Daniel Brühl

16 Jun 1978 (46 years old) in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Daniel César Martín Brühl González (German: [ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈbʁyːl, -ni̯ɛl -]; born June 16, 1978) is a Spanish-German actor. He received his first German Film Award for Best Actor for his roles in Das Weisse Rauschen (2001), Nichts Bereuen (2001), and Vaya con Dios (2002). His starring role in the German film Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) received widespread recognition and critical acclaim, and garnered him the European Film Award for Best Actor and another German Film Award for Best Actor. He was introduced to mainstream international audiences through his breakthrough performance as Fredrick Zoller, a Nazi German war hero in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009), and appearances in films like The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Fifth Estate (2013), and A Most Wanted Man (2014). Brühl received widespread critical acclaim and further recognition for his portrayal of former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda in the biographical film Rush (2013), for which he earned nominations including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Critic's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Brühl portrays Helmut Zemo in Captain America: Civil War (2016) and the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). He also starred as Dr. László Kreizler in the Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated period drama television series The Alienist (2018–2020), for which he earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award as Best Actor in a Television Motion Picture at the 76th Golden Globe Awards in 2018.

Known For

Credits

  • 2024 · The Franchise as Eric Bouchard
  • 2024 · Eden as
  • 2024 · Becoming Karl Lagerfeld as Karl Lagerfeld
  • 2024 · Race for Glory: Audi vs Lancia as Roland Gumpert
  • 2023 · The Movie Teller as Hauser
  • 2023 · Daniel Brühl: Breaking Bad as Self - Actor
  • 2022 · Making All Quiet on the Western Front as Self
  • 2022 · All Quiet on the Western Front as Matthias Erzberger
  • 2021 · The King's Man as Erik Jan Hanussen
  • 2021 · Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Helmut Zemo (archive footage)
  • 2021 · Next Door as Daniel
  • 2021 · The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Baron Helmut Zemo
  • 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Baron Zemo
  • 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Helmut Zemo / Baron Zemo (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 2019 · My Zoe as Dr. Thomas Fischer
  • 2019 · Frank Elstner: Just One Last Question as Self - Guest
  • 2018 · 7 Days in Entebbe as Wilfried Böse
  • 2018 · The Cloverfield Paradox as Schmidt
  • 2018 · The Alienist as Laszlo Kreizler
  • 2017 · The Zookeeper's Wife as Lutz Heck
  • 2016 · Killing for Love as Jens Söring (voice)
  • 2016 · Daniel Brühl - Mein Barcelona as Self
  • 2016 · Captain America: Civil War as Zemo
  • 2016 · Alone in Berlin as Escherich
  • 2015 · Burnt as Tony
  • 2015 · Me and Kaminski as Sebastian Zöllner
  • 2015 · Colonia as Daniel
  • 2015 · Woman in Gold as Hubertus Czernin
  • 2014 · Barcelona, la rosa de foc as narrator (German)
  • 2014 · The Face of an Angel as Thomas Lang
  • 2014 · A Most Wanted Man as Maximilian
  • 2013 · The Fifth Estate as Daniel Domscheit-Berg
  • 2013 · Rush as Niki Lauda
  • 2013 · Stadt, Rad, Hund as Self
  • 2012 · Winning Streak as Iván Pelayo
  • 2012 · 7 Days in Havana as Leonardo (segment "La tentación de Cecilia")
  • 2012 · 2 Days in New York as The Oak Fairy
  • 2012 · Im Leben von … as Self
  • 2012 · All Together as Dirk
  • 2011 · EVA as Alex
  • 2011 · Intruders as Father Antonio
  • 2011 · Lessons of a Dream as Konrad Koch
  • 2010 · The Coming Days as Hans Krämer
  • 2010 · King's Road as Rupert
  • 2009 · Dinosaurier - Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus! as Tobias Hardmann
  • 2009 · My Words, My Lies - My Love as David Kern
  • 2009 · Stolz der Nation as Pvt Fredrick Zoller
  • 2009 · Inglourious Basterds as Fredrick Zoller
  • 2009 · John Rabe as Dr. Rosen
  • 2009 · The Countess as István Thurzó
  • 2008 · Krabat as Tonda
  • 2008 · A Tram in SP as Marcos
  • 2008 · In Tranzit as Klaus
  • 2007 · The Bourne Ultimatum as Martin Kreutz
  • 2007 · 2 Days in Paris as Lucas
  • 2006 · A Friend of Mine as Karl
  • 2006 · Salvador (Puig Antich) as Salvador Puig Antich
  • 2006 · Cargo as Chris
  • 2005 · Joyeux Noel as Horstmayer
  • 2004 · Der letzte Flug as Unteroffizier Barthel
  • 2004 · Ladies in Lavender as Andrea
  • 2004 · The Edukators as Jan
  • 2004 · Farland as Frank
  • 2004 · Love in Thoughts as Paul Krantz
  • 2003 · Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt as Schnubbi
  • 2003 · Good Bye, Lenin! as Alex
  • 2002 · Vaya con Dios as Arbo
  • 2002 · Elephant Heart as Marko Stemper
  • 2001 · The White Sound as Lukas
  • 2001 · No Regrets as Daniel
  • 2001 · Honolulu as Marek
  • 2001 · Eine öffentliche Affäre as
  • 2001 · Ein mörderischer Plan as Reini Pfaff
  • 2000 · No More School as Markus Baasweiler
  • 2000 · Stundenhotel as
  • 2000 · A Handful of Grass as Bernd
  • 2000 · Deeply as Jay
  • 1999 · Sturmzeit as Chris Rathenberg
  • 1999 · Paradise Mall as Checo
  • 1999 · Hin und weg as David
  • 1999 · Beckmann as Self
  • 1998 · Blutiger Ernst as Reinhold Gerwander
  • 1997 · Leute heute as Self
  • 1997 · Herman & Tietjen as Self
  • 1996 · Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten as Nikolas Koll
  • 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
  • 1995 · Kulturzeit as self
  • 1995 · Svens Geheimnis as
  • 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
  • 1991 · DAS! as Self
  • 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
  • 1979 · Bayerischer Filmpreis as Self
  • 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
  • 1978 · SOKO 5113 as Knut
  • 1976 · Kölner Treff as Self
  • 1971 · Polizeiruf 110 as Robert Voigt
  • 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Achim
  • 1970 · Scene of the Crime as
  • 1951 · Deutscher Filmpreis as Self
  • 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
  • 2024 · The Collaboration as Bruno Bischofberger
  • 2024 · Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße as
  • 2024 · The Entertainment System Is Down as