Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 28, 1957
Place of Birth:
Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
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Christian Berkel
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Voices of Liberation | Self |
| 2021 | Furia | Minister Hardenberg |
| 2020 | Die verlorene Tochter | Heinrich von Gems |
| 2019 | Hier spricht Berlin | Self |
| 2019 | Realm of the Volga | Narrator |
| 2019 | Criminal: Germany | Steffen Marquardt |
| 2018 | Beat | Richard Diemer |
| 2018 | Talk aus Berlin | Self |
| 2017 | Redemption Road | Jonathan Roth |
| 2017 | In Wahrheit | Erich Kupka |
| 2017 | Abendshow | Self |
| 2017 | MDR um 11 | Self |
| 2016 | Ringlstetter | self |
| 2016 | Klamroths Konter | Self |
| 2016 | NSU German History X | Amor |
| 2016 | Die Superpauker | Self |
| 2015 | Das Literarische Quartett | Self |
| 2015 | Wer weiß denn sowas? | Self |
| 2015 | Quizduell-Olymp | Self |
| 2015 | Wer weiß denn sowas? | |
| 2014 | MDR um 4 | Self |
| 2014 | Quizduell | Self |
| 2013 | Grill den Henssler | Self |
| 2012 | Gottschalk Live | Self |
| 2012 | Im Leben von … | Self |
| 2012 | Roche & Böhmermann | Self |
| 2011 | Der Mann mit dem Fagott | Heinrich Bockelmann |
| 2011 | Günther Jauch | Self |
| 2011 | Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell | Self |
| 2008 | Markus Lanz | Self |
| 2007 | Dickes B | Self |
| 2006 | Der Kriminalist | Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann |
| 2006 | Die Sturmflut | Helmut Schmidt |
| 2005 | Star-Biathlon | Self |
| 2005 | Fröhlich lesen | Self |
| 2005 | Thadeusz | self |
| 2003 | ZIBB | Self |
| 2002 | NDR Kultur – Das Journal | Self |
| 2002 | Gero von Boehm begegnet... | Self |
| 2000 | Menschen der Woche | Self |
| 1999 | Volle Kanne | Self |
| 1999 | maybrit illner | Self |
| 1998 | Die Cleveren | Alfons Kleiber |
| 1998 | Der letzte Zeuge | Hans Leinen |
| 1998 | Der letzte Zeuge | Helmut Gittel |
| 1998 | The Johannes B. Kerner Show | Self |
| 1998 | Ein Herz für Kinder | Self |
| 1997 | Im Dialog | self |
| 1996 | Der Mann ohne Schatten | Bruno Kuhlin |
| 1996 | Zimmer frei! | Self |
| 1995 | A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft | Lefevre |
| 1994 | Die Kommissarin | Walter Neumann |
| 1994 | Doppelter Einsatz | Sebastian van Leuyen |
| 1994 | Rosa Roth | Maiwald |
| 1994 | Ein starkes Team | Gerhard Brock |
| 1994 | Die Gerichtsreporterin | Dr. Wegener |
| 1994 | Inspector Rex | Gregor Schell |
| 1994 | Air Albatros | |
| 1994 | alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio | Self |
| 1993 | Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende | |
| 1993 | Bella Block | Thomas Engler |
| 1993 | Hecht & Haie | Dr. Frenkel |
| 1992 | Riverboat | Self |
| 1992 | Morgenmagazin | self |
| 1991 | DAS! | Self |
| 1990 | Kommissar Klefisch | Terboven |
| 1989 | ZDF-Mittagsmagazin | Self |
| 1989 | Der Bastard | Felix Dennison |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self |
| 1982 | Steckbriefe | Gerhard Hartung |
| 1981 | A Case For Two | Bernd Marquart |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self |
| 1979 | NDR Talk Show | Self |
| 1978 | SOKO München | |
| 1977 | Der Alte | Mano Deller |
| 1977 | Der Alte | Thilo Müller |
| 1977 | Der Alte | Hans Fänger |
| 1977 | Der Alte | Werner Kuziemsky |
| 1977 | Der Alte | Peter Larsen |
| 1977 | Der Alte | Peter Aulan |
| 1977 | Der Alte | Erik Falter |
| 1977 | Der Alte | Hausmann |
| 1977 | Der Alte | Harry Westphal |
| 1976 | Kölner Treff | Self |
| 1974 | Derrick | Lussmann |
| 1974 | Derrick | Jürgen Klose |
| 1974 | Derrick | Rolf Laduhn |
| 1974 | Derrick | Alex Sierich |
| 1974 | Derrick | Psychopath |
| 1974 | Derrick | Andy Stein |
| 1974 | Derrick | Dixi |
| 1974 | Derrick | Manfred Kessler |
| 1971 | Polizeiruf 110 | Max Ortheil |
| 1971 | Dalli Dalli | Self |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Uwe Pfandler |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Erik Steinbeck |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Rainer Wenisch |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Alfred Waller |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Doc Decker |
| 1948 | Bambi-Verleihung | Self |