Personal Info
Christian Berkel
Acting
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 signific…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Ein Taxi für zwei
as Gregor Basil
Querschuss
as Andreas
Entführen für Anfänger
as Adam Lansky
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
as Sania
Black Box
as Erik Behr
A Retribution
as Simon Wiesenthal
Trügerische Sicherheit
as Magnus Mittendorf
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
as Narrator (voice)
Die Akte Oppenheimer - Und ewig grüßt der Antisemit
as Self
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger
as Bertram Dinkler
TV Shows
Assenheimers Promitalk
as Self · 1 ep.
Hijack
as Roland Murnau · 7 ep.
Voices of Liberation
as Self · 11 ep.
Furia
as Minister Hardenberg · 5 ep.
Die verlorene Tochter
as Heinrich von Gems · 6 ep.
Criminal: Germany
as Steffen Marquardt · 3 ep.
Hier spricht Berlin
as Self · 1 ep.
Realm of the Volga
as Narrator · 3 ep.
Beat
as Richard Diemer · 7 ep.
Talk aus Berlin
as Self · 1 ep.
