Christian Berkel
Age: N/A | From: Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 59
TV Involvements: 65
Most Famous Work
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christian Berkel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Volle Kanne
(1999) Self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
(2015) Self
A Case For Two
(1981) Bernd Marquart
Der Alte
(1977) Harry Westphal
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
(1984) Self
Scene of the Crime
(1970) Doc Decker ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
(1989) Self
Grill den Henssler
(2013) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Gregor Basil | |
| 2024 | Adam Lansky | |
| Andreas | ||
| 2023 | Sania | |
| Erik Behr | ||
| 2022 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Simon Wiesenthal | ||
| Self | ||
| Magnus Mittendorf | ||
| 2021 | Minister Hardenberg | |
| Bertram Dinkler | ||
| 2020 | Interviewer | |
| Heinrich von Gems | ||
| Louis Ziffer | ||
| 2019 | Narrator | |
| Self | ||
| Steffen Marquardt | ||
| 2018 | Richard Diemer | |
| Self | ||
| Mark | ||
| Christoph | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| Erich Kupka | ||
| Self | ||
| Jonathan Roth | ||
| 2016 | self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Robert | ||
| Michael Dithardt | ||
| Amor | ||
| 2015 | Otto Preminger | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Udo | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Philip | ||
| Herr Hegemann | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Ernst Udet | ||
| Self | ||
| Pilot | ||
| 2013 | Dr. Küster | |
| Dr. van der Meer | ||
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2011 | Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg | |
| David Böttcher | ||
| Heinrich Bockelmann | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2009 | Proprietor Eric | |
| Vinkelmeyer | ||
| 2008 | Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim | |
| Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt | ||
| Captain Eichholz | ||
| Fritz Shimon Haber | ||
| Self | ||
| Hoffmann | ||
| 2007 | Self | |
| Jakob Wagner | ||
| 2006 | Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann | |
| General Käutner | ||
| Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich | ||
| Martin Beltz | ||
| Helmut Schmidt | ||
| 2005 | self | |
| Mortuary Director | ||
| Self | ||
| Dr. Klaus Merbold | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Herbert Zauner | ||
| 2004 | Karl Winkler | |
| Rudolf | ||
| Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck | ||
| Lang | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| 2002 | Harald Kittler | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Alfred Greven | ||
| Rolf Drost | ||
| 2001 | Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38 | |
| 2000 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Dietrich | ||
| Axel | ||
| 1999 | Richard | |
| Self | ||
| Rudi | ||
| Arzt | ||
| Self | ||
| Thomas Reiner | ||
| 1998 | Rolf Spiekermann | |
| Self | ||
| Hans Leinen | ||
| Helmut Gittel | ||
| N/A | ||
| Alfons Kleiber | ||
| Self | ||
| John | ||
| 1997 | N/A | |
| Weich | ||
| self | ||
| Stelzer | ||
| 1996 | Simon Sundermann | |
| Dr. Sander | ||
| Self | ||
| Bruno Kuhlin | ||
| 1995 | Jens Kolberg | |
| Lefevre | ||
| Patrick Lajonne | ||
| Victor Mazza | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1994 | Self | |
| Gregor Schell | ||
| Maiwald | ||
| Walter Neumann | ||
| Sebastian van Leuyen | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Wegener | ||
| N/A | ||
| Gerhard Brock | ||
| Walter Gebhard | ||
| 1993 | Thomas Engler | |
| Josef | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Frenkel | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1992 | self | |
| Self | ||
| 1991 | Self | |
| 1990 | Terboven | |
| 1989 | Self | |
| Felix Dennison | ||
| 1988 | Wilhelm | |
| 1987 | Schwedischer Hauptmann | |
| 1985 | Gernot | |
| 1984 | Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin | |
| Self | ||
| 1982 | Leopold Treibel | |
| Gerhard Hartung | ||
| 1981 | Bernd Marquart | |
| Self | ||
| 1979 | Self | |
| 1978 | The Young Man | |
| N/A | ||
| 1977 | Student | |
| Wolfgang | ||
| Karol Djudko | ||
| Mano Deller | ||
| Thilo Müller | ||
| Hans Fänger | ||
| Werner Kuziemsky | ||
| Peter Larsen | ||
| Peter Aulan | ||
| Erik Falter | ||
| Hausmann | ||
| Harry Westphal | ||
| 1976 | Self | |
| 1974 | Lussmann | |
| Jürgen Klose | ||
| Rolf Laduhn | ||
| Alex Sierich | ||
| Psychopath | ||
| Andy Stein | ||
| Dixi | ||
| Manfred Kessler | ||
| 1971 | Max Ortheil | |
| Self | ||
| 1970 | Uwe Pfandler | |
| Erik Steinbeck | ||
| Rainer Wenisch | ||
| Alfred Waller | ||
| Doc Decker | ||
| 1948 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |