8.2
Movie
Acting
Christian Berkel
- Born
- (age 69)
- Birthplace
- Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
- Credits
- 170 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.2
Movie
7.1
Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
7.9
Movie
Downfall
7.0
Movie
Valkyrie
6.4
Movie
Flightplan
6.6
Movie
Elle
7.2
Movie
Trumbo
7.4
Movie
Black Book
7.4
Movie
The Experiment
7.5
TV
Hijack
6.1
Movie
Miracle at St. Anna
7.2
TV
Inspector Rex
6.8
Movie
Flame & Citron
5.8
Movie
Dreamgirls
6.2
Movie
The Serpent's Egg
6.2
TV
Scene of the Crime
7.1
TV
Furia
6.9
TV
Criminal: Germany
Acting credits 169
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Triptych Film | |
| TBA | Ein Knödel für Zwei Film | Roman Boll |
| 2026 | Block 10 Film | Dr. Maximilian Samuel |
| 2025 | Assenheimers Promitalk TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2025 | Ein Taxi für zwei Film | Gregor Basil |
| 2024 | Entführen für Anfänger Film | Adam Lansky |
| 2024 | Querschuss Film | Andreas |
| 2023 | The Blond Boy from the Casbah Film | Sania |
| 2023 | Black Box Film | Erik Behr |
| 2023 | Hijack TV | Roland Murnau (7 ep) |
| 2022 | California Dreaming - Modern Architecture In The Golden State TV | Self - Presenter (4 ep) |
| 2022 | Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit Film | Self |
| 2022 | A Retribution Film | Simon Wiesenthal |
| 2022 | Voices of Liberation TV | Self (11 ep) |
| 2022 | Trügerische Sicherheit Film | Magnus Mittendorf |
| 2021 | Furia TV | Minister Hardenberg (5 ep) |
| 2021 | Sportabzeichen für Anfänger Film | Bertram Dinkler |
| 2020 | Enfant Terrible Film | Interviewer |
| 2020 | Die verlorene Tochter TV | Heinrich von Gems (6 ep) |
| 2020 | The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes Film | Louis Ziffer |
| 2019 | Realm of the Volga TV | Narrator (3 ep) |
| 2019 | Hier spricht Berlin TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Criminal: Germany TV | Steffen Marquardt (3 ep) |
| 2018 | Beat TV | Richard Diemer (7 ep) |
| 2018 | Talk aus Berlin TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2018 | What Doesn't Kill Us Film | Mark |
| 2018 | Scheidung für Anfänger Film | Christoph |
| 2017 | Abendshow TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2017 | In Wahrheit - Mord am Engelsgraben Film | Erich Kupka |
| 2017 | In Wahrheit TV | Erich Kupka (1 ep) |
| 2017 | MDR um 11 TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2017 | Redemption Road TV | Jonathan Roth (2 ep) |
| 2016 | Ringlstetter TV | self (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Klamroths Konter TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Die Superpauker TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Elle Film | Robert |
| 2016 | Ein gefährliches Angebot Film | Michael Dithardt |
| 2016 | NSU German History X TV | Amor (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Trumbo Film | Otto Preminger |
| 2015 | Quizduell-Olymp TV | Self (5 ep) |
| 2015 | Das Literarische Quartett TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2015 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Film | Udo |
| 2015 | Wer weiß denn sowas? TV | Self (8 ep) |
| 2015 | Anti-Social Film | Philip |
| 2015 | Dreamgirls Film | Herr Hegemann |
| 2014 | Quizduell TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 2014 | Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight Film | Ernst Udet |
| 2014 | MDR um 4 TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2014 | Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit Film | Pilot |
| 2013 | Buddy Film | Dr. Küster |
| 2013 | Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall Film | Dr. van der Meer |
| 2013 | Grill den Henssler TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Im Leben von … TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Roche & Böhmermann TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Gottschalk Live TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Das dunkle Nest Film | Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg |
| 2011 | The Last Employee Film | David Böttcher |
| 2011 | The Man with the Bassoon TV | Heinrich Bockelmann (2 ep) |
| 2011 | Günther Jauch TV | Self (1 ep) |
Crew credits 2
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Querschuss Film | Producer |
| 1991 | Ein toter Spieler verläßt den Tisch Film | Writer, Director |