Christian Berkel

ActorProducerDirectorWriter Oct 28 (age 68) Berlin, West Germany [now Germany] 1970–2025 (55 year career)

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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 Acade…

Known For

Film

Inglourious Basterds

Proprietor Eric

Film

Downfall

Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck

Film

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Udo

Film

Valkyrie

Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim

Film

Trumbo

Otto Preminger

Film

Black Book

General Käutner

Film

The Experiment

Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

Film

Flightplan

Mortuary Director

Filmography

Acting (163)

Movies (82)

Being Famous for Beginners

as Gregor Basil

Querschuss

as Andreas

Entführen für Anfänger

as Adam Lansky

Black Box

as Erik Behr

The Blond Boy from the Casbah

2023

as Sania

5.2

Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit

2022

as Self

A Retribution

2022

as Simon Wiesenthal

4.9

Trügerische Sicherheit

2022

as Magnus Mittendorf

4.0

Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"

2022

as Narrator (voice)

Sportabzeichen für Anfänger

2021

as Bertram Dinkler

5.5

The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes

as Louis Ziffer

Enfant Terrible

as Interviewer

Scheidung für Anfänger

as Christoph

What Doesn't Kill Us

as Mark

Elle

as Robert

Ein gefährliches Angebot

2016

as Michael Dithardt

5.8

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Udo

Trumbo

as Otto Preminger

Anti-Social

as Philip

Dreamgirls

as Herr Hegemann

Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight

2014

as Ernst Udet

5.4

Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit

2014

as Pilot

Buddy

2013

as Dr. Küster

6.0

Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall

2013

as Dr. van der Meer

The Last Employee

2011

as David Böttcher

6.3

Das dunkle Nest

2011

as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg

Inglourious Basterds

as Proprietor Eric

Leningrad

as Vinkelmeyer

Valkyrie

as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim

7.0

Mogadischu

2008

as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt

Miracle at St. Anna

as Captain Eichholz

Flame & Citron

as Hoffmann

Haber

as Fritz Shimon Haber

Der andere Junge

as Jakob Wagner

Black Book

as General Käutner

Helen, Fred und Ted

as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich

3.7

Eine Frage des Gewissens

2006

as Martin Beltz

Flightplan

2005

as Mortuary Director

6.5

Der Vater meiner Schwester

2005

as Dr. Klaus Merbold

Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"

2005

as Self

Hexenküsse

as Herbert Zauner

Guys & Balls

as Rudolf

Downfall

as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck

Soundless

as Lang

Feuer in der Nacht

as Karl Winkler

Der Unbestechliche

as Harald Kittler

Safe Conduct

as Alfred Greven

Erste Liebe

as Rolf Drost

The Experiment

as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

7.4

Verzweiflung

2000

2.0

Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben

as Dietrich

Halt mich fest!

as Axel

Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht

as Richard

Your Best Years

as Arzt

Sweet Little Sixteen

as Thomas Reiner

Paradise Is a Trap

as Rudi

Single sucht Nachwuchs

Tod auf Amrum

as Rolf Spiekermann

Vickys Alptraum

as John

Rossini

1997

as Weich

6.0

Simones Entscheidung

1997

Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns

1997

as Stelzer

Gates of Fire

1996

as Dr. Sander

Lautlose Schritte

1996

as Simon Sundermann

Ein Herz für Laura

1995

Ich, der Boss

1995

as Victor Mazza

Spur eines Zweifels

1995

as Jens Kolberg

Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann

1995

as Patrick Lajonne

Gute Referenzen

1994

Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!

1994

as Walter Gebhard

5.0

The Devil Kissed from Behind

1993

Das Schicksal der Lilian H.

1993

as Josef

Münchhausens letzte Liebe

1988

as Wilhelm

Wallenstein

1987

as Schwedischer Hauptmann

Wind von Südost

1985

as Gernot

Das schöne irre Judenmädchen

1984

as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin

Frau Jenny Treibel

1982

as Leopold Treibel

New Year's Eve

1978

as The Young Man

7.0

Maiden's War

1977

as Karol Djudko

Eine Jugendliebe

1977

as Wolfgang

The Serpent's Egg

1977

as Student

6.2

Block 10

as Dr. Maximilian Samuel

Television (81)

Assenheimers Promitalk

2025

as Self

Hijack

as Roland Murnau

Voices of Liberation

as Self

Furia

as Minister Hardenberg

7.1

Die verlorene Tochter

as Heinrich von Gems

Criminal: Germany

as Steffen Marquardt

Hier spricht Berlin

as Self

Realm of the Volga

as Narrator

Talk aus Berlin

as Self

Beat

as Richard Diemer

MDR um 11

as Self

In Wahrheit

2017

as Erich Kupka

7.5

Abendshow

2017

as Self

Redemption Road

2017

as Jonathan Roth

5.9

Ringlstetter

2016

as self

NSU German History X

2016

as Amor

7.3

Die Superpauker

2016

as Self

Klamroths Konter

2016

as Self

Wer weiß denn sowas?

2015

7.6

Quizduell-Olymp

2015

as Self

Das Literarische Quartett

2015

as Self

MDR um 4

as Self

Quizduell

as Self

Grill den Henssler

as Self

Gottschalk Live

as Self

Im Leben von …

2012

as Self

Roche & Böhmermann

2012

as Self

8.3

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

2011

as Self

6.5

Günther Jauch

2011

as Self

Der Mann mit dem Fagott

2011

as Heinrich Bockelmann

Markus Lanz

2008

as Self

5.5

Dickes B

2007

as Self

Der Kriminalist

2006

as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann

4.5

Die Sturmflut

2006

as Helmut Schmidt

Thadeusz

2005

as self

6.0

Fröhlich lesen

2005

as Self

Star-Biathlon

2005

as Self

ZIBB

2003

as Self

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

2002

as Self

NDR Kultur – Das Journal

2002

as Self

Menschen der Woche

as Self

Volle Kanne

as Self

maybrit illner

as Self

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

as Self

Der letzte Zeuge

as Hans Leinen

Die Cleveren

as Alfons Kleiber

Ein Herz für Kinder

as Self

Im Dialog

as self

Zimmer frei!

1996

as Self

6.3

Der Mann ohne Schatten

1996

as Bruno Kuhlin

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft

1995

as Lefevre

Inspector Rex

as Gregor Schell

Ein starkes Team

as Gerhard Brock

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

as Self

Die Kommissarin

as Walter Neumann

Doppelter Einsatz

as Sebastian van Leuyen

Rosa Roth

as Maiwald

Air Albatros

Die Gerichtsreporterin

1994

as Dr. Wegener

Bella Block

1993

as Thomas Engler

4.6

Hecht & Haie

1993

as Dr. Frenkel

Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende

Morgenmagazin

as self

Riverboat

as Self

DAS!

as Self

Kommissar Klefisch

as Terboven

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

as Self

Der Bastard

as Felix Dennison

Goldene Kamera

as Self

Steckbriefe

as Gerhard Hartung

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

A Case For Two

as Bernd Marquart

NDR Talk Show

as Self

SOKO München

Der Alte

as Mano Deller

Kölner Treff

as Self

Derrick

as Manfred Kessler

Polizeiruf 110

as Max Ortheil

Dalli Dalli

as Self

Scene of the Crime

as Uwe Pfandler

Bambi

as Self

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Querschuss

2024

Producer

6.1

Ein toter Spieler verläßt den Tisch

1991

Director

Ein toter Spieler verläßt den Tisch

1991

Writer