Acting
Christian Berkel
Born Oct 28, 1957 · 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.
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Block 10
2026
Drama
Ein Taxi für zwei
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TV Movie · Comedy
Entführen für Anfänger
2024
Comedy · TV Movie
Querschuss
2024
Drama
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
2023
Comedy · Drama · History
Black Box
2023
Drama
Hijack
2023
Drama
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
2022
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit
2022
Documentary
A Retribution
2022
Drama
Trügerische Sicherheit
2022
Drama · Thriller
Furia
2021
Drama · Crime
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
2021
Comedy
Enfant Terrible
2020
Drama · History
Die verlorene Tochter
2020
Mystery · Drama
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
2020
Adventure · Family · Fantasy
Realm of the Volga
2019
Documentary
Criminal: Germany
2019
Crime · Drama
Beat
2018
Drama
What Doesn't Kill Us
2018
Drama · Comedy
Scheidung für Anfänger
2018
Comedy
In Wahrheit - Mord am Engelsgraben
2017
TV Movie · Crime · Thriller
In Wahrheit
2017
Crime · Drama
Redemption Road
2017
Drama
Elle
2016
Drama · Thriller
Ein gefährliches Angebot
2016
Thriller
NSU German History X
2016
Drama · Crime
Trumbo
2015
Drama
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
Comedy · Action · Adventure
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
Reality · Family
Anti-Social
2015
Crime
Dreamgirls
2015
Comedy
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
2014
Adventure · Drama
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit
2014
Drama
Buddy
2013
Comedy
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall
2013
Crime · Thriller
Das dunkle Nest
2011
Drama · Crime
The Last Employee
2011
Mystery · Horror
The Man with the Bassoon
2011
Drama
Inglourious Basterds
2009
Drama · Thriller · War
Leningrad
2009
War · Drama
Valkyrie
2008
Drama · Thriller · War
Mogadischu
2008
Thriller · History · TV Movie
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
Drama · War
Haber
2008
Drama · History · War
Flame & Citron
2008
Drama · History · War
Der andere Junge
2007
Drama
Der Kriminalist
2006
Crime
Black Book
2006
Drama · Thriller · War
Helen, Fred und Ted
2006
Comedy
Helen, Fred und Ted
2006
Drama
Die Sturmflut
2006
Action & Adventure
Flightplan
2005
Thriller · Drama · Mystery
Hitler's Final Days: The Movie 'Downfall'
2005
Documentary
Guys & Balls
2004
Comedy · Romance
Downfall
2004
Drama · History · War
Soundless
2004
Thriller · Crime · Romance
Safe Conduct
2002
Drama · War · History
The Experiment
2001
Drama · Thriller
Halt mich fest!
2000
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Paradise Is a Trap
1999
Comedy · TV Movie
Your Best Years
1999
TV Movie · Thriller
Sweet Little Sixteen
1999
Drama · Thriller · TV Movie
Tod auf Amrum
1998
Crime
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
Drama · Crime
Die Cleveren
1998
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Rossini
1997
Comedy
Gates of Fire
1996
Crime · Action
A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
1995
Action & Adventure
Inspector Rex
1994
Crime · Mystery · Drama
Rosa Roth
1994
Crime
Die Kommissarin
1994
Crime
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
Crime
Ein starkes Team
1994
Drama · Crime
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
1994
Drama · TV Movie
Bella Block
1993
Drama · Crime
Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
1993
Crime · TV Movie
Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende
1993
Comedy · Drama
Wallenstein
1987
History
A Case For Two
1981
Drama · Crime
New Year's Eve
1978
Drama
SOKO München
1978
Crime
The Serpent's Egg
1977
Mystery · Drama · Thriller
Maiden's War
1977
Drama
The Old Fox
1977
Crime · Drama
Derrick
1974
Drama · Crime
Polizeiruf 110
1971
Crime
Scene of the Crime
1970
Drama · Crime