Christian Berkel
Known for Acting · 166 credits
- Born
- 1957-10-28 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
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.
Known For
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Uwe Pfandler / Erik Steinbeck / Rainer Wenisch / Alfred Waller / Doc Decker
ZIBB
2003
as Self
Markus Lanz
2008
as Self
The Old Fox
1977
as Mano Deller / Thilo Müller / Hans Fänger / Werner Kuziemsky / Erik Falter / Peter Aulan / Hausmann / Peter Larsen / Harry Westphal
Morgenmagazin
1992
as self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
TV Shows (83)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Uwe Pfandler / Erik Steinbeck / Rainer Wenisch / Alfred Waller / Doc Decker
ZIBB
2003
as Self
Markus Lanz
2008
as Self
The Old Fox
1977
as Mano Deller / Thilo Müller / Hans Fänger / Werner Kuziemsky / Erik Falter / Peter Aulan / Hausmann / Peter Larsen / Harry Westphal
Morgenmagazin
1992
as self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Derrick
1974
as Alex Sierich / Lussmann / Jürgen Klose / Dixi / Andy Stein / Rolf Laduhn / Psychopath / Manfred Kessler
DAS!
1991
as Self
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
MDR um 4
2014
as Self
A Case For Two
1981
as Bernd Marquart
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Max Ortheil
SOKO München
1978
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Hijack
2023
as Roland Murnau
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
Riverboat
1992
as Self
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
1989
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self
Zimmer frei!
1996
as Self
Inspector Rex
1994
as Gregor Schell
Menschen der Woche
2000
as Self
Im Dialog
1997
as self
Dalli Dalli
1971
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
Ein starkes Team
1994
as Gerhard Brock
maybrit illner
1999
as Self
Der Kriminalist
2006
as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann
Quizduell-Olymp
2015
as Self
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
as Self
Ringlstetter
2016
as self
Quizduell
2014
as Self
Die Kommissarin
1994
as Walter Neumann
MDR um 11
2017
as Self
Günther Jauch
2011
as Self
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Hans Leinen / Helmut Gittel
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011
as Self
Bella Block
1993
as Thomas Engler
Thadeusz
2005
as self
Furia
2021
as Minister Hardenberg
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980
as Self
Abendshow
2017
as Self
Rosa Roth
1994
as Maiwald
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
as Sebastian van Leuyen
Grill den Henssler
2013
as Self
NDR Kultur – Das Journal
2002
as Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self
Die Cleveren
1998
as Alfons Kleiber
Talk aus Berlin
2018
as Self
Ein Herz für Kinder
1998
as Self
Klamroths Konter
2016
as Self
Gottschalk Live
2012
as Self
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995
as Lefevre
Voices of Liberation
2022
as Self
In Wahrheit
2017
as Erich Kupka
Criminal: Germany
2019
as Steffen Marquardt
Im Leben von …
2012
as Self
Air Albatros
1994
Movies (83)
Inglourious Basterds
2009
as Proprietor Eric
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
as Udo
Valkyrie
2008
as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Downfall
2004
as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Flightplan
2005
as Mortuary Director
Erste Liebe
2002
as Rolf Drost
Black Book
2006
as General Käutner
Eine Jugendliebe
1977
as Wolfgang
The Experiment
2001
as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
2020
as Louis Ziffer
Simones Entscheidung
1997
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as Captain Eichholz
The Devil Kissed from Behind
1993
Trumbo
2015
as Otto Preminger
Leningrad
2009
as Vinkelmeyer
Flame & Citron
2008
as Hoffmann
Entführen für Anfänger
2024
as Adam Lansky
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
1984
as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
Helen, Fred und Ted
2006
as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
Gute Referenzen
1994
Ein Taxi für zwei
2025
as Gregor Basil
Safe Conduct
2002
as Alfred Greven
Elle
2016
as Robert
Der andere Junge
2007
as Jakob Wagner
Wind von Südost
1985
as Gernot
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
2021
as Bertram Dinkler
Ein gefährliches Angebot
2016
as Michael Dithardt
Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben
2000
as Dietrich
The Serpent's Egg
1977
as Student
Spur eines Zweifels
1995
as Jens Kolberg
Verzweiflung
2000
Tod auf Amrum
1998
as Rolf Spiekermann
Das dunkle Nest
2011
as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
Ich, der Boss
1995
as Victor Mazza
Triptych
Enfant Terrible
2020
as Interviewer
What Doesn't Kill Us
2018
as Mark
Der Vater meiner Schwester
2005
as Dr. Klaus Merbold
Soundless
2004
as Lang
Rossini
1997
as Weich
Dreamgirls
2015
as Herr Hegemann
Trügerische Sicherheit
2022
as Magnus Mittendorf
The Last Employee
2011
as David Böttcher
Scheidung für Anfänger
2018
as Christoph
Buddy
2013
as Dr. Küster
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
2014
as Ernst Udet
Guys & Balls
2004
as Rudolf
Sweet Little Sixteen
1999
as Thomas Reiner
Feuer in der Nacht
2004
as Karl Winkler
Frau Jenny Treibel
1982
as Leopold Treibel
Lautlose Schritte
1996
as Simon Sundermann
Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"
2005
as Self
Your Best Years
1999
as Arzt
Single sucht Nachwuchs
1998
Anti-Social
2015
as Philip
Mogadischu
2008
as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
2023
as Sania
Black Box
2023
as Erik Behr
Gates of Fire
1996
as Dr. Sander
Maiden's War
1977
as Karol Djudko
Halt mich fest!
2000
as Axel
New Year's Eve
1978
as The Young Man
Vickys Alptraum
1998
as John
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit
2022
as Self
Block 10
2026
as Dr. Maximilian Samuel
Haber
2008
as Fritz Shimon Haber
Eine Frage des Gewissens
2006
as Martin Beltz
Der Unbestechliche
2002
as Harald Kittler
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann
1995
as Patrick Lajonne
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
1999
as Richard
Hexenküsse
2005
as Herbert Zauner
Paradise Is a Trap
1999
as Rudi
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
1994
as Walter Gebhard
A Retribution
2022
as Simon Wiesenthal
Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
1993
as Josef
Querschuss
2024
as Andreas
Ein Herz für Laura
1995
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit
2014
as Pilot
Wallenstein
1987
as Schwedischer Hauptmann
Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns
1997
as Stelzer
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall
2013
as Dr. van der Meer
Münchhausens letzte Liebe
1988
as Wilhelm
About 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-Gün… With 166 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, Christian Berkel has appeared in 83 films and 83 TV shows.
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Most Popular Christian Berkel Movies
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) — as Proprietor Eric
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) — as Udo
- Valkyrie (2008) — as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
- Downfall (2004) — as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
- Flightplan (2005) — as Mortuary Director
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