Christian Berkel
Birthday: 1957-10-28
Birthplace: Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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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Credits
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2024-09-28 | Entführen für Anfänger | Adam Lansky |
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2024-08-24 | Querschuss | Andreas |
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2023-11-15 | Once Upon a Time in Algeria | Sania |
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2023-08-10 | Black Box | Erik Behr |
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2022-07-30 | Schächten | Simon Wiesenthal |
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2022-04-04 | Trügerische Sicherheit | Magnus Mittendorf |
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2021-01-08 | Sportabzeichen für Anfänger | Bertram Dinkler |
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2020-10-01 | Enfant Terrible | Interviewer |
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2020-01-23 | The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes | Louis Ziffer |
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2018-09-01 | What Doesn't Kill Us | Mark |
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2018-09-01 | Scheidung für Anfänger | Christoph |
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2016-05-25 | Elle | Robert |
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2016-04-01 | Ein gefährliches Angebot | Michael Dithardt |
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2015-10-27 | Trumbo | Otto Preminger |
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2015-08-13 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Udo |
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2015-05-01 | Anti-Social | Philip |
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2015-02-19 | Dreamgirls | Herr Hegemann |
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2014-03-30 | Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight | Ernst Udet |
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2014-01-01 | Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit | Pilot |
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2013-12-25 | Buddy | Dr. Küster |
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2013-11-04 | Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall | Dr. van der Meer |
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2011-11-28 | Das dunkle Nest | Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg |
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2011-10-27 | The Last Employee | David Böttcher |
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2011-09-14 | Der Mann mit dem Fagott | Heinrich Bockelmann |
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2009-08-02 | Inglourious Basterds | Proprietor Eric |
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2009-01-01 | Leningrad | Vinkelmeyer |
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2008-12-25 | Valkyrie | Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim |
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2008-11-30 | Mogadischu | Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt |
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2008-09-15 | Miracle at St. Anna | Captain Eichholz |
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2008-08-05 | Haber | Fritz Shimon Haber |
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2008-03-25 | Flame & Citron | Hoffmann |
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2007-08-25 | Der andere Junge | Jakob Wagner |
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2006-09-14 | Black Book | General Käutner |
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2006-09-13 | Helen, Fred und Ted | Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich |
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2006-03-29 | Eine Frage des Gewissens | Martin Beltz |
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2006-02-19 | Die Sturmflut | Innensenator Helmut Schmidt |
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2005-09-22 | Flightplan | Mortuary Director |
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2005-08-23 | Der Vater meiner Schwester | Dr. Klaus Merbold |
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2005-01-01 | Hexenküsse | Herbert Zauner |
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2004-10-26 | Feuer in der Nacht | Karl Winkler |
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2004-10-07 | Guys & Balls | Rudolf |
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2004-09-16 | Downfall | Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck |
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2004-04-22 | Soundless | Lang |
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2002-09-24 | Der Unbestechliche | Harald Kittler |
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2002-05-22 | Paradise Is a Trap | Rudi |
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2002-01-09 | Safe Conduct | Alfred Greven |
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2002-01-01 | Erste Liebe | Rolf Drost |
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2001-03-08 | The Experiment | Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38 |
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2000-10-12 | Verzweiflung | |
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2000-05-10 | Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben | Dietrich |
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2000-03-31 | Halt mich fest! | Axel |
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1999-11-22 | Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht | Richard |
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1999-09-03 | Your Best Years | Arzt |
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1999-03-26 | Sweet Little Sixteen | Thomas Reiner |
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1998-12-28 | Tod auf Amrum | Rolf Spiekermann |
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1998-03-18 | Single sucht Nachwuchs | |
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1998-01-07 | Vickys Alptraum | John |
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1997-03-03 | Simones Entscheidung | |
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1997-01-23 | Rossini | Weich |
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1997-01-01 | Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns | Stelzer |
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1996-11-18 | Lautlose Schritte | Simon Sundermann |
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1996-11-10 | Gates of Fire | Dr. Sander |
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1995-09-09 | Spur eines Zweifels | Jens Kolberg |
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1995-01-01 | Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann | Patrick Lajonne |
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1995-01-01 | Ich, der Boss | Victor Mazza |
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1995-01-01 | Ein Herz für Laura | |
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1994-06-30 | Gute Referenzen | |
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1994-01-01 | Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! | Walter Gebhard |
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1993-09-23 | Das Schicksal der Lilian H. | Josef |
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1993-01-01 | The Devil Kissed from Behind | |
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1988-01-01 | Münchhausens letzte Liebe | Wilhelm |
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1987-01-01 | Wallenstein | Schwedischer Hauptmann |
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1985-01-01 | Wind von Südost | Gernot |
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1984-02-08 | Das schöne irre Judenmädchen | Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin |
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1982-12-14 | Frau Jenny Treibel | Leopold Treibel |
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1978-12-31 | New Year's Eve | The young man |
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1977-10-28 | The Serpent's Egg | Student |
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1977-09-26 | Eine Jugendliebe | Wolfgang |
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1977-06-06 | Der Mädchenkrieg | Karol Djudko |