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
Flightplan
2005
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as Mortuary Director
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Age: 47
Downfall
2004
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as Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
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Age: 46
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