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