Herbert Knaup

Born: 1956-03-23

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.


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Hotel Desire

as Hotel Manager
Released: 2011-12-07

Antonia is a single mother who works as a hotel maid in Berlin. A normal hot summer day takes a...

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Run Lola Run

as Father
Released: 1998-08-20

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that...

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The Lives of Others

as Gregor Hessenstein
Released: 2006-03-23

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the Stasi secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer...

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Anatomy 2

as Professor Müller-LaRousse
Released: 2003-11-23

The doctor and soccer player in the leisure time Jo Hauser decides to move to Berlin and be an...

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In Darkness

as Ignacy Chiger
Released: 2011-09-15

A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov....

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The Elementary Particles

as Sollers
Released: 2006-02-10

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles)...

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Sisi

as Herzog Max
Released: 2009-12-16

The Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph falls in love with the young Elisabeth. It's love at first...

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The Guardians

as Henri Brietner
Released: 2012-09-18

15-year-old Nina witnesses a terrible crime that puts her life in danger. Being an orphan, she...

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Ordinary Decent Criminal

as De Heer
Released: 2000-01-07

Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a...

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The Little Ghost

as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle
Released: 2013-09-26

The Little Ghost lives in the castle over looking a small town and awakens for precisely one...

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Just Something Nice

as Robert
Released: 2022-11-17

Radio presenter Karla's biological clock is ticking, and it's now very loud and clear. But no...

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The Invincibles

as Karl Simon
Released: 1994-09-22

Simon, the leader of a police special unit, becomes caught up in a complex scheme involving...

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Jerry Cotton

as Mr. High
Released: 2010-03-11

Jerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real...

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Distant Lights

as Klaus
Released: 2003-02-11

Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between...

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Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar

as Erzengel Michael
Released: 2008-10-16

70-year old Brandner Kaspar lives with his granddaughter Nannerl in the mountains at the...

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Mogadischu

as Ulrich Wegener
Released: 2008-11-30

The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for...

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Agnes and His Brothers

as Werner Tschirner
Released: 2004-10-13

Focuses on three very different siblings, all searching for happiness. Hans-Jörg is a sex...

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The Salvation Of The World As We Know It

as Stetter
Released: 2021-11-11

At first glance, Paul is just a normal eighteen-year-old. What no one knows is that Paul is...

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Male Mistakes

as Georg Trautmann
Released: 2014-04-24

Daniel and Thomas are two friends who are trying to catch girls in various therapy groups.

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Die Aufnahmeprüfung

as Ferdinand Meissner
Released: 2012-11-30

Five years have passed since Anaesthesiologist Susanne Meissner divorced her self-centered...

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You're Not Alone

as Kurt Wellinek
Released: 2007-07-19

Master painter Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Ms. Wellinek and her husband,...

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Meister des Todes

as Moritz Hollstein
Released: 2015-06-30

Based on explosive investigations, the thriller "Meister des Todes" ("Master of Death") tells of...

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Der Untergang der Pamir

as Ludwig Lewerenz
Released: 2006-10-08

The story of the German sail-training ship Pamir that sunk in a hurricane.

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Magic Girl

as Horst Antz
Released: 1995-09-20

Horst, a good-natured manager of a nightclub, falls in love with a guest, the beautiful Jenny....

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Brother of Sleep

as Cantor Goller
Released: 1995-09-08

In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the...

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Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi

as Kommisar Kluftinger
Released: 2012-04-26

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Marlene

as Rudolf Sieber
Released: 2000-03-09

Marlene is a 2000 German biopic film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and starring Katja Flint, Hans...

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Südsee, eigene Insel

as Albert
Released: 1999-07-08

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Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi

as Kluftinger
Released: 2016-09-01

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Arschkalt

as Rainer Berg
Released: 2011-07-20

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Beyond the Wall

as Frank Pramann
Released: 2009-09-30

In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and...

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Bon Appétit

as Thomas
Released: 2010-11-12

A romantic comedy centered on two young cooks and a female sommelier working in a famous Zurich...

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Die Braut

as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Released: 1999-05-27

The relationship between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, and Christiane...

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Die Musterknaben

as Kamphausen
Released: 1997-07-01

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Entscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder

as Jan Meinert
Released: 2001-01-01

In an idyllic town, one bloody crime joins the next: six women fall victim to a ruthless...

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The Writing on the Wall

as Lopahkin
Released: 1996-07-21

When a bomb explodes in a British RAF base in Germany, MI5 terrorist specialist Bull (Bill...

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Hafen der Düfte

as Peter Philips
Released: 2013-12-07

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Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung

as Franz Hübner
Released: 2018-12-19

During the Christmas holidays, Hubert and Staller investigate the demise of an elderly pensioner...

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Der Mann mit dem Fagott

as Erwin Bockelmann
Released: 2011-09-14

Bremen, 1891. Udo Jürgens' grandfather Heinrich strolls thoughtfully about the Christmas market....

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Rock Crystal

as Paul
Released: 2004-11-18

The towns of Gschaid and Millsdorf are in a constant state of feuding with each other....

