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. Christian Berkel(1957년생, Berlin, West Germany [now Germany]) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 엑스페리먼트, Die Wolf-Gäng, 플레임 & 시트런이 있으며, 그 외에도 Tatort, Der Alte, ZIBB, Markus Lanz, Volle Kanne, Morgenmagazin, DAS!, SOKO München, MDR um 4, Derrick, Kölner Treff, NDR Talk Show 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 Block 10에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 Block 10에서 Dr. Maximilian Samuel 역을 맡았다. 2025년 Ein Taxi für zwei에서 Gregor Basil 역을 맡았다. 2024년 Entführen für Anfänger에서 Adam Lansky 역을 맡았다.