1957-10-28 Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
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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Block 10 | Dr. Maximilian Samuel | 2026-11-05 |
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Ein Taxi für zwei | Gregor Basil | 2025-07-03 |
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Querschuss | Andreas | 2024-08-24 |
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Entführen für Anfänger | Adam Lansky | 2024-09-28 |
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Le Petit Blond de la Casbah | Sania | 2023-11-15 |
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Black Box: Wem kannst du vertrauen? | Erik Behr | 2023-08-10 |
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Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!" | Narrator (voice) | 2022-10-25 |
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Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit | Self | 2022-10-12 |
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Schächten | Simon Wiesenthal | 2022-07-30 |
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Trügerische Sicherheit | Magnus Mittendorf | 2022-04-04 |
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Sportabzeichen für Anfänger | Bertram Dinkler | 2021-01-08 |
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Enfant Terrible | Interviewer | 2020-10-01 |
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Die Wolf-Gäng | Louis Ziffer | 2020-01-23 |
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Was uns nicht umbringt | Mark | 2018-09-01 |
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Scheidung für Anfänger | Christoph | 2018-09-01 |
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Ein gefährliches Angebot | Michael Dithardt | 2016-04-01 |
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Elle | Robert | 2016-05-25 |
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Anti-Social | Philip | 2015-05-01 |
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Udo | 2015-08-13 |
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Traumfrauen | Herr Hegemann | 2015-02-19 |
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Trumbo | Otto Preminger | 2015-10-27 |
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Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit | Pilot | 2014-01-01 |
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Elly Beinhorn – Alleinflug | Ernst Udet | 2014-03-30 |
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Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall | Dr. van der Meer | 2013-11-04 |
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Buddy | Dr. Küster | 2013-12-25 |
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Der letzte Angestellte | David Böttcher | 2011-10-27 |
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Das dunkle Nest | Pfarrer Dr. Gabriel Reinberg | 2011-11-28 |
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Inglourious Basterds | Proprietor Eric | 2009-08-02 |
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Leningrad | Vinkelmeyer | 2009-01-01 |
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Haber | Fritz Shimon Haber | 2008-08-05 |
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Miracle at St. Anna | Captain Eichholz | 2008-09-15 |
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Mogadischu | Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt | 2008-11-30 |
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Flammen & Citronen | Hoffmann | 2008-03-25 |
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Valkyrie | Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim | 2008-12-25 |
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Der andere Junge | Jakob Wagner | 2007-08-25 |
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Helen, Fred und Ted | Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich | 2006-09-13 |
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Zwartboek | General Käutner | 2006-09-14 |
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Eine Frage des Gewissens | Martin Beltz | 2006-03-29 |
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Hexenküsse | Herbert Zauner | 2005-01-01 |
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Flightplan | Mortuary Director | 2005-09-22 |
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Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang" | Self | 2005-09-16 |
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Der Vater meiner Schwester | Dr. Klaus Merbold | 2005-08-23 |
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Der Untergang | Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck | 2004-09-16 |
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Feuer in der Nacht | Karl Winkler | 2004-10-26 |
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Lautlos | Lang | 2004-04-22 |
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Männer wie wir | Rudolf | 2004-10-07 |
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Laissez-passer | Alfred Greven | 2002-01-09 |
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Der Unbestechliche | Harald Kittler | 2002-09-24 |
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Erste Liebe | Rolf Drost | 2002-01-01 |
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Das Experiment | Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38 | 2001-03-08 |
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Halt mich fest! | Axel | 2000-03-31 |
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Verzweiflung | 2000-10-12 | |
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Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben | Dietrich | 2000-05-10 |
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Sweet Little Sixteen | Thomas Reiner | 1999-03-26 |
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Deine besten Jahre | Arzt | 1999-09-03 |
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Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht | Richard | 1999-11-22 |
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Das Paradies ist eine Falle | Rudi | 1999-10-01 |
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Single sucht Nachwuchs | 1998-03-18 | |
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Vickys Alptraum | John | 1998-01-07 |
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Tod auf Amrum | Rolf Spiekermann | 1998-12-28 |
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Simones Entscheidung | 1997-03-03 | |
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Rossini, oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief | Weich | 1997-01-23 |
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Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns | Stelzer | 1997-01-01 |
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Das Tor des Feuers | Dr. Sander | 1996-11-10 |
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Lautlose Schritte | Simon Sundermann | 1996-11-18 |
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Ein Herz für Laura | 1995-01-01 | |
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Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann | Patrick Lajonne | 1995-01-01 |
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Ich, der Boss | Victor Mazza | 1995-01-01 |
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Spur eines Zweifels | Jens Kolberg | 1995-09-09 |
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Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! | Walter Gebhard | 1994-01-01 |
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Gute Referenzen | 1994-06-30 | |
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Den Teufel am Hintern geküßt | 1993-01-01 | |
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Das Schicksal der Lilian H. | Josef | 1993-09-23 |
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Münchhausens letzte Liebe | Wilhelm | 1988-01-01 |
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Wallenstein | Schwedischer Hauptmann | 1987-01-01 |
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Wind von Südost | Gernot | 1985-01-01 |
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Das schöne irre Judenmädchen | Friedrich, Graf von Schwerin | 1984-02-08 |
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Frau Jenny Treibel | Leopold Treibel | 1982-12-14 |
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Sylvesternacht - Ein Dialog | The Young Man | 1978-12-31 |
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Der Mädchenkrieg | Karol Djudko | 1977-06-07 |
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Eine Jugendliebe | Wolfgang | 1977-09-26 |
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The Serpent's Egg | Student | 1977-10-28 |
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