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Move

as Dinas Vater
Released: 2012-10-03

Eleven moving dates, eight friends: Philipp, Wiebke, Jessica, Maria, Swantje, Michael, Thomas,...

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Special Escort

as Giselher
Released: 2007-10-03

The subject of male prostitution gets a distinctly zany and offbeat twist in Stellungswechsel...

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Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno

as Matthias Lettenbichler
Released: 2009-02-25

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Day of Disaster

as Martin Feldmann
Released: 2007-09-09

In 1978, a serene Spanish beach campground bursts into chaos when a devastating accident...

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Flesh and Blood

as Bogdan
Released: 2011-09-09

Franziska had to release her newborn son for adoption on pressure from her parents as she was a...

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Die Auferstehung

as Fred
Released: 2018-06-28

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Toter Winkel

as Karl Holzer
Released: 2017-05-03

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Pilgerfahrt nach Padua

as Benno Fischer
Released: 2011-10-14

Gundula Glöckner is very worried about the salvation of her daughter Lena. Again and again, the...

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This Is Love

as Dominik
Released: 2009-09-20

Set in Vietnam and Germany, This Is Love centers on Chris and the nine-year-old Jenjira on the...

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Späte Aussicht

as Peter Frei
Released: 2007-12-05

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Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!

as Dr. Franz Reinhard
Released: 2009-04-22

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Glückskind

as Hans Scholz
Released: 2014-11-01

A man who has lost his wife and daughter finds a baby in a garbage. He decides to save her.

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Der Bankraub

as von Kamphausen
Released: 2016-05-09

Helmut Draeger, director of a German bank, gives the talented bank employee Martin Kreye the...

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Irren ist männlich

as Thomas
Released: 1996-10-31

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Angst

as Wolfgang
Released: 2003-02-14

Oskar Roehler's drama Der Alte Affe Angst (Angst) is about the dissolution of a couple. Robert...

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Der Aufstand

as uncredited
Released: 2003-06-03

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Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein

as Oliver Wackernagel
Released: 2018-09-01

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Molly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf

as Hannes Voss
Released: 2010-12-20

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Waller's Last Trip

as Waller (jung)
Released: 1989-04-13

For many years the old Waller worked as a railwayman. After Waller is informed that "his" track...

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Clarissas Geheimnis

as Konstantin
Released: 2012-10-03

18-year-old Stella lives with her mother Clarissa on a picturesque lodge in the South African...

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Das beste Stück vom Braten

as Harry Dumont
Released: 2016-04-22

"Cooking is war" - that is the motto of the ingenious, but self-centered celebrity chef and...

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Anna's Summer

as Max Feldmann
Released: 2001-08-30

A widow reminisces on her life after returning to her family home in Greece.

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Mittlere Reife

as Oliver Seifert
Released: 2012-09-18

Having trouble coping with school and their teachers, five students are sent to after school...

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Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich

as Sven Maiwald
Released: 2003-10-23

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Ein Sommer im Allgäu

as Hans
Released: 2017-11-26

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Dear Kurt

as Mahlow
Released: 2022-09-15

Kurt (Til Schweiger) and Lena (Franziska Machens) move together into an old house outside the...

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Fugitives

as Kurt Korbach
Released: 2010-12-06

East-Germany, 1984: Frank Korbach is looking forward to attending drama school, while his...

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Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst

as Major Weinrich
Released: 1997-05-02

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Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi

as Kluftinger
Released: 2013-11-28

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Augenzeugin

as Alexander Kant
Released: 2008-02-25

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Homecoming

as Bürgermeister
Released: 2012-05-02

August Staudenmeyer returns after thirty years absence as a wealthy man in his hometown...

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Ganz und gar

as Manfred
Released: 2003-01-16

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The Last Pig

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2016-09-29

Plum out of luck, Swabian farmer Huber’s farm goes under. Then his girlfriend Birgit takes over...

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Hamlet_X

as Laertes
Released: 2003-06-21

A great mosaic, a labyrinth of scenes, dialogue splinters, interviews, portraits of people...

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Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen

as Markus
Released: 1998-01-01

Louisa has to struggle through life as a single mother with her children David and Julia. Her...

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Margarete Steiff

as Vater Steiff
Released: 2005-12-23

Based on the life of German toymaker Margarete Steiff, the movie shows her long way from a...

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Erntedank

as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
Released: 2009-09-23

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Landauer

as Sigi Hermann
Released: 2014-10-15

The story of former Bayern Munich president Kurt Landauer, a Bavarian jew ousted by the National...

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Jimmy the Kid

as Dortmunder
Released: 1999-05-06

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Fürchte dich nicht

as Ralf Bischof
Released: 2007-01-22

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Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi

as Kluftinger
Released: 2016-10-01

A mysterious phone call puts Kluftinger and his colleagues Maier and Hefele on the trail of a...

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Crossroads

as Heiner Witt
Released: 2018-07-02

A woman goes through a weekend full of ups and downs after a shocking diagnose, according to...

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August der Glückliche

as Grabowski
Released: 2002-12-28

When the heart-sick bus driver August is forced into involuntary retirement, he decides to...

