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Christian Berkel

b. 1957 · 19 titles in the catalogue

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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Their work

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  1. Inglourious Basterds2009as Proprietor Eric
  2. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015as Udo
  3. Downfall2004as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
  4. Valkyrie2008as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
  5. Flightplan2005as Mortuary Director
  6. Elle2016as Robert
  7. Trumbo2015as Otto Preminger
  8. Black Book2006as General Käutner
  9. The Experiment2001as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
  10. Hijack2023as Roland Murnau
  11. Miracle at St. Anna2008as Captain Eichholz
  12. Inspector Rex1994as Gregor Schell
  13. Flame & Citron2008as Hoffmann
  14. Dreamgirls2015as Herr Hegemann
  15. The Serpent's Egg1977as Student
  16. Scene of the Crime1970as Rainer Wenisch
  17. Furia2021as Minister Hardenberg
  18. Criminal: Germany2019as Steffen Marquardt
  19. Leningrad2009as Vinkelmeyer