Christian Berkel

Christian Berkel

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.

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Christian Berkel Movies

Discover the best Christian Berkel movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Christian Berkel ranked by year and score.

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Elle

Elle (2016)

Drama Thriller
A violent intrusion shatters Michèle's carefully maintained existence, yet she refuses to let the trauma derail her authority as a gaming company executive. Instead of retreating, she pursues a dangerous...
Score 6.6
2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Action Adventure Comedy
When a nuclear threat emerges during the Cold War's tensest moment, an unlikely partnership forms between rival superpowers. American spy Napoleon Solo and Soviet operative Illya Kuryakin must suppress their...
Score 7.1
3
Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Drama Thriller War
Two revenge plots converge in Nazi-occupied France, and neither follows the rules of conventional warfare. Lt. Aldo Raine commands a squad of Jewish-American soldiers with a single, savage directive: terrorize...
Score 8.2
4
Valkyrie

Valkyrie (2008)

Drama Thriller War
A disfigured Wehrmacht officer returns from the African campaign with a singular mission: eliminate Hitler from within the Nazi hierarchy itself. Claus von Stauffenberg infiltrates the military establishment, gathering conspirators...
Score 7.0
5
Black Book

Black Book (2006)

Drama Thriller War
During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, a Jewish woman named Rachel narrowly survives a massacre and gets pulled into the Dutch resistance. Recruited to seduce an SS officer, she...
Score 7.5
6
Downfall

Downfall (2004)

Drama History War
Berlin, April 1945. The Russian army is closing in, the city is burning, and Adolf Hitler is still issuing orders as though victory is possible. Seen through the eyes of...
Score 7.9
7
The Experiment

The Experiment (2001)

Drama Thriller
A journalist infiltrates a university study on institutional power dynamics, joining nineteen others in a role-playing exercise split between guards and prisoners. What begins as a controlled simulation devolves into...
Score 7.4

Christian Berkel TV Shows

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Hijack

Hijack (2023)

Drama
When armed criminals seize control of a transatlantic flight, the last person they expect to face is Sam Nelson, a seasoned negotiator who happens to be seated in business class....
Score 7.5

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Christian Berkel are Elle, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Inglourious Basterds.
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