Quick Facts
Born:
1957-10-28
Birthplace:
Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Credits:
185 Total Roles
Christian Berkel
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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.
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.
Known For
Inglourious Basterds
Proprietor Eric
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Udo
Downfall
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Valkyrie
Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Flightplan
Mortuary Director
Elle
Robert
Trumbo
Otto Preminger
Black Book
General Käutner
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Assenheimers Promitalk TV | Self |
| 2025 | Ein Taxi für zwei MOVIE | Gregor Basil |
| 2024 | Entführen für Anfänger MOVIE | Adam Lansky |
| 2024 | Querschuss MOVIE | Andreas |
| 2023 | The Blond Boy from the Casbah MOVIE | Sania |
| 2023 | Black Box MOVIE | Erik Behr |
| 2023 | Hijack TV | Roland Murnau |
| 2022 | Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" MOVIE | Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit MOVIE | Self |
| 2022 | A Retribution MOVIE | Simon Wiesenthal |