Actor
Christian Berkel
October 28, 1957 · Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
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.
Notable work
8.2Inglourious Basterds (2009)
as Proprietor Eric
7.1The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
as Udo
7.9Downfall (2004)
as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
7Valkyrie (2008)
as Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
6.4Flightplan (2005)
as Mortuary Director
6.6Elle (2016)
as Robert
7.2Trumbo (2015)
as Otto Preminger
7.4Black Book (2006)
as General Käutner
7.4The Experiment (2001)
as Robert Steinhoff, Prisoner Nr. 38
7.5Hijack (2023)
as Roland Murnau
6.1Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
as Captain Eichholz
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