Christian Berkel
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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Acting
Movie
Inglourious Basterds
as Proprietor Eric
2009
Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Udo
2015
Movie
Downfall
as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
2004
Movie
Valkyrie
as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
2008
Movie
Flightplan
as Mortuary Director
2005
Movie
Elle
as Robert
2016
Movie
Trumbo
as Otto Preminger
2015
Movie
Black Book
as General Käutner
2006
Movie
The Experiment
as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
2001
TV
Hijack
as Roland Murnau
2023
Movie
Miracle at St. Anna
as Captain Eichholz
2008
TV
Inspector Rex
as Gregor Schell
1994
Movie
Flame & Citron
as Hoffmann
2008
Movie
Dreamgirls
as Herr Hegemann
2015
Movie
The Serpent's Egg
as Student
1977
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Uwe Pfandler
1970
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Erik Steinbeck
1970
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Rainer Wenisch
1970
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Alfred Waller
1970
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Doc Decker
1970
TV
Furia
as Minister Hardenberg
2021
TV
Criminal: Germany
as Steffen Marquardt
2019
Movie
Leningrad
as Vinkelmeyer
2009
Movie
Buddy
as Dr. Küster
2013
