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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 28, 1957
Place of Birth
Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Christian Berkel
2.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Gregor Basil
Berühmt sein für Anfänger
2025
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0.0
Adam Lansky
Entführen für Anfänger
2024
6.1
Andreas
Querschuss
2024
5.5
Sania
Once Upon a Time in Algeria
2023
5.1
Erik Behr
Black Box
2023
0.0
Narrator (voice)
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
2022
0.0
Self
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit
2022
5.1
Simon Wiesenthal
A Retribution
2022
6.0
Self
Voices of Liberation
2022
6.0
Magnus Mittendorf
Trügerische Sicherheit
2022
Credits
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Berühmt sein für Anfänger
as Gregor Basil
2025
0.0
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Entführen für Anfänger
as Adam Lansky
2024
0.0
Querschuss
as Andreas
2024
6.1
Once Upon a Time in Algeria
as Sania
2023
5.5
Black Box
as Erik Behr
2023
5.1
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
as Narrator (voice)
2022
0.0
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit
as Self
2022
0.0
A Retribution
as Simon Wiesenthal
2022
5.1
Voices of Liberation
as Self
2022
6.0
Trügerische Sicherheit
as Magnus Mittendorf
2022
6.0
Furia
as Minister Hardenberg
2021
7.1
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
as Bertram Dinkler
2021
5.5
Enfant Terrible
as Interviewer
2020
4.4
Die verlorene Tochter
as Heinrich von Gems
2020
6.0
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
as Louis Ziffer
2020
5.7
Realm of the Volga
as Narrator
2019
8.8
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Hier spricht Berlin
as Self
2019
0.0
Criminal: Germany
as Steffen Marquardt
2019
6.9
Beat
as Richard Diemer
2018
7.0
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Talk aus Berlin
as Self
2018
6.0
What Doesn't Kill Us
as Mark
2018
6.2
Scheidung für Anfänger
as Christoph
2018
5.7
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Abendshow
as Self
2017
0.0
In Wahrheit
as Erich Kupka
2017
7.6
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MDR um 11
as Self
2017
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Redemption Road
as Jonathan Roth
2017
6.4
Ringlstetter
as self
2016
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Klamroths Konter
as Self
2016
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Die Superpauker
as Self
2016
0.0
Elle
as Robert
2016
6.7
Ein gefährliches Angebot
as Michael Dithardt
2016
5.8
NSU German History X
as Amor
2016
7.3
Trumbo
as Otto Preminger
2015
7.2
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Quizduell-Olymp
as Self
2015
0.0
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Das Literarische Quartett
as Self
2015
0.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Udo
2015
7.1
Wer weiß denn sowas?
as Self
2015
7.6
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
7.6
Anti-Social
as Philip
2015
5.4
Dreamgirls
as Herr Hegemann
2015
5.8
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Quizduell
as Self
2014
6.0
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
as Ernst Udet
2014
5.4
MDR um 4
as Self
2014
5.0
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit
as Pilot
2014
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Buddy
as Dr. Küster
2013
6.0
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall
as Dr. van der Meer
2013
0.0
Grill den Henssler
as Self
2013
5.0
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Im Leben von …
as Self
2012
0.0
Roche & Böhmermann
as Self
2012
8.3
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Gottschalk Live
as Self
2012
0.0
Das dunkle Nest
as Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg
2011
7.0
The Last Employee
as David Böttcher
2011
6.3
Der Mann mit dem Fagott
as Heinrich Bockelmann
2011
0.0
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Günther Jauch
as Self
2011
0.0
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
as Self
2011
6.5
Inglourious Basterds
as Proprietor Eric
2009
8.2
Leningrad
as Vinkelmeyer
2009
5.5
Valkyrie
as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
2008
6.9
Mogadischu
as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
2008
6.5
Miracle at St. Anna
as Captain Eichholz
2008
6.1
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Haber
as Fritz Shimon Haber
2008
7.0
Markus Lanz
as Self
2008
5.5
Flame & Citron
as Hoffmann
2008
6.9
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Dickes B
as Self
2007
0.0
Der andere Junge
as Jakob Wagner
2007
5.5
Der Kriminalist
as Hauptkommissar Bruno Schumann
2006
5.2
Black Book
as General Käutner
2006
7.5
Helen, Fred und Ted
as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
2006
4.5
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Eine Frage des Gewissens
as Martin Beltz
2006
0.0
Die Sturmflut
as Helmut Schmidt
2006
0.0
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Thadeusz
as self
2005
6.0
Flightplan
as Mortuary Director
2005
6.5
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Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"
as Self
2005
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Der Vater meiner Schwester
as Dr. Klaus Merbold
2005
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Fröhlich lesen
as Self
2005
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Star-Biathlon
as Self
2005
0.0
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Hexenküsse
as Herbert Zauner
2005
2.0
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Feuer in der Nacht
as Karl Winkler
2004
3.0
Guys & Balls
as Rudolf
2004
6.2
Downfall
as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
2004
7.9
Soundless
as Lang
2004
6.3
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ZIBB
as Self
2003
0.0
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Der Unbestechliche
as Harald Kittler
2002
6.0
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NDR Kultur – Das Journal
as Self
2002
0.0
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Gero von Boehm begegnet...
