Acting
Christian Berkel
EN, DE, FR, DA cinema · 86 credits
Born
28 October 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
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.
Known for
Filmography
Ein Knödel für Zwei
Ein Knödel für Zwei
as Roman Boll
Block 10
as Dr. Maximilian Samuel
Ein Taxi für zwei
as Gregor Basil
Querschuss
as Andreas, Producer
Entführen für Anfänger
as Adam Lansky
Black Box
as Erik Behr
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
as Narrator (voice)
Trügerische Sicherheit
as Magnus Mittendorf
A Retribution
as Simon Wiesenthal
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
as Bertram Dinkler
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
as Louis Ziffer
Enfant Terrible
as Interviewer
Scheidung für Anfänger
as Christoph
In Wahrheit - Mord am Engelsgraben
as Erich Kupka
Elle
as Robert
Ein gefährliches Angebot
as Michael Dithardt
Anti-Social
as Philip
Dreamgirls
as Herr Hegemann
Trumbo
as Otto Preminger
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
as Ernst Udet
Buddy
as Dr. Küster
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall
as Dr. van der Meer
The Last Employee
as David Böttcher
Das dunkle Nest
as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
Leningrad
as Vinkelmeyer
Inglourious Basterds
as Proprietor Eric
Valkyrie
as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Mogadischu
as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
Flame & Citron
as Hoffmann
Miracle at St. Anna
as Captain Eichholz
Haber
as Fritz Shimon Haber
Der andere Junge
as Jakob Wagner
Black Book
as General Käutner
Helen, Fred und Ted
as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
Hexenküsse
2005
Hexenküsse
as Herbert Zauner
Der Vater meiner Schwester
2005
Der Vater meiner Schwester
as Dr. Klaus Merbold
Flightplan
as Mortuary Director
Downfall
as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Soundless
as Lang
Guys & Balls
as Rudolf
Feuer in der Nacht
2004
Feuer in der Nacht
as Karl Winkler
Safe Conduct
as Alfred Greven
Der Unbestechliche
2002
Der Unbestechliche
as Harald Kittler
Erste Liebe
2002
Erste Liebe
as Rolf Drost
The Experiment
as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
Halt mich fest!
as Axel
Your Best Years
as Arzt
Sweet Little Sixteen
as Thomas Reiner
Tod auf Amrum
as Rolf Spiekermann
Rossini
as Weich
Lautlose Schritte
1996
Lautlose Schritte
as Simon Sundermann
Gates of Fire
as Dr. Sander
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann
1995
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann
as Patrick Lajonne
Ich, der Boss
1995
Ich, der Boss
as Victor Mazza
Spur eines Zweifels
1995
Spur eines Zweifels
as Jens Kolberg
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
as Walter Gebhard
Ein toter Spieler verläßt den Tisch
1991
Ein toter Spieler verläßt den Tisch
Writer, Director
Wallenstein
as Schwedischer Hauptmann
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
1984
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
Frau Jenny Treibel
1982
Frau Jenny Treibel
as Leopold Treibel
New Year's Eve
as The Young Man
The Serpent's Egg
as Student
Maiden's War
as Karol Djudko