Rainer Bock
Known for Acting
Biography
After graduating from high school, Rainer Bock ran a café in his hometown, which also had a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private acting school in Kiel, he made his debut as a theater actor on the stages of the state capital of Kiel in 1982. He came to Heidelberg and the National Theater Mannheim via the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. From 1995 to 2001 he had an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Until 2011 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Bock often appears in supporting roles, including his initially rare appearances in film and television. The part of the doctor in Michael Haneke's award-winning drama The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (2009) earned him a nomination for the German Film Prize. In 2011 he was represented at the Berlinale with four films. Bock is also active as an audio book speaker.
Filmography
Inglourious Basterds
2009
as General Schonherr
Wonder Woman
2017
as Von Hindenberg
War Horse
2011
as Brandt
Unknown
2011
as Herr Strauss
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013
as Mayor Engleman
The Book Thief
2013
as Mayor Hermann
Atlas
2018
as Walter Scholl
Silent Friend
2026
The White Ribbon
2009
as The Doctor
Godless Youth
2017
as Trainer
Open the Wall
2014
as Peter Arndt
The Calendar Killer
2025
as HC
Scrappin'
2016
as Herr Seifert
Barbara
2012
as Klaus Schütz
A Most Wanted Man
2014
as Dieter Mohr
Passion
2013
as Inspector Bach
Never Look Away
2018
as Burghart Kroll
The Blue Mauritius
2016
as Detektiv Kirschenbaum
Karla
2025
as Richter Lamy
The Collini Case
2019
as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers