Herbert Knaup
Known for Acting · 177 credits
- Born
- 1956-03-23 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Sonthofen, Germany
Biography
Herbert Knaup is a German film and television actor. He is perhaps best-known to international audiences for his supporting roles in Run Lola Run and The Lives of Others. Longtime companion of actress Natalia Wörner until 2001. Supports the SOS Children's Villages.
Started a career as musician with his two nephews in their band "Neffen und Knaup" (Nephews and Knaup) (2007). Founding member of the German Screen Actors Guild. After graduating from the Otto Falckenberg School, the Academy of Performing Arts in Munich, he made his stage debut in 1978.
Known For
TV Shows (49)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler / Andreas Franke / Günther Kowatsch
DAS!
1991
as Self
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Henner Gottsched / Hermann Denninger
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Zimmer frei!
1996
as Self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self / Self - Laudatio
Inas Nacht
2007
as Self
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Alex Leidhoff / Karl Kromberg
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Bella Block
1993
as Pfarrer Daniel
Thadeusz
2005
as self
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
as Klaus Brandstein
Die Kanzlei
2015
as Markus Gellert
Kommissar Stolberg
2006
as Carl Reese
Kommissarin Lucas
2003
as Klaus Merdinger
Helen Dorn
2014
as Hans Thomsen
Ein Herz für Kinder
1998
as Self
Faust
1994
as Uwe Eichmeier
Nuremberg
2000
as Albert Speer
Die große Maus-Show
2006
as Self
Nachtlinie
2007
as Self
Under Suspicion
2002
as Georg Zechner
Hamburg Journal
2011
as self
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
2021
as Reinhard Severin
Die Gang
1997
as Francis Miller
Kanzleramt
2005
as Regierungssprecher
Sarah Kohr
2014
as Anton Mehringer
Sisi
2009
as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)
Alles außer Mord
1994
as Alexander Mehring
Blond: Eva Blond!
2002
as Richard Vester
Jokah & Tutty
2023
as Galvin der Weise
Die Puppenspieler
2017
as Jakob Fugger
Hotel Barcelona
2023
as Viktor Hansen
Die Unbestechliche
1998
as Rolf Clausnitzer
Die Dirk Bach Show
1992
as Self
T.E.A.M. Berlin
1998
as Robert Berger
Bergheimat
2009
Da is’ ja nix
2020
as Dr. Bruns
Day of Disaster
2007
as Martin Feldmann
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis
2011
as Kurt Korbach
Schwarze Schafe - Die Serie
2025
Movies (128)
The Lives of Others
2006
as Gregor Hessenstein
Hotel Desire
2011
as Hotel Manager
Run Lola Run
1998
as Father
In Darkness
2011
as Ignacy Chiger
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000
as De Heer
The Elementary Particles
2006
as Sollers
Späte Aussicht
2007
as Peter Frei
Anatomy 2
2003
as Professor Müller-LaRousse
The Guardians
2012
as Henri Brietner
Bon Appétit
2010
as Thomas
Margarete Steiff
2005
as Vater Steiff
Brother of Sleep
1995
as Cantor Goller
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
2008
as Erzengel Michael
Marlene
2000
as Rudolf Sieber
Crusade in Jeans
2006
as Carlo Bennatti
23000 Leben
Mogadischu
2008
as Ulrich Wegener
Distant Lights
2003
as Klaus
Special Escort
2007
as Giselher
Eichmanns Ende
2010
as Adolf Eichmann
Erntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi
2009
as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
Jerry Cotton
2010
as Mr. High
Angst
2003
as Wolfgang
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
2011
as Voss
The Invincibles
1994
as Karl Simon
Rock Crystal
2004
as Paul
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
2009
as Dr. Franz Reinhard
Agnes and His Brothers
2004
as Werner Tschirner
Südsee, eigene Insel
1999
as Albert
Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
2024
as Frank Becker
Male Mistakes
2014
as Georg Trautmann
Beyond the Wall
2009
as Frank Pramann
Toter Winkel
2017
as Karl Holzer
Move
2012
as Dinas Vater
The Little Ghost
2013
as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle
Der Bankraub
2016
as von Kamphausen
Meister des Todes
2015
as Moritz Hollstein
Unschuldsengel
1994
as Paul Hansen
This Is Love
2009
as Dominik
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
2021
as Stetter
Harte Brötchen
2002
as Jörg Erdmann
Fürchte dich nicht
2007
as Ralf Bischof
The Last Pig
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Just Something Nice
2022
as Robert
Die Braut
1999
as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Arschkalt
2011
as Rainer Berg
Flesh and Blood
2011
as Bogdan
Landauer
