Christian Berkel
Date of birth: 1957-10-28
Place of birth: Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
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The Experiment
2001-03-08
20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. I
Downfall
2004-09-16
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the ea
Valkyrie
2008-12-25
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native German
Leningrad
2009-01-01
When in 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, their troops quickly besieged Leningrad. Foreign
Soundless
2004-04-22
Viktor, a methodical hit man, probably on his last job, has no plan for his retirement. He does not
Guys & Balls
2004-10-07
Ecki is a sweet, closeted gay man who works in his family’s bakery and plays goalie in his small tow
Mogadischu
2008-11-30
The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the L
Flame & Citron
2008-03-25
Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assign
Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"
2005-09-16
Documentary about the 2004 movie 'Der Untergang' aka. 'Downfall'
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
2022-10-25
From perennial underdogs to the surprise team of German soccer: the film tells the story of 1. FC Un
Inglourious Basterds
2009-08-02
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Baste
The Serpent's Egg
1977-10-28
In 1923 Berlin, following the suicide of his brother, an American acrobat struggles to survive while
Safe Conduct
2002-01-09
During the Nazi occupation of France as two filmmakers attempt to navigate their careers without com
Trügerische Sicherheit
2022-04-04
Detective Inspector Jonas Neimann has been the bodyguard of local politician Magnus Mittendorf for y
The Last Employee
2011-10-27
David Bottcher, a lawyer on a long hiatus for recovery from a mental illness, starts working as a li
Black Box
2023-08-10
The exits of a Berlin courtyard are blocked by the police due to an ambiguous event outside and a st
A Retribution
2022-07-30
In the late 1960s, when the young Jewish businessman’s son Victor Dessauer fails to secure just puni
Your Best Years
1999-09-03
Vera Kemp, heiress of an industrial enterprise, lives in an apparently perfect world. While she does
Simones Entscheidung
1997-03-03
Architect shuttles between two husbands.
Sweet Little Sixteen
1999-03-26
16-year-old Sophie Reiner is living a happy life, but then her friend Karen is murdered after a visi
Querschuss
2024-08-24
Shortly before his 80th birthday, a former doctor takes his own life. Auscultating the consequences
Hexenküsse
2005-01-01
Feuer in der Nacht
2004-10-26
A live broadcast TV-thriller by Kai Wessel.
Buddy
2013-12-25
Inexperienced guardian angel, Buddy arrives to assist Eddie with getting his life back on track, but
Rossini
1997-01-23
Zigeuner is on the hunt for the woman of his dreams, a woman who should also play the main role in t
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
2014-03-30
The story of Elly Beinhorn, the first German aviator ever to fly around the world which made her a n
Black Book
2006-09-14
Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz. It
Eine Jugendliebe
1977-09-26
Every year, 17-year-old Wolfgang from Hesse spends his summer vacation with his grandfather in Fisch
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann
1995-01-01
Der Vater meiner Schwester
2005-08-23
Only at the age of 19 does Paul learn from his mother that his father Klaus Merbold did not die in I
Der Unbestechliche
2002-09-24
Tod auf Amrum
1998-12-28
Inspector Rolf Spiekermann is committed and successful, but has many enemies in Hamburg's underworld
Maiden's War
1977-06-06
The three daughters of the Dessau merchant Sellmann move with their father to Prague in 1936, where
Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
1993-09-23
A wealthy businesswoman who tried to disinherit her unfaithful husband is murdered. The man's lover
Der andere Junge
2007-08-25
Evchen and Winnie Morell are very busy - with work and themselves. Just like the Wagners' neighbors
Lautlose Schritte
1996-11-18
Frau Jenny Treibel
1982-12-14
Jenny Bürstenbinder has climbed the social ladder by marrying Kommerzienrat Treibel. The professor's
Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben
2000-05-10
Erste Liebe
2002-01-01
16-year-old Oliver falls in love with young Sina, who is also his father's secret lover
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
1999-11-22
Five friends go to a ski lodge on Christmas Eve in a good mood to spend the Christmas vacations toge
Helen, Fred und Ted
2006-09-13
Psychotherapist Fred Czerny is finding it difficult to retire. So he shares his busy practice in Mun
Miracle at St. Anna
2008-09-15
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black
Das dunkle Nest
2011-11-28
Eine Frage des Gewissens
2006-03-29
When interrogating a suspected child kidnapper, a police officer uses illicit interrogation techniqu
Single sucht Nachwuchs
1998-03-18
Entführen für Anfänger
2024-09-28
The accountant Adam can hardly believe it: Shortly before his 40th anniversary at the Moser family b
Vickys Alptraum
1998-01-07
Vicky Biel suffered from alcohol problems. She had to leave her son to her ex-husband because of thi
Halt mich fest!
2000-03-31
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
2023-11-15
The childhood of the movie director Antoine Lisner, who left Algeria in 1962. In order to present hi
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
1994-01-01
Shortly before her wedding, Ella learns that she has leukemia. A bone marrow transplant from a blood
Ich, der Boss
1995-01-01
Ein Herz für Laura
1995-01-01
Haber
2008-08-05
At the brink of World War I, Fritz Shimon Haber was Germany's greatest chemist. Haber's Nobel prize-
New Year's Eve
1978-12-31
A short film made by Sirk at the end of his life with one of his students. An adaptation of Schnitzl
Elle
2016-05-25
When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant,
The Devil Kissed from Behind
1993-01-01
The astonishing life-story of “Lili Marleen“ composer Norbert Schultze.
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall
2013-11-04
Teacher Gerrit Suicker's body is found murdered in Amsterdam's Red Light District. A prostitute lies
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
1984-02-08
Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns
1997-01-01
Wallenstein
1987-01-01
Wallenstein is adaptation of the drama by Friedrich Schiller. Set midway through the religious confl
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015-08-13
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and t
Paradise Is a Trap
1999-10-01
After his company went bankrupt, hobby musician Erik toured furniture stores on behalf of a furnitur
Anti-Social
2015-05-01
Central London, today; Dee is an anarchic street-artist confronting the system, Marcus is an armed r
Wind von Südost
1985-01-01
Münchhausens letzte Liebe
1988-01-01
Dreamgirls
2015-02-19
Parallel love stories of three young women in Berlin: Hannah - an unhappy attorney who sexually deme
Trumbo
2015-10-27
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies
Verzweiflung
2000-10-12
Ulrike, released from prison, initially isolates herself due to guilt over her daughter’s death. She
Ein gefährliches Angebot
2016-04-01
Gute Referenzen
1994-06-30
Short film about a job interview.
Gates of Fire
1996-11-10
Ex-Secret Service agent Harry Kowa now works as a bodyguard. Protecting his boss from an assassinati
What Doesn't Kill Us
2018-09-01
As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with a head-strong ex-wife for a best friend, too man
Spur eines Zweifels
1995-09-09
Scheidung für Anfänger
2018-09-01
Anja and Christop Bremermann have been married for 24 years and have to admit that their love for ea
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit
2014-01-01
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
2020-01-23
Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets f
Enfant Terrible
2020-10-01
When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich
Flightplan
2005-09-22
Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
2021-01-08
Cookie manufacturer Bertram Dinkler with his old-fashioned know-it-all attitude triggers an unexpect
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit
2022-10-12
Ein Taxi für zwei
2025-07-03
Author Gregor writes successful romance novels under a female pseudonym and makes his readers' heart