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 JeanLouis 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 Awardnominated film Downfall as Doctor ErnstGünther 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 Awardnominated 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia