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Daniel Brühl
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Daniel Brühl

Born June 16, 1978 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

38 films Website

Daniel César Martín Brühl González (German: [ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈbʁyːl, -ni̯ɛl -]; Spanish: [daˈnjel ˈbɾul ɡonˈθaleθ]; born 16 June 1978) is a German-Spanish actor. He has received various accolades, including three European Film Awards and three German Film Awards, along with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA Award. 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. C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards

0 wins, 3 nominations

Filmography 38

Eden (2025) movie poster
Eden2025
Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia (2024) movie poster
Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia2024
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) movie poster
All Quiet on the Western Front2022
Next Door (2021) movie poster
Next Door2021
The King's Man (2021) movie poster
The King's Man2021
My Zoe (2019) movie poster
My Zoe2019
7 Days in Entebbe (2018) movie poster
7 Days in Entebbe2018
The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) movie poster
The Cloverfield Paradox2018
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) movie poster
The Zookeeper's Wife2017
Alone in Berlin (2016) movie poster
Alone in Berlin2016
Colonia (2016) movie poster
Colonia2016
Burnt (2015) movie poster
Burnt2015
Woman in Gold (2015) movie poster
Woman in Gold2015
The Face of an Angel (2014) movie poster
The Face of an Angel2014
Rush (2013) movie poster
Rush2013
The Fifth Estate (2013) movie poster
The Fifth Estate2013
2 Days in New York (2012) movie poster
2 Days in New York2012
7 Days in Havana (2012) movie poster
7 Days in Havana2012
All Together (2012) movie poster
All Together2012
Winning Streak (2012) movie poster
Winning Streak2012
EVA (2011) movie poster
EVA2011
Intruders (2011) movie poster
Intruders2011
Lessons of a Dream (2011) movie poster
Lessons of a Dream2011
Inglourious Basterds (2009) movie poster
Inglourious Basterds2009
John Rabe (2009) movie poster
John Rabe2009
The Countess (2009) movie poster
The Countess2009
In Tranzit (2008) movie poster
In Tranzit2008
Krabat (2008) movie poster
Krabat2008
2 Days in Paris (2007) movie poster
2 Days in Paris2007
A Friend of Mine (2006) movie poster
A Friend of Mine2006
Salvador (Puig Antich) (2006) movie poster
Salvador (Puig Antich)2006
Joyeux Noel (2005) movie poster
Joyeux Noel2005
Ladies in Lavender (2004) movie poster
Ladies in Lavender2004
Love in Thoughts (2004) movie poster
Love in Thoughts2004
The Edukators (2004) movie poster
The Edukators2004
Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) movie poster
Good Bye, Lenin!2003
The White Sound (2001) movie poster
The White Sound2001
No More School (2000) movie poster
No More School2000