Acting credits
132
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Herbert Knaup
Acting
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Movies: 101Series: 31Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1081
IMDb ID: nm0460578
Known for: Acting
Born: March 23, 1956
Age: 69
Place of birth: Sonthofen, Germany
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2025
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q74143
Other jobs
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Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Herbert Knaup.
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
2025 Movie
Herbert (un)verbesserlich
as Herbert Knaup
2024 Movie
6.5
Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
as Frank Becker
2024 Movie
6.4
Einfach mal was Schönes
as Robert
2022 Movie
5.7
Dear Kurt
as Mahlow
2022 Movie
6.2
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
as Stetter
2021 Movie
6.0
Stenzels Bescherung
as Volkmar Stenzel
2019 Movie
7.4
Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung
as Franz Hübner
2018 Movie
4.7
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
as Oliver Wackernagel
2018 Movie
6.6
Crossroads
as Heiner Witt
2018 Movie
6.3
Die Auferstehung
as Fred
2018 Movie
6.4
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
as Hans
2017 Movie
5.9
Toter Winkel
as Karl Holzer
2017 Movie
3.3
Zwei Tänzer für Isolde
as Hans
2017 Movie
6.1
Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
2016 Movie
5.9
Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
2016 Movie
5.7
The Last Pig
as Narrator (voice)
2016 Movie
6.9
Der Bankraub
as von Kamphausen
2016 Movie
4.8
Das beste Stück vom Braten
as Harry Dumont
2016 Movie
5.0
600 PS für zwei
as Lorenz Hoffmann
2015 Movie
5.1
Meister des Todes
as Moritz Hollstein
2015 Movie
5.6
Lucky Child
as Hans Scholz
2014 Movie
5.9
Landauer
as Sigi Hermann
2014 Movie
6.0
Male Mistakes
as Georg Trautmann
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Herbert Knaup.
Jokah & Tutty
as Galvin der Weise • 1 eps
2023 Series
4.5
Hotel Barcelona
as Viktor Hansen • 2 eps
2023 Series
6.2
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
as Reinhard Severin • 6 eps
2021 Series
3.0
Da is’ ja nix
as Dr. Bruns • 6 eps
2020 Series
5.4
Die Puppenspieler
as Jakob Fugger • 2 eps
2017 Series
3.3
Die Kanzlei
as Markus Gellert • 78 eps
2015 Series
7.6
Wer weiß denn sowas?
as Self • 3 eps
2015 Series
6.0
Helen Dorn
as Hans Thomsen • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.4
Sarah Kohr
as Anton Mehringer • 12 eps
2014 Series
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis
as Kurt Korbach • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.6
Sisi
as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father) • 2 eps
2009 Series
Nachtlinie
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
Day of Disaster
as Martin Feldmann • 2 eps
2007 Series
7.8
Inas Nacht
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
1.0
Kommissar Stolberg
as Carl Reese • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.0
Kanzleramt
as Regierungssprecher • 12 eps
2005 Series
5.7
Kommissarin Lucas
as Klaus Merdinger • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.4
Under Suspicion
as Georg Zechner • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.4
Nuremberg
as Albert Speer • 2 eps
2000 Series
3.8
Volle Kanne
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
10.0
Ein Herz für Kinder
as Self • 1 eps
1998 Series
4.5
Der letzte Zeuge
as Alex Leidhoff • 1 eps
1998 Series
6.3
Zimmer frei!
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
2.0
Doppelter Einsatz
as Klaus Brandstein • 1 eps
1994 Series