Christian Berkel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 28, 1957
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Movies with Christian Berkel
- Inglourious Basterds 2009 · ★ 8.2
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 2015 · ★ 7.1
- Downfall 2004 · ★ 7.9
- Valkyrie 2008 · ★ 7.0
- Flightplan 2005 · ★ 6.4
- Elle 2016 · ★ 6.6
- Trumbo 2015 · ★ 7.2
- Black Book 2006 · ★ 7.4
- The Experiment 2001 · ★ 7.4
- Miracle at St. Anna 2008 · ★ 6.1
- Flame & Citron 2008 · ★ 6.8
- Dreamgirls 2015 · ★ 5.8
- The Serpent's Egg 1977 · ★ 6.2
- Leningrad 2009 · ★ 5.5
- Buddy 2013 · ★ 6.1
- Anti-Social 2015 · ★ 5.3
- Rossini 1997 · ★ 6.1
- The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes 2020 · ★ 5.8
- Enfant Terrible 2020 · ★ 4.3
- Guys & Balls 2004 · ★ 6.5
- Safe Conduct 2002 · ★ 6.5
- Mogadischu 2008 · ★ 6.6
- Soundless 2004 · ★ 6.3
- The Blond Boy from the Casbah 2023 · ★ 5.3
- The Last Employee 2011 · ★ 6.3
- Black Box 2023 · ★ 5.0
- What Doesn't Kill Us 2018 · ★ 6.2
- A Retribution 2022 · ★ 5.4
- Single sucht Nachwuchs 1998 · ★ 4.6
- Your Best Years 1999 · ★ 5.9
- Sweet Little Sixteen 1999 · ★ 4.9
- Querschuss 2024 · ★ 6.1
- Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight 2014 · ★ 5.4
- Der andere Junge 2007 · ★ 5.5
- Ein gefährliches Angebot 2016 · ★ 5.8
- Sportabzeichen für Anfänger 2021 · ★ 5.7
- Scheidung für Anfänger 2018 · ★ 6.0
- Ein Taxi für zwei 2025 · ★ 6.6
- Trügerische Sicherheit 2022 · ★ 4.0
- Hexenküsse 2005 · ★ 4.7