Rainer Bock
Born July 31, 1954 (Age: 71)
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Kiel, Germany
Biography
After graduating from high school, Rainer Bock ran a café in his hometown, which also had a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private acting school in Kiel, he made his debut as a theater actor on the stages of the state capital of Kiel in 1982. He came to Heidelberg and the National Theater Mannheim via the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. From 1995 to 2001 he had an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Until 2011 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Bock often appears in supporting roles, including his initially rare appearances in film and television. The part of the doctor in Michael Haneke's award-winning drama The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (2009) earned him a nomination for the German Film Prize. In 2011 he was represented at the Berlinale with four films. Bock is also active as an audio book speaker.
After graduating from high school, Rainer Bock ran a café in his hometown, which also had a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private acting school in Kiel, he made his debut as a theater actor on the stages of the state capital of Kiel in 1982. He came to Heidelberg and the National Theater Mannheim via the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. From 1995 to 2001 he had an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Until 2011 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Bock often appears in supporting roles, including his initially rare appearances in film and television. The part of the doctor in Michael Haneke's award-winning drama The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (2009) earned him a nomination for the German Film Prize. In 2011 he was represented at the Berlinale with four films. Bock is also active as an audio book speaker.
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Filmography
Never Look Away
2018
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as Burghart Kroll
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Age: 64
Godless Youth
2017
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as Trainer
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Age: 63
Wonder Woman
2017
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as Von Hindenberg
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Age: 62
A Most Wanted Man
2014
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as Dieter Mohr
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Age: 59
Tracks
2013
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as Kurt Posel
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Age: 59
The Book Thief
2013
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as Mayor Hermann
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Age: 59
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013
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as Mayor Engleman
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Age: 58
Two Lives
2012
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as Hugo
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Age: 58
Barbara
2012
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as Klaus Schütz
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Age: 57
War Horse
2011
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as Brandt
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Age: 57
Unknown
2011
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as Herr Strauss
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Age: 56
The White Ribbon
2009
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as The Doctor
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Age: 55
Inglourious Basterds
2009
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as General Schonherr
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Age: 55
Now or Never
2000
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as Makowski
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Age: 46