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Herbert Knaup

Herbert Knaup

Acting1956Sonthofen, Germany

Biography

Herbert Knaup is a German film and television actor. He is perhaps best-known to international audiences for his supporting roles in Run Lola Run and The Lives of Others. Longtime companion of actress Natalia Wörner until 2001. Supports the SOS Children's Villages.

Started a career as musician with his two nephews in their band "Neffen und Knaup" (Nephews and Knaup) (2007). Founding member of the German Screen Actors Guild. After graduating from the Otto Falckenberg School, the Academy of Performing Arts in Munich, he made his stage debut in 1978.

Acting History

Future
2026
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Volles Haus
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
2025
2024
Herbert (un)verbesserlich
Creative Producer
2023
Jokah & Tutty
TVas Galvin der Weise
Hotel Barcelona
TVas Viktor Hansen
2022
Dear Kurt
as Mahlow
2021
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
TVas Reinhard Severin
2020
Da is’ ja nix
TVas Dr. Bruns
2019
Stenzels Bescherung
as Volkmar Stenzel
2018
Crossroads
as Heiner Witt
2017
Toter Winkel
as Karl Holzer
Die Puppenspieler
TVas Jakob Fugger
2016
Der Bankraub
as von Kamphausen
The Last Pig
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Meister des Todes
as Moritz Hollstein
600 PS für zwei
as Lorenz Hoffmann
Die Kanzlei
TVas Markus Gellert
2014
Lucky Child
as Hans Scholz
Male Mistakes
as Georg Trautmann
Landauer
as Sigi Hermann
Die Zeit mit Euch
as Heiko Hartung
Wildwechsel
as Christoph
Helen Dorn
TVas Hans Thomsen
Sarah Kohr
TVas Anton Mehringer
2013
The Little Ghost
as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle
Hafen der Düfte
as Peter Philips
2012
Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kommisar Kluftinger
Homecoming
as Bürgermeister
Move
as Dinas Vater
The Guardians
as Henri Brietner
Clarissas Geheimnis
as Konstantin
Mittlere Reife
as Oliver Seifert
Die Aufnahmeprüfung
as Ferdinand Meissner
Komm, schöner Tod
as Jens Kurzhals
2011
Arschkalt
as Rainer Berg
In Darkness
as Ignacy Chiger
Hotel Desire
as Hotel Manager
Pilgerfahrt nach Padua
as Benno Fischer
2010
Eichmanns Ende
as Adolf Eichmann
Jerry Cotton
as Mr. High
Bon Appétit
as Thomas
2009
Erntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi
as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
Beyond the Wall
as Frank Pramann
Liebe und andere Gefahren
as Thomas 'Tom' Sellier
This Is Love
as Dominik
Sisi
TVas duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)
2008
Mogadischu
as Ulrich Wegener
Augenzeugin
as Alexander Kant
Der große Tom
as Dr. Heinrich Werhahn
2007
Fürchte dich nicht
as Ralf Bischof
You're Not Alone
as Kurt Wellinek
Späte Aussicht
as Peter Frei
Special Escort
as Giselher
15 Minuten Wahrheit
as Georg Komann
Nachtlinie
TVas Self
Inas Nacht
TVas Self
Day of Disaster
TVas Martin Feldmann
2006
The Lives of Others
as Gregor Hessenstein
Der Untergang der Pamir
as Ludwig Lewerenz
In the Name of Love
as Herr Novak
Die Ohrfeige
as Friedrich Gelmini
Crusade in Jeans
as Carlo Bennatti
Kommissar Stolberg
TVas Carl Reese
2005
Margarete Steiff
as Vater Steiff
Kanzleramt
TVas Regierungssprecher
Thadeusz
TVas self
2004
Der Auftrag
as Debussion
Agnes and His Brothers
as Werner Tschirner
Der letzte Flug
as Hauptmann Kant
2003
Hamlet_X
as Laertes
Ganz und gar
as Manfred
Der Herr der Wüste
as Richard Bucher
Angst
as Wolfgang
Anatomy 2
as Professor Müller-LaRousse
Annas Heimkehr
as Toni Schweighofer
Der Aufstand
as Rudolf Herrnstadt
Ins Leben zurück
as Martin Lorenz
Kommissarin Lucas
TVas Klaus Merdinger
2002
Harte Brötchen
as Jörg Erdmann
Therapie und Praxis
as Bernhard Meier
Blond: Eva Blond!
TVas Richard Vester
Under Suspicion
TVas Georg Zechner
2001
Anna's Summer
as Max Feldmann
2000
Marlene
as Rudolf Sieber
Nuremberg
TVas Albert Speer
1999
Jimmy the Kid
as Dortmunder
A Good Opportunity
as Lorenz Kellermann
Die Braut
as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Framed
as Un infirmier
Volle Kanne
TVas Self
1998
Run Lola Run
as Father
Fever
as Doermer
Der letzte Zeuge
TVas Alex Leidhoff / Karl Kromberg
Die Unbestechliche
TVas Rolf Clausnitzer
T.E.A.M. Berlin
TVas Robert Berger
1997
Sanfte Morde
as Dr. Plath
Die Musterknaben
as Kamphausen
Leute heute
TVas Self
Die Gang
TVas Francis Miller
1996
Kriegsbilder
as Jan Loy
Zimmer frei!
TVas Self
1995
Brother of Sleep
as Cantor Goller
Magic Girl
as Horst Antz
Mit verbundenen Augen
as Alex Ziegler
1994
Unschuldsengel
as Paul Hansen
The Invincibles
as Karl Simon
Alles außer Mord
TVas Alexander Mehring
Faust
TVas Uwe Eichmeier
Doppelter Einsatz
TVas Klaus Brandstein
1993
Bella Block
TVas Pfarrer Daniel
1992
1991
DAS!
TVas Self
1989
Waller's Last Trip
as Waller (jung)
1984
Goldene Kamera
TVas Self - Laudatio / Self
1979
NDR Talk Show
TVas Self
1976
Kölner Treff
TVas Self
1971
Polizeiruf 110
TVas Prof. Henner Gottsched / Hermann Denninger
1970
Scene of the Crime
TVas Andreas Franke / Günther Kowatsch / Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler
1951

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/23/1956(69 years old)
Place of Birth
Sonthofen, Germany