Christian Berkel

Acting

Born Oct 28, 1957 (age 68) · 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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Inglourious Basterds2009
as ⁨Proprietor Eric⁩
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015
as ⁨Udo⁩
Downfall2004
as ⁨Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck⁩
Valkyrie2008
as ⁨Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim⁩
Flightplan2005
as ⁨Mortuary Director⁩
Elle2016
as ⁨Robert⁩
Trumbo2015
as ⁨Otto Preminger⁩
Black Book2006
as ⁨General Käutner⁩
as ⁨Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38⁩
as ⁨Captain Eichholz⁩
as ⁨Hoffmann⁩
as ⁨Herr Hegemann⁩
as ⁨Student⁩
as ⁨Vinkelmeyer⁩
as ⁨Dr. Küster⁩
as ⁨Philip⁩
as ⁨Dr. Maximilian Samuel⁩
Out Thu, Nov 5

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Inglourious Basterds2009
as ⁨Proprietor Eric⁩
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015
as ⁨Udo⁩
Downfall2004
as ⁨Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck⁩
Valkyrie2008
as ⁨Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim⁩
Flightplan2005
as ⁨Mortuary Director⁩
Elle2016
as ⁨Robert⁩
Trumbo2015
as ⁨Otto Preminger⁩
Black Book2006
as ⁨General Käutner⁩
as ⁨Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38⁩
as ⁨Captain Eichholz⁩
as ⁨Hoffmann⁩
as ⁨Herr Hegemann⁩
as ⁨Student⁩
as ⁨Vinkelmeyer⁩
as ⁨Dr. Küster⁩
as ⁨Philip⁩
as ⁨Dr. Maximilian Samuel⁩
Out Thu, Nov 5