Christian Berkel

Christian Berkel Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1957-10-28 (67 years old)
  • Place of birth: Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in Canada
Black Box
TMDB 47%
role:
Erik Behr
Not available
2023

Drama

47%
Not available
Furia
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 70%
role:
Minister Hardenberg
2021

Drama

7.1
70%
2020

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.7
53%
Criminal: Germany
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 71%
role:
Marquardt
2019

Crime

Drama

7.6
71%
Beat
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 73%
role:
Richard Diemer
2018

Drama

7.3
73%
Elle
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Robert
2016

Drama

Thriller

7.1
67%
Trumbo
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Otto Preminger
2015

Drama

7.4
72%
2015

Action

Adventure

Comedy

7.2
71%
Dreamgirls
IMDB 5.4
TMDB 58%
role:
Herr Hegemann
2015

Comedy

5.4
58%
Anti-Social
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 57%
role:
Philip
2015

Crime

5.7
57%
Buddy
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 60%
role:
Dr. Küster
2013

Comedy

5.8
60%
Inglourious Basterds
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 82%
role:
Proprietor Eric
2009

Action

Drama

Thriller

War & Politics

8.4
82%
Leningrad
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 56%
role:
Vinkelmeyer
2009

Drama

War & Politics

6.0
56%
Valkyrie
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim
2008

Drama

History

Thriller

War & Politics

7.1
69%
Mogadischu
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 64%
role:
Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
2008

History

TV Movie

Thriller

7.2
64%
Miracle at St. Anna
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 61%
role:
Captain Eichholz
2008

Drama

War & Politics

6.1
61%
Flame & Citron
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 69%
role:
Hoffmann
2008

Drama

History

War & Politics

7.2
69%
Black Book
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 75%
role:
General Käutner
2006

Drama

Thriller

War & Politics

7.7
75%
Flightplan
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 64%
role:
Mortuary Director
2005

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.3
64%
Downfall
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 79%
role:
Prof. Dr. Ernst-Günter Schenck
2004

Drama

History

War & Politics

8.2
79%
The Experiment
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Steinhoff, Häftling Nr. 38
Not available
2001

Drama

Thriller

7.7
74%
Not available
1977

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.6
63%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving Christian Berkel are, for example, Furia, The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes and Beat.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Google Play.
The best StreamFat ratings are Inglourious Basterds (8.3), Downfall (8.1) and Black Book (7.6).