Rainer Bock
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 Berlinale with four films. Bock is also active as an audio book speaker.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Silent Friend as
- 2025 · Zweigstelle as Pfosten
- 2025 · Karla as Richter Lamy
- 2025 · Oktoberfest 1905 as Adam Mertz
- 2025 · The Calendar Killer as HC
- 2023 · The Seed as Jon Hoffmann
- 2022 · Alice as Ernst Schwarzer
- 2022 · Süßer Rausch as Hans
- 2022 · Your Honor as Muhr
- 2022 · Divided We Stand as Hans Thieme
- 2020 · The Turncoat as Willi Stehauf
- 2020 · Freud as Theodor Meynert
- 2020 · Das Mädchen am Strand as Johannes Christensen
- 2019 · Lara as Paul
- 2019 · The Collini Case as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers
- 2019 · Die verschwundene Familie as Johannes Christensen
- 2018 · Atlas as Walter Scholl
- 2018 · Das Boot as Heinrich Gluck
- 2018 · Never Look Away as Burghart Kroll
- 2018 · Luna's Revenge as Behringer
- 2017 · Die Puppenspieler as Kardinal della Rovere
- 2017 · Wonder Woman as Von Hindenberg
- 2017 · SS-GB as Fritz Kellermann
- 2016 · Solo für Weiss as Rainer Weiss
- 2016 · Fatal News as Attorney General Hasse
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- 2015 · Dengler as BKA Dr. Müller
- 2015 · Death of a Girl as Johannes Christensen
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Werner Ziegler
- 2015 · Line of Separation as Robert Leonhardt
- 2014 · Open the Wall as Peter Arndt
- 2014 · 1864 as Bismarck
- 2014 · A Most Wanted Man as Dieter Mohr
- 2013 · The Book Thief as Mayor Hermann
- 2013 · Passion as Inspector Bach
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Mayor Engleman
- 2012 · The Guardians as Karl Falkner
- 2012 · Barbara as Klaus Schütz
- 2011 · War Horse as Brandt
- 2011 · Homeland as BND Officer Keller
- 2011 · Unknown as Herr Strauss
- 2011 · Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- 2010 · Die NDR Quizshow as Self
- 2010 · Klimawechsel as Psychiater
- 2009 · The White Ribbon as The Doctor
- 2009 · Inglourious Basterds as General Schonherr
- 2008 · Markus Lanz as Self
- 2008 · Der Bergdoktor as Ulrich Kretschmar
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Georg Wagenbach
- 2006 · Der Kriminalist as Arbogast
- 2003 · Nachtschicht as Olaf Holtzmann
- 2003 · Kommissarin Lucas as Wolfram Truss
- 2002 · Bloch as Klaus Hollstein
- 2002 · For Heaven's Sake as Rolf Hartung
- 2000 · Abendschau as Self
- 1999 · Volle Kanne as Self
- 1995 · Wilsberg as Müntemeyer
- 1993 · Bella Block as Malte Schnaak
- 1993 · Bella Block as Kommissar Schnaak
- 1991 · DAS! as Self
- 1977 · Der Alte as Prof. Dr. Werner Schmedtmann
- 1976 · Kölner Treff as Self
- 1971 · Polizeiruf 110 as PvD Conrad Cassdorf
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Kapitän Helmut Reinders
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Werner Krabonk
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Augenthaler
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Jost Friedland
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Bauer's Father
- 1951 · German Film Award as Self
- Future · The Idiot(s) as
- 2026 · Einfach Elli as Leo
- 2025 · Ein Sommer in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- 2025 · Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) as Schigolch / Dr. Goll
- 2024 · The Investigation as Richter
- 2024 · Sehnsucht Mallorca - Wie alles begann as Narrator
- 2024 · Hallo Spencer - Der Film as Jakob Sesam
- 2024 · Vorübergehend glücklich - Opimaral as Clemens Stellbrink
- 2024 · Vorübergehend glücklich - Vredenhorst as Clemens Stellbrink
- 2023 · Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel as Wilfried Schneider
- 2023 · Ein Fest Fürs Leben as Gabriele Totti
- 2022 · Der Irland-Krimi: Preis des Schweigens as Erik Bell
- 2022 · Mittagsstunde as Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984)
- 2022 · Rückkehr nach Rimini as Peter Cerny
- 2021 · Westwall as Berthold Roosen
- 2021 · MuM Calls It Quits as Dr. Rudi Lutz
- 2021 · Die Luft, die wir atmen as Klaus Bronstein
- 2020 · Wo ist die Liebe hin? as Bernhard
- 2020 · Exile as Urs
- 2020 · My Indian Summer as Markus
- 2019 · Weihnachten im Schnee as Henri Johnen
- 2019 · Der König von Köln as Josef Asch
- 2019 · Blochin: Das letzte Kapitel as Shukshin
- 2019 · Rate Your Date as Bruno
- 2018 · Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- 2018 · The Beginner as Rolf Buschhaus
- 2017 · Ich war eine glückliche Frau as Hermann Blok
- 2017 · Godless Youth as Trainer
- 2017 · Sex, Pity and Loneliness as Robert Pfennig
- 2017 · Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur as Nick
- 2017 · Vive L'Amour as
- 2016 · Winnetou - A New World as James Bancroft
- 2016 · The Verdict as Zeuge Lauterbach
- 2016 · Scrappin' as Herr Seifert
- 2016 · The Most Beautiful Day as Dr. Wüst
- 2016 · Hunters in the Night as Claus Rohmüller
- 2016 · Operation Zucker - Jagdgesellschaft as Staatsanwalt Mack
- 2016 · Kaltfront as Erik
- 2016 · The Blue Mauritius as Detektiv Kirschenbaum
- 2015 · Käthe Kruse as Oscar Tietz
- 2015 · Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- 2015 · The Cold Truth as Wagner
- 2014 · Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- 2014 · The Chosen Ones as Helmut Hoffmann
- 2014 · Burning Souls as Abdias
- 2014 · Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- 2014 · Stereo as Wolfgang
- 2014 · Run Boy Run as SS Officer
- 2013 · Tracks as Kurt Posel
- 2013 · Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- 2013 · Zeugin der Toten as Quirin Kaiserley
- 2012 · Two Lives as Hugo
- 2012 · Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
- 2012 · Russendisko as Herr Kaminer
- 2012 · München '72 - Das Attentat as Bruno Merk
- 2011 · Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden as Prof. Albert Brückner
- 2011 · Dreileben: Beats Being Dead as Dr. Dreier
- 2011 · If Not Us, Who? as Verteidiger
- 2011 · My Best Enemy as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
- 2010 · In the Shadows as Nico
- 2008 · Todsünde as Neidhard Moll
- 2008 · A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- 2008 · Einer bleibt sitzen as Reinhold
- 2004 · Onkel Wanja as
- 2004 · Operation Valkyrie as General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
- 2003 · Getting a Life as
- 2000 · Now or Never as Makowski
- Future · Weihnachten in Sommerby as Christian Boysen