Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 31, 1954
Place of Birth:
Kiel, Germany
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Rainer Bock
Biography
After graduating from high school, Rainer Bock ran a café in his hometown, which also had a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private acting school in Kiel, he made his debut as a theater actor on the stages of the state capital of Kiel in 1982. He came to Heidelberg and the National Theater Mannheim via the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. From 1995 to 2001 he had an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Until 2011 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Bock often appears in supporting roles, including his initially rare appearances in film and television. The part of the doctor in Michael Haneke's award-winning drama The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (2009) earned him a nomination for the German Film Prize. In 2011 he was represented at the Berlinale with four films. Bock is also active as an audio book speaker.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Calendar Killer | HC |
| 2025 | Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) | Schigolch / Dr. Goll |
| 2025 | Karla | |
| 2025 | Zweigstelle | |
| 2024 | The Investigation | Richter |
| 2024 | Vorübergehend glücklich - Opimaral | Clemens Stellbrink |
| 2024 | Vorübergehend glücklich - Vredenhorst | Clemens Stellbrink |
| 2024 | Hallo Spencer - Der Film | Jakob Sesam |
| 2024 | Sehnsucht Mallorca - Wie alles begann | Narrator |
| 2023 | Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel | Wilfried Schneider |
| 2023 | A Feast for Life | Gabriele |
| 2022 | Mittagsstunde | Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984) |
| 2022 | Rückkehr nach Rimini | Peter Cerny |
| 2022 | Der Irland-Krimi: Preis des Schweigens | Erik Bell |
| 2021 | Die Luft, die wir atmen | Klaus Bronstein |
| 2021 | MuM Calls It Quits | Dr. Rudi Lutz |
| 2020 | Wo ist die Liebe hin? | Bernhard |
| 2020 | Exile | Urs |
| 2020 | Mein Altweibersommer | Markus |
| 2020 | The Turncoa | Willi Stehauf |
| 2019 | Rate Your Date | Bruno |
| 2019 | Lara | Paul |
| 2019 | The Collini Case | Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers |
| 2019 | Der König von Köln | Josef Asch |
| 2019 | Weihnachten im Schnee | Henri Johnen |
| 2019 | Blochin: Das letzte Kapitel | Shukshin |
| 2018 | Luna's Revenge | Behringer |
| 2018 | Never Look Away | Burghart Kroll |
| 2018 | Arthur & Claire | Dr. Sebastian Hofer |
| 2018 | The Beginner | Rolf Buschhaus |
| 2018 | Atlas | Walter Scholl |
| 2017 | Vive L'Amour | |
| 2017 | Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur | Nick |
| 2017 | Sex, Pity and Loneliness | Robert Pfennig |
| 2017 | Ich war eine glückliche Frau | Hermann Blok |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman | Von Hindenberg |
| 2017 | Godless Youth | Trainer |
| 2016 | The Blue Mauritius | Detektiv Kirschenbaum |
| 2016 | Kaltfront | Erik |
| 2016 | Winnetou - A New World | James Bancroft |
| 2016 | Operation Zucker - Jagdgesellschaft | Staatsanwalt Mack |
| 2016 | Hunters in the Night | Claus Rohmüller |
| 2016 | The Most Beautiful Day | Dr. Wüst |
| 2016 | The Verdict | Zeuge Lauterbach |
| 2016 | Scrappin' | Herr Seifert |
| 2015 | Die kalte Wahrheit | Wagner |
| 2015 | Naked Among Wolves | Alois Schwahl |
| 2015 | Käthe Kruse | |
| 2014 | A Most Wanted Man | Dieter Mohr |
| 2014 | Stereo | Wolfgang |
| 2014 | Run Boy Run | SS-Offizier |
| 2014 | Open the Wall | Peter Arndt |