as Self
2002
0.0
Safe Conduct
as Alfred Greven
2002
6.6
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Erste Liebe
as Rolf Drost
2002
1.0
The Experiment
as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
2001
7.4
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Verzweiflung
2000
2.0
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Menschen der Woche
as Self
2000
6.0
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Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben
as Dietrich
2000
7.5
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Halt mich fest!
as Axel
2000
6.0
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Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
as Richard
1999
6.0
maybrit illner
as Self
1999
8.0
Paradise Is a Trap
as Rudi
1999
6.0
Your Best Years
as Arzt
1999
5.2
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Volle Kanne
as Self
1999
4.4
Sweet Little Sixteen
as Thomas Reiner
1999
4.7
Tod auf Amrum
as Rolf Spiekermann
1998
6.0
Ein Herz für Kinder
as Self
1998
10.0
Der letzte Zeuge
as Helmut Gittel
1998
5.2
Der letzte Zeuge
as Hans Leinen
1998
5.2
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Single sucht Nachwuchs
1998
3.0
Die Cleveren
as Alfons Kleiber
1998
6.8
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The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self
1998
4.0
Vickys Alptraum
as John
1998
0.0
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Simones Entscheidung
1997
0.0
Rossini
as Weich
1997
6.2
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Im Dialog
as self
1997
0.0
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Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns
as Stelzer
1997
0.0
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Lautlose Schritte
as Simon Sundermann
1996
0.0
Gates of Fire
as Dr. Sander
1996
0.0
Zimmer frei!
as Self
1996
6.3
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Der Mann ohne Schatten
as Bruno Kuhlin
1996
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Spur eines Zweifels
as Jens Kolberg
1995
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A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft
as Lefevre
1995
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Ein Herz für Laura
1995
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Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann
as Patrick Lajonne
1995
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Ich, der Boss
as Victor Mazza
1995
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alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
as Self
1994
5.0
Inspector Rex
as Gregor Schell
1994
7.2
Rosa Roth
as Maiwald
1994
5.5
Die Kommissarin
as Walter Neumann
1994
8.0
Doppelter Einsatz
as Sebastian van Leuyen
1994
2.3
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Air Albatros
1994
0.0
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Die Gerichtsreporterin
as Dr. Wegener
1994
0.0
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Gute Referenzen
1994
0.0
Ein starkes Team
as Gerhard Brock
1994
5.7
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
as Walter Gebhard
1994
5.0
Bella Block
as Thomas Engler
1993
2.6
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Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
as Josef
1993
0.0
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Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende
1993
0.0
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Hecht & Haie
as Dr. Frenkel
1993
0.0
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The Devil Kissed from Behind
1993
0.0
Morgenmagazin
as self
1992
3.5
Riverboat
as Self
1992
4.0
DAS!
as Self
1991
4.2
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Kommissar Klefisch
as Terboven
1990
0.0
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ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
as Self
1989
6.0
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Der Bastard
as Felix Dennison
1989
6.0
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Münchhausens letzte Liebe
as Wilhelm
1988
0.0
Wallenstein
as Schwedischer Hauptmann
1987
0.0
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Wind von Südost
as Gernot
1985
0.0
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Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
as Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin
1984
0.0
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Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
1984
3.5
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Frau Jenny Treibel
as Leopold Treibel
1982
0.0
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Steckbriefe
as Gerhard Hartung
1982
0.0
A Case For Two
as Bernd Marquart
1981
5.2
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
1981
5.3
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
6.5
New Year's Eve
as The Young Man
1978
0.0
SOKO München
1978
5.5
The Serpent's Egg
as Student
1977
6.3
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Eine Jugendliebe
as Wolfgang
1977
0.0
Der Mädchenkrieg
as Karol Djudko
1977
0.0
Der Alte
as Mano Deller
1977
6.0
Der Alte
as Thilo Müller
1977
6.0
Der Alte
as Hans Fänger
1977
6.0
Der Alte
as Werner Kuziemsky
1977
6.0
Der Alte
as Erik Falter
1977
6.0
Der Alte
as Peter Larsen
1977
6.0
Der Alte
as Peter Aulan
1977
6.0
Der Alte
as Hausmann
1977
6.0
Der Alte
as Harry Westphal
1977
6.0
Kölner Treff
as Self
1976
6.0
Derrick
as Jürgen Klose
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Rolf Laduhn
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Lussmann
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Dixi
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Psychopath
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Alex Sierich
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Andy Stein
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Manfred Kessler
1974
6.0
Polizeiruf 110
as Max Ortheil
1971
6.4
Dalli Dalli
as Self
1971
8.0
Scene of the Crime
as Uwe Pfandler
1970
6.1
Scene of the Crime
as Erik Steinbeck
1970
6.1
Scene of the Crime
as Rainer Wenisch
1970
6.1
Scene of the Crime
as Alfred Waller
1970
6.1
Scene of the Crime
as Doc Decker
1970
6.1
Bambi-Verleihung
as Self
1948
9.0