Christian Berkel
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
DAS!
Self
1991
Series
Scene of the Crime
Uwe Pfandler
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Erik Steinbeck
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Rainer Wenisch
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Alfred Waller
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Doc Decker
1970
Volle Kanne
Self
1999
ZIBB
Self
2003
Series
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Series
Markus Lanz
Self
2008
Series
The Old Fox
Mano Deller
1977
Series
The Old Fox
Thilo Müller
1977
Series
The Old Fox
Hans Fänger
1977
Series
The Old Fox
Werner Kuziemsky
1977
Series
The Old Fox
Erik Falter
1977
Series
The Old Fox
Peter Larsen
1977
Series
The Old Fox
Peter Aulan
1977
Series
The Old Fox
Hausmann
1977
Series
The Old Fox
Harry Westphal
1977
Series
MDR um 4
Self
2014
Series
Polizeiruf 110
Max Ortheil
1971
Series
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Series
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Series
SOKO München
1978
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Series
Derrick
Jürgen Klose
1974
Series
Derrick
Rolf Laduhn
1974
Series
Derrick
Lussmann
1974
Series
Derrick
Dixi
1974
Series
Derrick
Psychopath
1974
Series
Derrick
Alex Sierich
1974
Series
Derrick
Andy Stein
1974
Series
Derrick
Manfred Kessler
1974
Series
Riverboat
Self
1992
Series
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Self
2015
Series
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
Series
maybrit illner
Self
1999
Series
A Case For Two
Bernd Marquart
1981
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
Zimmer frei!
Self
1996
Menschen der Woche
Self
2000
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Self
1989
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Series
Inspector Rex
Gregor Schell
1994
Series
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
1994
Film
Inglourious Basterds
Proprietor Eric
2009
Series
Hijack
Roland Murnau
2023
Series
Dalli Dalli
Self
1971
Series
Ein starkes Team
Gerhard Brock
1994
Series
Quizduell-Olymp
Self
2015
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Series
Ringlstetter
self
2016
Series
Der Kriminalist
Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann
2006
Im Dialog
self
1997
Series
Der letzte Zeuge
Helmut Gittel
1998
Series
Der letzte Zeuge
Hans Leinen
1998
Series
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self
1980
Series
Quizduell
Self
2014
Series
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Self
2011
Film
Flightplan
Mortuary Director
2005
Series
Grill den Henssler
Self
2013
Thadeusz
self
2005
Series
Bella Block
Thomas Engler
1993
Film
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Udo
2015
Film
Valkyrie
Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
2008
Series
Doppelter Einsatz
Sebastian van Leuyen
1994
MDR um 11
Self
2017
Film
Downfall
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
2004
Series
Die Kommissarin
Walter Neumann
1994
Abendshow
Self
2017
Film
Black Book
General Käutner
2006
NDR Kultur – Das Journal
Self
2002
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002
Series
Rosa Roth
Maiwald
1994
Talk aus Berlin
Self
2018
Series
Die Cleveren
Alfons Kleiber
1998
Series
Furia
Minister Hardenberg
2021
Günther Jauch
Self
2011
Series
Ein Herz für Kinder
Self
1998
Klamroths Konter
Self
2016
Film
The Experiment
Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
2001
Series
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
Lefevre
1995
Film
Trumbo
Otto Preminger
2015
Gottschalk Live
Self
2012
Im Leben von …
Self
2012
Film
Elle
Robert
2016
Series
Criminal: Germany
Steffen Marquardt
2019
Series
Beat
Richard Diemer
2018
Series
NSU German History X
Amor
2016
Series
In Wahrheit
Erich Kupka
2017
Hecht & Haie
Dr. Frenkel
1993
Fröhlich lesen
Self
2005
Dickes B
Self
2007
Series
Roche & Böhmermann
Self
2012
Film
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
Louis Ziffer
2020
Das Literarische Quartett
Self
2015
Film
Flame & Citron
Hoffmann
2008
Film
The Serpent's Egg
Student
1977