| 2014 | Alles muss raus | Graf von Langmaak |
| 2014 | Burning Souls | Abdias |
| 2014 | The Chosen Ones | Helmut Hoffmann |
| 2014 | Dessau Dancers | Hartmann Dietz |
| 2013 | Passion | Inspector Bach |
| 2013 | Zeugin der Toten | Quirin Kaiserley |
| 2013 | The Book Thief | Bürgermeister Hermann |
| 2013 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Mayor Engleman |
| 2013 | Tracks | Kurt Posel |
| 2013 | Im Olymp der Kunst | Richard Strauss |
| 2012 | Barbara | Klaus Schütz |
| 2012 | Russendisko | Herr Kaminer |
| 2012 | The Guardians | Karl Falkner |
| 2012 | Two Lives | Hugo |
| 2012 | München '72 - Das Attentat | Bruno Merk |
| 2012 | Ein Jahr nach morgen | Jürgen Reich |
| 2011 | Unknown | Herr Strauss |
| 2011 | Picco | Mr. Reinhard |
| 2011 | Dreileben: Beats Being Dead | Dr. Dreier |
| 2011 | If Not Us, Who? | Verteidiger |
| 2011 | My Best Enemy | SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter |
| 2011 | War Horse | Brandt |
| 2011 | Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden | Prof. Albert Brückner |
| 2010 | In the Shadows | Nico |
| 2009 | The White Ribbon | The Doctor |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | General Schonherr |
| 2008 | Todsünde | Neidhard Moll |
| 2008 | Einer bleibt sitzen | Reinhold |
| 2008 | A Year Ago in Winter | Richard Peters |
| 2004 | Operation Valkyrie | General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht |
| 2004 | Onkel Wanja | |
| 2003 | Getting a Life | |
| 2000 | Now or Never | Makowski |
| The Idiots |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Seed | Jon Hoffmann |
| 2022 | Your Honor | Muhr |
| 2022 | Süßer Rausch | Hans |
| 2022 | Alice | Ernst Schwarzer |
| 2021 | Westwall | Berthold Roosen |
| 2020 | Das Mädchen am Strand | Johannes Christensen |
| 2020 | The Turncoat | Willi Stehauf |
| 2020 | Freud | Theodor Meynert |
| 2019 | Die verschwundene Familie | Johannes Christensen |
| 2018 | Das Boot | Heinrich Gluck |
| 2017 | SS-GB | Fritz Kellermann |
| 2017 | Die Puppenspieler | Kardinal della Rovere |
| 2016 | Solo für Weiss | Rainer Weiss |
| 2016 | Fatal News | Attorney General Hasse |
| 2015 | Wer weiß denn sowas? | Self |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | Werner Ziegler |
| 2015 | Line of Separation | Robert Leonhardt |
| 2015 | Death of a Girl | Johannes Christensen |
| 2015 | Dengler | BKA Dr. Müller |
| 2014 | 1864 | Bismarck |
| 2011 | Homeland | BND Officer Keller |
| 2010 | Klimawechsel | Psychiater |
| 2010 | Die NDR Quizshow | Self |
| 2008 | Markus Lanz | Self |
| 2008 | Der Bergdoktor | Ulrich Kretschmar |
| 2008 | Polonius Fischer | Neidhard Moll |
| 2006 | Der Kriminalist | Georg Wagenbach |
| 2006 | Der Kriminalist | Arbogast |
| 2003 | Nachtschicht | Olaf Holtzmann |
| 2002 | Bloch | Klaus Hollstein |
| 2002 | For Heaven's Sake | Rolf Hartung |
| 2000 | Abendschau | Self |
| 1999 | Volle Kanne | Self |
| 1995 | Wilsberg | Müntemeyer |
| 1993 | Bella Block | Malte Schnaak |
| 1993 | Bella Block | Kommissar Schnaak |
| 1991 | DAS! | Self |
| 1977 | Der Alte | Prof. Dr. Werner Schmedtmann |
| 1971 | Polizeiruf 110 | PvD Conrad Cassdorf |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Kapitän Helmut Reinders |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Werner Krabonk |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Augenthaler |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Jost Friedland |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Bauer's Father |
| 1951 | Deutscher Filmpreis | Self |
| Oktoberfest 1905 | Adam Mertz |