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