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Christian Berkel

Christian Berkel

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Oct 28, 1957 (67)
Birthplace	Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Popularity	1 (history)
Updated	Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
Links	TMDb IMDb

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 i ... n 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

Inglourious Basterds

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

Headshots

Filmography

A Retribution

2022

as Simon Wiesenthal

Elle

2016

as Robert

2015

as Philip

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

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

2015

as Udo

Trumbo

2015

as Otto Preminger

Leningrad

2009

as Vinkelmeyer

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

2009

as Proprietor Eric

Haber

2008

as Fritz Shimon Haber

Valkyrie

2008

as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim

Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

as Captain Eichholz

Flightplan

2005

as Mortuary Director

Downfall

2004

as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck

The Experiment

2001

as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38

The Serpent's Egg

The Serpent's Egg

1977

as Student

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Organization	Category	Movie

Television Credits

Acting
Appearances

Der Kriminalist

as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann

Episodes: 109

First Aired: Dec 08, 2006

Der Mann ohne Schatten

as Bruno Kuhlin

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Mar 04, 1996

as Richard Diemer

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Nov 09, 2018

Die verlorene Tochter

as Heinrich von Gems

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 27, 2020

as Minister Hardenberg

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 26, 2021

as Felix Dennison

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 26, 1989

Criminal: Germany

as Steffen Marquardt

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 20, 2019

Der Mann mit dem Fagott

as Heinrich Bockelmann

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 29, 2011

Realm of the Volga

as Narrator

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 13, 2019

Redemption Road

as Jonathan Roth

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 30, 2017

Scene of the Crime

as Uwe Pfandler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Kommissar Klefisch

as Terboven

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1990

Scene of the Crime

as Erik Steinbeck

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Die Kommissarin

as Walter Neumann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1994

Doppelter Einsatz

as Sebastian van Leuyen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1994

as Maiwald

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 05, 1994

as Alfons Kleiber

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 10, 1998

as Lussmann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 1974

as Jürgen Klose

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 1974

as Rolf Laduhn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 1974

as Alex Sierich

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 1974

as Psychopath

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 1974

as Andy Stein

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 1974

as Dixi

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 1974

Der letzte Zeuge

as Hans Leinen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1998

Der letzte Zeuge

as Helmut Gittel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1998

as Mano Deller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

as Manfred Kessler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 1974

as Thilo Müller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

as Hans Fänger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

as Werner Kuziemsky

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

as Peter Larsen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

as Peter Aulan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

as Erik Falter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

as Hausmann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

as Bernd Marquart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1981

Ein starkes Team

as Gerhard Brock

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1994

as Max Ortheil

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 27, 1971

Die Gerichtsreporterin

as Dr. Wegener

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 23, 1994

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft

as Lefevre

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 1995

as Thomas Engler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1993

as Gregor Schell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 10, 1994

Scene of the Crime

as Rainer Wenisch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

as Harry Westphal

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1977

Scene of the Crime

as Alfred Waller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Scene of the Crime

as Doc Decker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

as Dr. Frenkel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 1993

NSU German History X

as Amor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 30, 2016

as Gerhard Hartung

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 01, 1982

as Erich Kupka

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 09, 2017

Voices of Liberation

as Self

Episodes: 11

First Aired: May 02, 2022

Wer weiß denn sowas?

as Self

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 06, 2015

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Aug 30, 1999

Quizduell-Olymp

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 26, 2015

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Feb 09, 1979

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 25, 1976

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jan 02, 1991

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 01, 1948

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 10, 2003

Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 22, 1998

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 03, 2008

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 02, 1989

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 17, 1994

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 25, 1966

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 12, 2014

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 21, 1999

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 03, 1992

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 11, 2011

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 2005

Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 01, 1993

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1981

Hier spricht Berlin

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 2019

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 1978

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 01, 2016

Klamroths Konter

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 03, 2016

Das Literarische Quartett

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 2015

Gottschalk Live

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 2012

Grill den Henssler

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 2013

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 2011

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 2014

Im Leben von …

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 17, 2012

Roche & Böhmermann

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 2012

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 13, 1971

Die Superpauker

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 14, 2016

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 09, 1996

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 27, 1994

Menschen der Woche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2000

Talk aus Berlin

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2018

Ein Herz für Kinder

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 03, 1998

NDR Kultur – Das Journal

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 29, 2002

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 2002

Fröhlich lesen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 12, 2005

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 14, 2007

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 05, 2005

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 19, 1992

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 17, 1997

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 2017

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 31, 2017

Wer weiß denn sowas?

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 06, 2015

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