Christian Berkel
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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 televison 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 and Valkyrie (in which he portrays Colonel Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim).
He lives in Berlin with the actress Andrea Sawatzki, with whom he has two sons.
Filmography
- 1977: Der Mädchenkrieg (Maiden's War)
- 1978: Tatort - Rot, rot, tot (TV)
- 1981: Frau Jenny Treibel (TV)
- 1989: Der Bastard (TV series)
- 1993: Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende... in Salzburg (TV)
- 1995: Das Schicksal der Lilian H. (TV)
- 1996: Lautlose Schritte (TV)
- 1997: Umarmung mit dem Tod (TV)
- 1998: Tod auf Amrum (TV)
- 1999: Sweet Little Sixteen (TV)
- 2000: Blondine sucht Millionär fürs Leben (TV)
- 2001: Das Experiment (The Experiment)
- 2002: Die Affäre Semmeling (TV series)
- 2003: Erste Liebe (TV)
- 2004: Der Untergang (Downfall)
- 2004: Männer wie wir (Guys and Balls)
- 2004: Der Vater meiner Schwester (TV)
- 2005: Tatort - Leerstand (TV)
- 2005: Flightplan (film)
- 2006: Die Sturmflut (TV)
- 2006: Eine Frage des Gewissens (A Question Of The Conscience) (TV)
- 2006: Black Book
- 2006: Der Kriminalist (TV)
- 2007: Flame & Citron (film)
- 2008: Miracle at St. Anna (film)
- 2008: Haber (film)
- 2008: Valkyrie (film)
- 2009: Inglourious Basterds
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