From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
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Movie | Scheidung für Anfänger | Christoph | 2018-09-01 |
Movie | What Doesn't Kill Us | Mark | 2018-09-01 |
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Movie | Elle | Robert | 2016-05-25 |
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Movie | Trumbo | Otto Preminger | 2015-10-27 |
Movie | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Udo | 2015-08-13 |
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Series | Grill den Henssler | Unknown | 2013-09-29 |
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Series | Gottschalk Live | Unknown | 2012-01-23 |
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Movie | Inglourious Basterds | Proprietor Eric | 2009-08-02 |
Movie | Leningrad | Vinkelmeyer | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Flame & Citron | Hoffmann | 2008-03-25 |
Movie | Haber | Fritz Shimon Haber | 2008-08-05 |
Movie | Mogadischu | Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt | 2008-11-30 |
Movie | Valkyrie | Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim | 2008-12-25 |
Movie | Miracle at St. Anna | Captain Eichholz | 2008-09-15 |
Movie | Der andere Junge | Jakob Wagner | 2007-08-25 |
Series | Attack on Leningrad | 2007-10-19 | |
Movie | Die Sturmflut | Innensenator Helmut Schmidt | 2006-02-19 |
Movie | Eine Frage des Gewissens | Martin Beltz | 2006-03-29 |
Movie | Black Book | General Käutner | 2006-09-14 |
Movie | Helen, Fred und Ted | Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich | 2006-09-13 |
Series | Der Kriminalist | Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann | 2006-12-08 |
Movie | Hexenküsse | Herbert Zauner | 2005-01-01 |
Movie | Der Vater meiner Schwester | Dr. Klaus Merbold | 2005-08-23 |
Movie | Flightplan | Mortuary Director | 2005-09-22 |
Movie | Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang" | Self | 2005-09-16 |
Movie | Soundless | Lang | 2004-04-22 |
Movie | Feuer in der Nacht | Karl Winkler | 2004-10-26 |
Movie | Downfall | Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck | 2004-09-16 |
Movie | Guys & Balls | Rudolf | 2004-10-07 |
Series | Die Affäre Semmeling | Fred Kiefer | 2002-01-02 |
Movie | Erste Liebe | Rolf Drost | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | Safe Conduct | Alfred Greven | 2002-01-09 |
Movie | Der Unbestechliche | Harald Kittler | 2002-09-24 |
Movie | Paradise Is a Trap | Rudi | 2002-05-22 |
Movie | The Experiment | Steinhoff, Häftling Nr. 38 | 2001-03-07 |
Movie | Halt mich fest! | Axel | 2000-03-31 |
Movie | Verzweiflung | 2000-10-12 | |
Movie | Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben | Dietrich | 2000-05-10 |
Movie | Sweet Little Sixteen | Thomas Reiner | 1999-03-26 |
Movie | Your Best Years | Arzt | 1999-09-03 |
Movie | Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht | Richard | 1999-11-22 |
Movie | Vickys Alptraum | John | 1998-01-07 |
Series | Die Johannes B. Kerner Show | Gast | 1998-01-22 |
Series | Die Cleveren | Alfons Kleiber | 1998-03-10 |
Movie | Tod auf Amrum | Rolf Spiekermann | 1998-12-28 |
Series | Der letzte Zeuge | Helmut Gittel | 1998-03-23 |
Movie | Single sucht Nachwuchs | 1998-03-18 | |
Movie | Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns | Stelzer | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | Simones Entscheidung | 1997-03-03 | |
Movie | Rossini | Weich | 1997-01-23 |
Movie | Lautlose Schritte | Simon Sundermann | 1996-11-18 |
Series | Der Mann ohne Schatten | Bruno Kuhlin | 1996-03-04 |
Movie | Gates of Fire | Dr. Sander | 1996-11-10 |
Movie | Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann | Patrick Lajonne | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Ich, der Boss | Victor Mazza | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Ein Herz für Laura | 1995-01-01 | |
Movie | Spur eines Zweifels | Jens Kolberg | 1995-09-09 |
Series | A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft | Lefevre | 1995-01-03 |
Series | Ein starkes Team | Gerhard Brock | 1994-03-28 |
Movie | Gute Referenzen | 1994-06-30 | |
Movie | Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! | Walter Gebhard | 1994-01-01 |
Series | Bella Block | Thomas Engler | 1994-03-26 |
Series | Doppelter Einsatz | Sebastian van Leuyen | 1994-09-20 |
Series | Die Gerichtsreporterin | Dr. Wegener | 1994-08-23 |
Series | Rosa Roth | Maiwald | 1994-11-05 |
Series | Die Kommissarin | Walter Neumann | 1994-10-06 |
Series | Inspector Rex | Gregor Schell | 1994-11-10 |
Series | Air Albatros | Unknown | 1994-09-17 |
Movie | The Devil Kissed from Behind | 1993-01-01 | |
Series | Hecht & Haie | Dr. Frenkel | 1993-03-04 |
Movie | Das Schicksal der Lilian H. | Josef | 1993-09-23 |
Series | Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende | Unknown | 1993-05-01 |
Series | Kommissar Klefisch | Terboven | 1990-01-07 |
Movie | Münchhausens letzte Liebe | Wilhelm | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Wallenstein | Schwedischer Hauptmann | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | Wind von Südost | Gernot | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | Das schöne irre Judenmädchen | Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin | 1984-02-08 |
Movie | Frau Jenny Treibel | Leopold Treibel | 1982-12-14 |
Series | A Case For Two | Bernd Marquart | 1981-09-11 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Movie | New Year's Eve | The young man | 1978-12-31 |
Series | SOKO 5113 | Unknown | 1978-01-02 |
Series | Der Alte | Harry Westphal | 1977-04-11 |
Movie | Eine Jugendliebe | Wolfgang | 1977-09-26 |
Movie | The Serpent's Egg | Student | 1977-10-28 |
Movie | Der Mädchenkrieg | Karol Djudko | 1977-06-06 |
Series | Derrick | Dixi | 1974-10-20 |
Series | Polizeiruf 110 | Max Ortheil | 1971-06-27 |
Series | Scene of the Crime | Doc Decker | 1970-11-29 |