Christian Berkel
Born October 28, 1957 (Age: 68)
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Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
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.
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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Filmography
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit
2022
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as Self
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Age: 64
Elle
2016
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as Robert
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Age: 58
Trumbo
2015
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as Otto Preminger
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Age: 57
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
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as Udo
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Age: 57
Inglourious Basterds
2009
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as Proprietor Eric
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Age: 51
Valkyrie
2008
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as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
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Age: 51
Miracle at St. Anna
2008
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as Captain Eichholz
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Age: 50
Flame & Citron
2008
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as Hoffmann
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Age: 50
Black Book
2006
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as General Käutner
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Age: 48
Helen, Fred und Ted
2006
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as Eduard 'Ted' Fröhlich
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Age: 48
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Eine Frage des Gewissens
2006
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as Martin Beltz
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Age: 48
Flightplan
2005
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as Mortuary Director
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Age: 47
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Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"
2005
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as Self
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Age: 47
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Der Vater meiner Schwester
2005
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as Dr. Klaus Merbold
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Age: 47
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Hexenküsse
2005
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as Herbert Zauner
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Age: 47
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Feuer in der Nacht
2004
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as Karl Winkler
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Age: 46
Downfall
2004
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as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
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Age: 46
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Der Unbestechliche
2002
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as Harald Kittler
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Age: 44
Safe Conduct
2002
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as Alfred Greven
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Age: 44
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Erste Liebe
2002
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as Rolf Drost
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Age: 44
The Experiment
2001
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as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
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Age: 43
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Verzweiflung
2000
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as
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Age: 42
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Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben
2000
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as Dietrich
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Age: 42
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Halt mich fest!
2000
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as Axel
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Age: 42
Tod auf Amrum
1998
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as Rolf Spiekermann
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Age: 41
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Single sucht Nachwuchs
1998
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as
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Age: 40
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Vickys Alptraum
1998
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as John
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Age: 40
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Simones Entscheidung
1997
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as
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Age: 39
Rossini
1997
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as Weich
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Age: 39
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Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns
1997
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as Stelzer
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Age: 39
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Lautlose Schritte
1996
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as Simon Sundermann
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Age: 39
Gates of Fire
1996
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as Dr. Sander
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Age: 39
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Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
1993
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as Josef
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Age: 35
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The Devil Kissed from Behind
1993
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as
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Age: 35
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Münchhausens letzte Liebe
1988
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as Wilhelm
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Age: 30
Wallenstein
1987
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as Schwedischer Hauptmann
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Age: 29
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Wind von Südost
1985
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as Gernot
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Age: 27
New Year's Eve
1978
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as The Young Man
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Age: 21