Christian Berkel

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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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]

Birthday: October 28, 1957

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

The Experiment
Downfall
Valkyrie
Leningrad
Soundless
Die Sturmflut
Guys & Balls
Mogadischu
Flame & Citron
Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"
Unser Verein: "Eisern Union!"
Inglourious Basterds
The Serpent's Egg
Safe Conduct
Trügerische Sicherheit
The Last Employee
Black Box
Schächten
Your Best Years
Simones Entscheidung
Sweet Little Sixteen
Querschuss
Hexenküsse
Feuer in der Nacht
Buddy
Rossini
Elly Beinhorn: Solo Flight
Black Book
Eine Jugendliebe
Frau Jenny Treibel
Drei Frauen und (k)ein Mann
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Helen, Fred und Ted
Tod auf Amrum
Der Mädchenkrieg
Der andere Junge
Lautlose Schritte
Der Unbestechliche
Der Vater meiner Schwester
Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
Miracle at St. Anna
Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben
Erste Liebe
Eine Frage des Gewissens
Das dunkle Nest
Single sucht Nachwuchs
Entführen für Anfänger
Vickys Alptraum
Halt mich fest!
Once Upon a Time in Algeria
Mutter, ich will nicht sterben!
Ich, der Boss
Ein Herz für Laura
Haber
New Year's Eve
Elle
The Devil Kissed from Behind
Totenengel - Van Leeuwens zweiter Fall
Das schöne irre Judenmädchen
Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns
Wallenstein
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Paradise Is a Trap
Anti-Social
Wind von Südost
Münchhausens letzte Liebe
Dreamgirls
Trumbo
Verzweiflung
Ein gefährliches Angebot
Gute Referenzen
Gates of Fire
What Doesn't Kill Us
Spur eines Zweifels
Scheidung für Anfänger
Business as Usual - Der Prophet fliegt mit
The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes
Enfant Terrible
Flightplan
Sportabzeichen für Anfänger