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Zwei Tänzer für Isolde

as Hans
Released: 2017-03-10

Uwe Ochsenknecht and Herbert Knaup play the leading roles in the buddy comedy "2 Sturköpfe im...

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Die Zeit mit Euch

as Heiko Hartung
Released: 2014-01-09

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Stenzels Bescherung

as Volkmar Stenzel
Released: 2019-12-23

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Wildwechsel

as Christoph
Released: 2014-03-22

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Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg

as Walter Aschauer
Released: 2011-03-14

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Therapie und Praxis

as Bernhard Meier
Released: 2002-07-10

The talk therapist Roland Arnsberg falls from the clouds when his longtime girlfriend Chris...

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Framed

as Un infirmier
Released: 1999-10-13

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15 Minuten Wahrheit

as Georg Komann
Released: 2007-01-18

Hell hath no fury like an employee scorned.

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Komm, schöner Tod

as Jens Kurzhals
Released: 2012-04-05

Berlin sometime in the near future: Due to the demographic change, more and more old people are...

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Fever

as Doermer
Released: 1998-12-09

The married couple Carl and Vera Sylvester live far beyond their means. She is a regular...

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Kriegsbilder

as Jan Loy
Released: 1996-12-01

A war photographer in different theatres of conflict, Belfast, Beirut, Mogadishu begins to...

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600 PS für zwei

as Lorenz Hoffmann
Released: 2015-10-22

Five years ago, the highly paid marketing chief Hartmut Sprenger was fired from his job by the...

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Ne günstige Gelegenheit

as Lorenz Kellermann
Released: 1999-11-18

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DAS!

as Self
First aired: 1991-01-02

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Scene of the Crime

as Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler
First aired: 1970-11-29

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...

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Scene of the Crime

as Andreas Franke
First aired: 1970-11-29

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...

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Scene of the Crime

as Günther Kowatsch
First aired: 1970-11-29

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...

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NDR Talk Show

as Self
First aired: 1979-02-09

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Polizeiruf 110

as Prof. Henner Gottsched
First aired: 1971-06-27

Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode...

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Polizeiruf 110

as Hermann Denninger
First aired: 1971-06-27

Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode...

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Wer weiß denn sowas?

as Self
First aired: 2015-07-06

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Wer weiß denn sowas?

as uncredited
First aired: 2015-07-06

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Wer weiß denn sowas?

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2015-07-06

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Kölner Treff

as Self
First aired: 1976-01-25

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Zimmer frei!

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-09

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Inas Nacht

as Self
First aired: 2007-06-09

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Die Kanzlei

as Markus Gellert
First aired: 2015-09-08

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Der letzte Zeuge

as Alex Leidhoff
First aired: 1998-03-23

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Der letzte Zeuge

as Karl Kromberg
First aired: 1998-03-23

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Kommissar Stolberg

as Carl Reese
First aired: 2006-10-27

Stolberg is a German detective television series, starring chief inspector Martin Stolberg. The...

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Doppelter Einsatz

as Klaus Brandstein
First aired: 1994-09-20

Doppelter Einsatz is a German television series about the cases of two female detectives of the...

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Under Suspicion

as Georg Zechner
First aired: 2002-08-02

Detective Dr. Eva Maria Prohacek and her colleague Langner investigate cases of civil servant...

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Nuremberg

as Albert Speer
First aired: 2000-07-16

Justice Robert H. Jackson leads Allied prosecutors in trying 21 Germans for Nazi war crimes...

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Ein Herz für Kinder

as Self
First aired: 1998-11-03

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Bella Block

as Pfarrer Daniel
First aired: 1994-03-26

Bella Block is a long-running German detective television series starring Hannelore Hoger, first...

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Helen Dorn

as Hans Thomsen
First aired: 2014-03-08

Helen Dorn is an expert Police Commissioner, who’s years of experience have given her killer...

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Kommissarin Lucas

as Klaus Merdinger
First aired: 2003-03-01

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Blackout: Tomorrow is Too Late

as Reinhard Severin
First aired: 2021-10-14

A chain reaction in the European power grid plunges the continent into darkness. Hacker Pierre...

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Alles außer Mord

as Alexander Mehring
First aired: 1994-04-10

Alles außer Mord was a German crime television series which aired on the TV station ProSieben...

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Sisi

as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)
First aired: 2009-12-16

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Sarah Kohr

as Anton Mehringer
First aired: 2014-02-16

Sarah Kohr, a free spirit who disregards conventions, a very tough, at times unscrupulous, and...

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Da is’ ja nix

as Dr. Bruns
First aired: 2020-10-01

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Kanzleramt

as Regierungssprecher
First aired: 2005-03-23

Kanzleramt is a German television series based on the template of the American tv series The...

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Die Puppenspieler

as Jakob Fugger
First aired: 2017-12-27

Helpless, the young convent student Richard has to watch as his mother Sarazenin Zobeida is...

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Jokah & Tutty

as Galvin der Weise
First aired: 2023-11-30

This unique Comedy Show is an explosive mix of funny sketches and Stand-ups. In the first German...

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Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis

as Kurt Korbach
First aired: 2011-01-07

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Hotel Barcelona

as Viktor Hansen
First aired: 2023-09-02

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