Rainer Bock
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 31 July 1954 · Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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
Acting 90
- 2026Agnes & Amir
- 2026The Idiot(s)
- 2026Weihnachten in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- 2026Mädchen in Uniform
- 2026Silent Friend as Prof. Winterhalter
- 2025Zweigstelle as Pfosten
- 2025Karla as Richter Lamy
- 2025Ein Sommer in Sommerby as Christian Boysen
- 2025Lulu-Trailer (Wedekind) as Schigolch / Dr. Goll
- 2024The Investigation as Richter
- 2024Sehnsucht Mallorca - Wie alles begann as Narrator
- 2024Hallo Spencer - Der Film as Jakob Sesam
- 2024The Calendar Killer as HC
- 2024Vorübergehend glücklich - Opimaral as Clemens Stellbrink
- 2024Vorübergehend glücklich - Vredenhorst as Clemens Stellbrink
- 2023Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel as Wilfried Schneider
- 2023A Feast for Life as Gabriele Totti
- 2022Der Irland-Krimi: Preis des Schweigens as Erik Bell
- 2022Mittagsstunde as Sönke Feddersen (1965 - 1984)
- 2022Rückkehr nach Rimini as Peter Cerny
- 2021MuM Calls It Quits as Dr. Rudi Lutz
- 2021Die Luft, die wir atmen as Klaus Bronstein
- 2020Wo ist die Liebe hin? as Bernhard
- 2020Exile as Urs
- 2020My Indian Summer as Markus
- 2019Weihnachten im Schnee as Henri Johnen
- 2019Der König von Köln as Josef Asch
- 2019Lara as Paul
- 2019Blochin: Das letzte Kapitel as Shukshin
- 2019The Collini Case as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers
- 2019Rate Your Date as Bruno
- 2018Atlas as Walter Scholl
- 2018Never Look Away as Burghart Kroll
- 2018Arthur & Claire as Dr. Sebastian Hofer
- 2018Luna's Revenge as Behringer
- 2018The Beginner as Rolf Buschhaus
- 2017Ich war eine glückliche Frau as Hermann Blok
- 2017Godless Youth as Trainer
- 2017Wonder Woman as Von Hindenberg
- 2017Sex, Pity and Loneliness as Robert Pfennig
- 2017Charlotte Link - Die letzte Spur as Nick
- 2017Vive L'Amour
- 2016Winnetou - A New World as James Bancroft
- 2016The Verdict as Zeuge Lauterbach
- 2016Scrappin' as Herr Seifert
- 2016The Most Beautiful Day as Dr. Wüst
- 2016Hunters in the Night as Claus Rohmüller
- 2016Operation Zucker - Jagdgesellschaft as Staatsanwalt Mack
- 2016Kaltfront as Erik
- 2016The Blue Mauritius as Detektiv Kirschenbaum
- 2015Käthe Kruse as Oscar Tietz
- 2015Naked Among Wolves as Alois Schwahl
- 2015The Cold Truth as Wagner
- 2014Open the Wall as Peter Arndt
- 2014Alles muss raus as Graf von Langmaak
- 2014The Chosen Ones as Helmut Hoffmann
- 2014A Most Wanted Man as Dieter Mohr
- 2014Burning Souls as Abdias
- 2014Dessau Dancers as Hartmann Dietz
- 2014Stereo as Wolfgang
- 2014Run Boy Run as SS-Officer
- 2013Tracks as Kurt Posel
- 2013Im Olymp der Kunst as Richard Strauss
- 2013The Book Thief as Mayor Hermann
- 2013Zeugin der Toten as Quirin Kaiserley
- 2013Passion as Inspector Bach
- 2013Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Mayor Engleman
- 2012Two Lives as Hugo
- 2012Ein Jahr nach morgen as Jürgen Reich
- 2012The Guardians as Karl Falkner
- 2012Russendisko as Herr Kaminer
- 2012München '72 - Das Attentat as Bruno Merk
- 2012Barbara as Klaus Schütz
- 2011War Horse as Brandt
- 2011Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden as Prof. Albert Brückner
- 2011Dreileben: Beats Being Dead as Dr. Dreier
- 2011If Not Us, Who? as Verteidiger
- 2011My Best Enemy as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
- 2011Unknown as Herr Strauss
- 2011Picco as Mr. Reinhard
- 2010In the Shadows as Nico
- 2009The White Ribbon as The Doctor
- 2009Inglourious Basterds as General Schonherr
- 2008Todsünde as Neidhard Moll
- 2008A Year Ago in Winter as Richard Peters
- 2008Einer bleibt sitzen as Reinhold
- 2004Onkel Wanja
- 2004Operation Valkyrie as General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht
- 2003Getting a Life
- 2000Now or Never as Makowski