Christian Berkel

Christian Berkel

🎂 28th October 1957 (68 yrs) 📍 Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]

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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Christian Berkel

🎬 Movies Featuring Christian Berkel

Ein Taxi für zwei

Ein Taxi für zwei (2025)

as Gregor Basil
Entführen für Anfänger

Entführen für Anfänger (2024)

as Adam Lansky
Querschuss

Querschuss (2024)

as Andreas
The Blond Boy from the Casbah

The Blond Boy from the Casbah (2023)

as Sania
Black Box

Black Box (2023)

as Erik Behr
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"

Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" (2022)

as Narrator (voice)
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit

Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit (2022)

as Self
A Retribution

A Retribution (2022)

as Simon Wiesenthal
Trügerische Sicherheit

Trügerische Sicherheit (2022)

as Magnus Mittendorf
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger

Sportabzeichen für Anfänger (2021)

as Bertram Dinkler
Enfant Terrible

Enfant Terrible (2020)

as Interviewer
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes

The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes (2020)

as Louis Ziffer
What Doesn't Kill Us

What Doesn't Kill Us (2018)

as Mark
Scheidung für Anfänger

Scheidung für Anfänger (2018)

as Christoph
Elle

Elle (2016)

as Robert
Ein gefährliches Angebot

Ein gefährliches Angebot (2016)

as Michael Dithardt
Trumbo

Trumbo (2015)

as Otto Preminger
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

as Udo
Anti-Social

Anti-Social (2015)

as Philip
Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls (2015)

as Herr Hegemann
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight

Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight (2014)

as Ernst Udet
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit

Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit (2014)

as Pilot
Buddy

Buddy (2013)

as Dr. Küster
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall

Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall (2013)

as Dr. van der Meer
Das dunkle Nest

Das dunkle Nest (2011)

as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
The Last Employee

The Last Employee (2011)

as David Böttcher
Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

as Proprietor Eric
Leningrad

Leningrad (2009)

as Vinkelmeyer
Valkyrie

Valkyrie (2008)

as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Mogadischu

Mogadischu (2008)

as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

as Captain Eichholz
Haber

Haber (2008)

as Fritz Shimon Haber
Flame & Citron

Flame & Citron (2008)

as Hoffmann
Der andere Junge

Der andere Junge (2007)

as Jakob Wagner
Black Book

Black Book (2006)

as General Käutner
Helen, Fred und Ted

Helen, Fred und Ted (2006)

as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
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Eine Frage des Gewissens (2006)

as Martin Beltz
Flightplan

Flightplan (2005)

as Mortuary Director
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Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang" (2005)

as Self
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Der Vater meiner Schwester (2005)

as Dr. Klaus Merbold
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Hexenküsse (2005)

as Herbert Zauner
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Feuer in der Nacht (2004)

as Karl Winkler
Guys & Balls

Guys & Balls (2004)

as Rudolf
Downfall

Downfall (2004)

as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Soundless

Soundless (2004)

as Lang
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Der Unbestechliche (2002)

as Harald Kittler
Safe Conduct

Safe Conduct (2002)

as Alfred Greven
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Erste Liebe (2002)

as Rolf Drost
The Experiment

The Experiment (2001)

as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
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Verzweiflung (2000)

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Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben (2000)

as Dietrich
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Halt mich fest! (2000)

as Axel
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Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (1999)

as Richard
Paradise Is a Trap

Paradise Is a Trap (1999)

as Rudi
Your Best Years

Your Best Years (1999)

as Arzt
Sweet Little Sixteen

Sweet Little Sixteen (1999)

as Thomas Reiner
Tod auf Amrum

Tod auf Amrum (1998)

as Rolf Spiekermann
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Single sucht Nachwuchs (1998)

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Vickys Alptraum (1998)

as John
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Simones Entscheidung (1997)

Rossini

Rossini (1997)

as Weich
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Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns (1997)

as Stelzer
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Lautlose Schritte (1996)

as Simon Sundermann
Gates of Fire

Gates of Fire (1996)

as Dr. Sander
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Spur eines Zweifels (1995)

as Jens Kolberg
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Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann (1995)

as Patrick Lajonne
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Ich, der Boss (1995)

as Victor Mazza
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Ein Herz für Laura (1995)

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Gute Referenzen (1994)

Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!

Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! (1994)

as Walter Gebhard
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Das Schicksal der Lilian H. (1993)

as Josef
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The Devil Kissed from Behind (1993)

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Münchhausens letzte Liebe (1988)

as Wilhelm
Wallenstein

Wallenstein (1987)

as Schwedischer Hauptmann
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Wind von Südost (1985)

as Gernot
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Das schöne irre Judenmädchen (1984)

as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
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Frau Jenny Treibel (1982)

as Leopold Treibel
New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve (1978)

as The Young Man
The Serpent's Egg

The Serpent's Egg (1977)

as Student
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Eine Jugendliebe (1977)

as Wolfgang
Maiden's War

Maiden's War (1977)

as Karol Djudko
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Block 10 (N/A)

as Dr. Maximilian Samuel