2014
as Sigi Hermann
Das beste Stück vom Braten
2016
as Harry Dumont
Die Musterknaben
1997
as Kamphausen
Der Aufstand
2003
as Rudolf Herrnstadt
Homecoming
2012
as Bürgermeister
Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter
2002
as Schaller
A Good Opportunity
1999
as Lorenz Kellermann
Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2016
as Kluftinger
You're Not Alone
2007
as Kurt Wellinek
Mit verbundenen Augen
1995
as Alex Ziegler
Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen
1998
as Markus
Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2012
as Kommisar Kluftinger
Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2016
as Kluftinger
Dear Kurt
2022
as Mahlow
Pilgerfahrt nach Padua
2011
as Benno Fischer
600 PS für zwei
2015
as Lorenz Hoffmann
Ins Leben zurück
2003
as Martin Lorenz
Komm, schöner Tod
2012
as Jens Kurzhals
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
2017
as Hans
Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung
2018
as Franz Hübner
Der Untergang der Pamir
2006
as Ludwig Lewerenz
Zwei Tänzer für Isolde
2017
as Hans
The Writing on the Wall
1996
as Lopahkin
Stenzels Bescherung
2019
as Volkmar Stenzel
Gefährliche Träume - Das Geheimnis einer Frau
2000
as Leonard Cass
Hamlet_X
2003
as Laertes
Waller's Last Trip
1989
as Waller (jung)
Mein Vater, seine Neue und ich
2005
as Paul
Irren ist männlich
1996
as Thomas
Framed
1999
as Un infirmier
Liebe und andere Gefahren
2009
as Thomas 'Tom' Sellier
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
2018
as Oliver Wackernagel
Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2013
as Kluftinger
Mittlere Reife
2012
as Oliver Seifert
Clarissas Geheimnis
2012
as Konstantin
Vergewaltigt - Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen
1997
as Dr. de Winter
Ganz und gar
2003
as Manfred
Lucky Child
2014
as Hans Scholz
Fever
1998
as Doermer
Klassentreffen – Mordfall unter Freunden
2001
as Littmann
Crossroads
2018
as Heiner Witt
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
2011
as Walter Aschauer
Wildwechsel
2014
as Christoph
Hafen der Düfte
2013
as Peter Philips
Entscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder
2001
as Jan Meinert
Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis
2011
as Ralf Weiss
Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno
2009
as Matthias Lettenbichler
Berlin, 10:46
1994
as Claus
Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst
1997
as Major Weinrich
Die Nacht der Engel
2000
as Breiner
Molly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf
2010
as Hannes Voss
Der Mörder meines Vaters
2005
as Phillip Koch
August der Glückliche
2002
as Grabowski
Die Auferstehung
2018
as Fred
Roccos Reise
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter
2025
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
Annas Heimkehr
2003
as Toni Schweighofer
Anna's Summer
2001
as Max Feldmann
Therapie und Praxis
2002
as Bernhard Meier
Augenzeugin
2008
as Alexander Kant
Kriegsbilder
1996
as Jan Loy
Magic Girl
1995
as Horst Antz
Der letzte Flug
2004
as Hauptmann Kant
Der Auftrag
2004
as Debussion
Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich
2003
as Sven Maiwald
In the Name of Love
2006
as Herr Novak
Zur Zeit zu zweit
1998
as Jan Wolf
Jimmy the Kid
1999
as Dortmunder
Die Zeit mit Euch
2014
as Heiko Hartung
Der große Tom
2008
as Dr. Heinrich Werhahn
Kinder der Nacht
1995
as David
Der Herr der Wüste
2003
as Richard Bucher
Die Aufnahmeprüfung
2012
as Ferdinand Meissner
About Herbert Knaup
Herbert Knaup is a German film and television actor. He is perhaps best-known to international audiences for his supporting roles in Run Lola Run and The Lives of Others. Longtime companion of actress Natalia Wörner until 2001. Supports the SOS Children's Villages. Started a career as musician with his two nephews in their band "Neffen und Knaup" (Nephews and Knaup) (2007). Founding member of the German Screen Actors Guild. After graduating from the Otto Falckenberg School, the Academy of Performing Arts in Munich, he made his stage debut in 1… With 177 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Herbert Knaup has appeared in 128 films and 49 TV shows.
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Most Popular Herbert Knaup Movies
- The Lives of Others (2006) — as Gregor Hessenstein
- Hotel Desire (2011) — as Hotel Manager
- Run Lola Run (1998) — as Father
- In Darkness (2011) — as Ignacy Chiger
- Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) — as De Heer
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