Kommissar Klefisch
Terboven
1990
Bastard
Felix Dennison
1989
Series
California Dreaming - Modern Architecture In The Golden State
Self - Presenter
2022
Series
Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende
1993
Film
Miracle at St. Anna
Captain Eichholz
2008
Air Albatros
1994
Die Superpauker
Self
2016
Assenheimers Promitalk
Self
2025
Film
Safe Conduct
Alfred Greven
2002
Die Gerichtsreporterin
Dr. Wegener
1994
Star-Biathlon
Self
2005
Series
Voices of Liberation
Self
2022
Film
A Retribution
Simon Wiesenthal
2022
Film
Enfant Terrible
Interviewer
2020
Series
Die Sturmflut
Helmut Schmidt
2006
Gute Referenzen
1994
Film
Soundless
Lang
2004
Series
Helen, Fred und Ted
Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
2006
Der Mann ohne Schatten
Bruno Kuhlin
1996
Film
Leningrad
Vinkelmeyer
2009
Triptych
Series
Redemption Road
Jonathan Roth
2017
Series
Die verlorene Tochter
Heinrich von Gems
2020
Series
Realm of the Volga
Narrator
2019
Steckbriefe
Gerhard Hartung
1982
Film
Anti-Social
Philip
2015
Film
Ein gefährliches Angebot
Michael Dithardt
2016
Film
Guys & Balls
Rudolf
2004
Hier spricht Berlin
Self
2019
Film
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
Self
2005
Film
Black Box
Erik Behr
2023
Series
The Man with the Bassoon
Heinrich Bockelmann
2011
Film
Buddy
Dr. Küster
2013
Film
Mogadischu
Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
2008
Film
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
Sania
2023
Erste Liebe
Rolf Drost
2002
Film
Rossini
Weich
1997
Film
Dreamgirls
Herr Hegemann
2015
Film
Entführen für Anfänger
Adam Lansky
2024
Film
Helen, Fred und Ted
Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
2006
The Devil Kissed from Behind
1993
Film
What Doesn't Kill Us
Mark
2018
Film
Scheidung für Anfänger
Christoph
2018
Verzweiflung
2000
Film
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
Bertram Dinkler
2021
Film
Tod auf Amrum
Rolf Spiekermann
1998
Film
Ein Taxi für zwei
Gregor Basil
2025
Eine Jugendliebe
Wolfgang
1977
Film
Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
Josef
1993
Film
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall
Dr. van der Meer
2013
Film
Your Best Years
Arzt
1999
Film
Das dunkle Nest
Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
2011
Simones Entscheidung
1997
Film
Der andere Junge
Jakob Wagner
2007
Film
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
Narrator (voice)
2022
Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben
Dietrich
2000
Film
Gates of Fire
Dr. Sander
1996
Film
Paradise Is a Trap
Rudi
1999
Spur eines Zweifels
Jens Kolberg
1995
Wind von Südost
Gernot
1985
Film
Maiden's War
Karol Djudko
1977
Film
Block 10
Dr. Maximilian Samuel
2026
Eine Frage des Gewissens
Martin Beltz
2006
Film
Sweet Little Sixteen
Thomas Reiner
1999
Der Vater meiner Schwester
Dr. Klaus Merbold
2005
Film
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
Ernst Udet
2014
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
1984
Film
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
Walter Gebhard
1994
Film
New Year's Eve
The Young Man
1978
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann
Patrick Lajonne
1995
Ich, der Boss
Victor Mazza
1995
Ein Herz für Laura
1995
Der Unbestechliche
Harald Kittler
2002
Single sucht Nachwuchs
1998
Vickys Alptraum
John
1998
Film
Haber
Fritz Shimon Haber
2008
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Richard
1999
Film
Wallenstein
Schwedischer Hauptmann
1987
Film
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit
Pilot
2014
Film
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit
Self
2022
Film
The Last Employee
David Böttcher
2011
Film
Querschuss
Andreas
2024
Münchhausens letzte Liebe
Wilhelm
1988
Film
Trügerische Sicherheit
Magnus Mittendorf
2022
Film
Halt mich fest!
Axel
2000
Feuer in der Nacht
Karl Winkler
2004
Lautlose Schritte
Simon Sundermann
1996
Frau Jenny Treibel
Leopold Treibel
1982
Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns
Stelzer
1997
Hexenküsse
Herbert Zauner
2005
Ein Knödel für Zwei
Roman Boll
Film
In Wahrheit - Mord am Engelsgraben
Erich Kupka
2017