Christian Berkel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-10-28 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Christian Berkel
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.
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Acting
Block 10
as Dr. Maximilian Samuel
(2025)
Being Famous for Beginners
as Gregor Basil
(2024)
Querschuss
as Andreas
(2024)
Entführen für Anfänger
as Adam Lansky
(2023)
Black Box
as Erik Behr
(2023)
Once Upon a Time in Algeria
as Sania
(2022)
Trügerische Sicherheit
as Magnus Mittendorf
(2022)
A Retribution
as Simon Wiesenthal
(2022)
(2022)
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
as Bertram Dinkler
(2020)
Enfant Terrible
as Interviewer
(2020)
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
as Louis Ziffer
(2018)
Scheidung für Anfänger
as Christoph
(2018)
What Doesn't Kill Us
as Mark
(2016)
Elle
as Robert
(2016)
Ein gefährliches Angebot
as Michael Dithardt
(2015)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Udo
(2015)
Trumbo
as Otto Preminger
(2015)
Anti-Social
as Philip
(2015)
Dreamgirls
as Herr Hegemann
(2014)
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
as Ernst Udet
(2014)
(2013)
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall
as Dr. van der Meer
(2013)
Buddy
as Dr. Küster
(2011)
Das dunkle Nest
as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
(2011)
The Last Employee
as David Böttcher
(2009)
Inglourious Basterds
as Proprietor Eric
(2009)
Leningrad
as Vinkelmeyer
(2008)
Valkyrie
as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
(2008)
Miracle at St. Anna
as Captain Eichholz
(2008)
Flame & Citron
as Hoffmann
(2008)
Mogadischu
as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
(2008)
Haber
as Fritz Shimon Haber
(2007)
Der andere Junge
as Jakob Wagner
(2006)
Black Book
as General Käutner
(2006)
Eine Frage des Gewissens
as Martin Beltz
(2006)
Helen, Fred und Ted
as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
(2005)
Flightplan
as Mortuary Director
(2005)
Hexenküsse
as Herbert Zauner
(2005)
Der Vater meiner Schwester
as Dr. Klaus Merbold
(2005)
(2004)
Downfall
as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
(2004)
Guys & Balls
as Rudolf
(2004)
Soundless
as Lang
(2004)
Feuer in der Nacht
as Karl Winkler
(2002)
Der Unbestechliche
as Harald Kittler
(2002)
Erste Liebe
as Rolf Drost
(2002)
Safe Conduct
as Alfred Greven
(2001)
The Experiment
as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
(2000)
(2000)
Halt mich fest!
as Axel
(2000)
Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben
as Dietrich
(1999)
Your Best Years
as Arzt
(1999)
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
as Richard
(1999)
Sweet Little Sixteen
as Thomas Reiner
(1999)
Paradise Is a Trap
as Rudi
(1998)
Vickys Alptraum
as John
(1998)
(1998)
Tod auf Amrum
as Rolf Spiekermann
(1997)
Rossini
as Weich
(1997)
(1997)
(1996)
Gates of Fire
as Dr. Sander
(1996)
Lautlose Schritte
as Simon Sundermann
(1995)
Spur eines Zweifels
as Jens Kolberg
(1995)
(1995)
Ich, der Boss
as Victor Mazza
(1995)
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann
as Patrick Lajonne
(1994)
(1994)
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
as Walter Gebhard
(1993)
Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
as Josef
(1993)
(1988)
Münchhausens letzte Liebe
as Wilhelm
(1987)
Wallenstein
as Schwedischer Hauptmann
(1985)
Wind von Südost
as Gernot
(1984)
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
(1982)
Frau Jenny Treibel
as Leopold Treibel
(1978)
New Year's Eve
as The Young Man
(1977)
The Serpent's Egg
as Student
(1977)
Eine Jugendliebe
as Wolfgang
(1977)
Maiden's War
as Karol Djudko
Crew
(2024)
Querschuss
Producer
(1991)
Ein toter Spieler verläßt den Tisch
Director, Writer