1974 |
| Derrick | Rolf Laduhn | 1974 |
| Derrick | Alex Sierich | 1974 |
| Derrick | Psychopath | 1974 |
| Derrick | Andy Stein | 1974 |
| Derrick | Dixi | 1974 |
| Der letzte Zeuge | Hans Leinen | 1998 |
| Der letzte Zeuge | Helmut Gittel | 1998 |
| Der Alte | Mano Deller | 1977 |
| Derrick | Manfred Kessler | 1974 |
| Der Alte | Thilo Müller | 1977 |
| Der Alte | Hans Fänger | 1977 |
| Der Alte | Werner Kuziemsky | 1977 |
| Der Alte | Peter Larsen | 1977 |
| Der Alte | Peter Aulan | 1977 |
| Der Alte | Erik Falter | 1977 |
| Der Alte | Hausmann | 1977 |
| A Case For Two | Bernd Marquart | 1981 |
| Ein starkes Team | Gerhard Brock | 1994 |
| Polizeiruf 110 | Max Ortheil | 1971 |
| Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende | 1993 | |
| Der Mann mit dem Fagott | Heinrich Bockelmann | 2011 |
| Die Gerichtsreporterin | Dr. Wegener | 1994 |
| A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft | Lefevre | 1995 |
| Bella Block | Thomas Engler | 1993 |
| Inspector Rex | Gregor Schell | 1994 |
| Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981 |
| Hier spricht Berlin | Self | 2019 |
| Realm of the Volga | Narrator | 2019 |
| SOKO München | 1978 | |
| Criminal: Germany | Steffen Marquardt | 2019 |
| Ringlstetter | self | 2016 |
| Redemption Road | Jonathan Roth | 2017 |
| Scene of the Crime | Rainer Wenisch | 1970 |
| Der Alte | Harry Westphal | 1977 |
| Scene of the Crime | Alfred Waller | 1970 |
| Scene of the Crime | Doc Decker | 1970 |
| Klamroths Konter | Self | 2016 |
| Das Literarische Quartett | Self | 2015 |
| Gottschalk Live | Self | 2012 |
| Grill den Henssler | Self | 2013 |
| Günther Jauch | Self | 2011 |
| Air Albatros | 1994 | |
| Hecht & Haie | Dr. Frenkel | 1993 |
| MDR um 4 | Self | 2014 |
| NSU German History X | Amor | 2016 |
| Im Leben von … | Self | 2012 |
| Steckbriefe | Gerhard Hartung | 1982 |
| Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1966 |
| Bambi Awards | Self | 1948 |
| Wer weiß denn sowas? | Self | 2015 |
| Roche & Böhmermann | Self | 2012 |
| Beat | Richard Diemer | 2018 |
| Dalli Dalli | Self | 1971 |
| Volle Kanne | Self | 1999 |
| Quizduell | Self | 2014 |
| Quizduell-Olymp | Self | 2015 |
| Die Superpauker | Self | 2016 |
| Wer weiß denn sowas? | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Zimmer frei! | Self | 1996 |
| alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio | Self | 1994 |
| Kölner Treff | Self | 1976 |
| Menschen der Woche | Self | 2000 |
| Die Johannes B. Kerner Show | Self | 1998 |
| Star-Biathlon | Self | 2005 |
| Furia | Minister Hardenberg | 2021 |
| Talk aus Berlin | Self | 2018 |
| Die verlorene Tochter | Heinrich von Gems | 2020 |
| Maybrit Illner | Self | 1999 |
| DAS! | Self | 1991 |
| NDR Talk Show | Self | 1979 |
| Ein Herz für Kinder | Self | 1998 |
| NDR Kultur – Das Journal | Self | 2002 |
| Gero von Boehm begegnet... | Self | 2002 |
| Riverboat | Self | 1992 |
| Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell | Self | 2011 |
| Fröhlich lesen | Self | 2005 |
| Dickes B | Self | 2007 |
| In Wahrheit | Erich Kupka | 2017 |
| Thadeusz | self | 2005 |
| Morgenmagazin | self | 1992 |
| Im Dialog | self | 1997 |
| ZIBB | Self | 2003 |
| Abendshow | Self | 2017 |
| MDR um 11 | Self | 2017 |
| Wer weiß denn sowas? | 2015 |
