About
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...
Known for
Scene of the CrimeSeries • 1970
The Old FoxSeries • 1977
Polizeiruf 110Series • 1971
SOKO MünchenSeries • 1978
DerrickSeries • 1974
Wer weiß denn sowas?Series • 2015
A Case For TwoSeries • 1981
Inspector RexSeries • 1994
Inglourious BasterdsMovie • 2009
HijackSeries • 2023
Ein starkes TeamSeries • 1994
Der KriminalistSeries • 2006
Der letzte ZeugeSeries • 1998
FlightplanMovie • 2005
Bella BlockSeries • 1993
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Movie • 2015
ValkyrieMovie • 2008
Doppelter EinsatzSeries • 1994
DownfallMovie • 2004
Die KommissarinSeries • 1994
Black BookMovie • 2006
Rosa RothSeries • 1994
Die CleverenSeries • 1998
FuriaSeries • 2021