Rainer Bock

Acting · Born 1954-07-31 in Kiel, Germany

Biography

After graduating from high school, Rainer Bock ran a café in his hometown, which also had a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private acting school in Kiel, he made his debut as a theater actor on the stages of the state capital of Kiel in 1982. He came to Heidelberg and the National Theater Mannheim via the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. From 1995 to 2001 he had an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Until 2011 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Bock often appears in supporting roles, including his initially rare appearances in film and television. The part of the doctor in Michael Haneke's award-winning drama The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (2009) earned him a nomination for the German Film Prize. In 2011 he was represented at the…

Filmography

• The White Ribbon as The Doctor
• Barbara as Klaus Schütz
• The Book Thief as Mayor Hermann
• War Horse as Brandt
• Inglourious Basterds as General Schonherr
• Tracks as Kurt Posel
• The Most Beautiful Day as Dr. Wüst
• Never Look Away as Burghart Kroll
• Wonder Woman as Von Hindenberg
• The Collini Case as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers

TV

• Better Call Saul as Werner Ziegler
• Markus Lanz as Self
• Das Boot as Heinrich Gluck
• Bella Block as Malte Schnaak
• Bella Block as Kommissar Schnaak
• 1864 as Bismarck
• Homeland as BND Officer Keller
• Der Bergdoktor as Ulrich Kretschmar
• Klimawechsel as Psychiater
• Polizeiruf 110 as PvD Conrad Cassdorf