Christian Berkel
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-10-28
Place of birth
Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Images
Cast
The Experiment
2001
7.41
Downfall
2004
7.86
Valkyrie
2008
6.95
Leningrad
2009
5.40
Soundless
2004
6.20
Guys & Balls
2004
6.10
Mogadischu
2008
6.50
Flame & Citron
2008
6.84
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
2022
0.00
Inglourious Basterds
2009
8.21
The Serpent's Egg
1977
6.23
Safe Conduct
2002
6.40
Trügerische Sicherheit
2022
4.00
The Last Employee
2011
6.29
Black Box
2023
5.03
A Retribution
2022
4.90
Your Best Years
1999
5.20
Simones Entscheidung
1997
0.00
Sweet Little Sixteen
1999
4.25
Querschuss
2024
6.10
Hexenküsse
2005
2.00
Feuer in der Nacht
2004
3.00
Buddy
2013
6.00
Rossini
1997
6.00
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
2014
5.40
Black Book
2006
7.45
Eine Jugendliebe
1977
0.00
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann
1995
0.00
Der Vater meiner Schwester
2005
0.00
Der Unbestechliche
2002
6.00
Tod auf Amrum
1998
6.00
Maiden's War
1977
0.00
Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
1993
0.00
Der andere Junge
2007
5.50
Lautlose Schritte
1996
0.00
Frau Jenny Treibel
1982
0.00
Erste Liebe
2002
1.00
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
1999
6.00
Helen, Fred und Ted
2006
3.67
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
6.13
Das dunkle Nest
2011
7.00
Eine Frage des Gewissens
2006
0.00
Single sucht Nachwuchs
1998
3.33
Entführen für Anfänger
2024
0.00
Vickys Alptraum
1998
0.00
Halt mich fest!
2000
6.00
Once Upon a Time in Algeria
2023
5.25
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
1994
5.00
Ich, der Boss
1995
0.00
Ein Herz für Laura
1995
0.00
Haber
2008
7.00
New Year's Eve
1978
7.00
Elle
2016
6.65
The Devil Kissed from Behind
1993
0.00
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
1984
0.00
Wallenstein
1987
0.00
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
7.08
Paradise Is a Trap
1999
6.00
Anti-Social
2015
5.27
Wind von Südost
1985
0.00
Münchhausens letzte Liebe
1988
0.00
Dreamgirls
2015
5.80
Trumbo
2015
7.20
Verzweiflung
2000
2.00
Ein gefährliches Angebot
2016
5.80
Gute Referenzen
1994
0.00
Gates of Fire
1996
0.00
What Doesn't Kill Us
2018
6.20
Spur eines Zweifels
1995
0.00
Scheidung für Anfänger
2018
5.70
Enfant Terrible
2020
4.30
Flightplan
2005
6.45
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
2021
5.50
Being Famous for Beginners
2025
0.00
Block 10
0.00