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Christian Berkel
Berkel in 2009
Born	(1957-10-28) 28 October 1957 (age 68) West Berlin, West Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Andrea Sawatzki ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2

Christian Berkel (born 28 October 1957) is a German actor. He is known for his appearances in Downfall (2004), Valkyrie (2008), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015).

Life and career

Berkel was born on 28 October 1957^[1][2] in Berlin.^[3]

His father had been a military doctor in World War II. His Jewish mother fled to Argentina and returned to Germany after the end of the war.^[3][4]

From the age of 14 Berkel 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 Berlin and appeared on stage in Augsburg, Düsseldorf, Munich, Vienna and at the Schiller Theater.

Berkel has appeared in many German television productions before starring in the Academy Award-nominated film Downfall (2004) as Dr. Ernst-Günther Schenck. He has followed this with roles in Paul Verhoeven's film Black Book (2006) and the American films Flightplan (2005), Valkyrie (2008) and Inglourious Basterds (2009).

Personal life

In addition to his native German, Berkel speaks English and French.

Berkel met actress Andrea Sawatzki in 1998.^[3] They were married in 2011.^[5] The couple have two sons.^[3][5] The family live in Berlin.^[5]

Filmography

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christian Berkel.

• Christian Berkel at IMDb
• Carola Studlar Agency Munich Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine (in German)