Christian Berkel
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Inglourious Basterds
2009
as Proprietor Eric
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
as Udo
Downfall
2004
as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
Valkyrie
2008
as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
Flightplan
2005
as Mortuary Director
Trumbo
2015
as Otto Preminger
Black Book
2006
as General Käutner
Elle
2016
as Robert
The Experiment
2001
as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
Soundless
2004
as Lang
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as Captain Eichholz
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
2020
as Louis Ziffer
Buddy
2013
as Dr. Küster
Leningrad
2009
as Vinkelmeyer
Rossini
1997
as Weich
Der Vater meiner Schwester
2005
as Dr. Klaus Merbold
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
2021
as Bertram Dinkler
Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben
2000
as Dietrich
Flame & Citron
2008
as Hoffmann
Safe Conduct
2002
as Alfred Greven