Herbert Knaup
Known for Acting · 177 credits
- Born
- 1956-03-23 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Sonthofen, Germany
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.
Known For
TV Shows (49)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler / Andreas Franke / Günther Kowatsch
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
DAS!
1991
as Self
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Henner Gottsched / Hermann Denninger
Leute heute
1997
as Self
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Zimmer frei!
1996
as Self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self / Self - Laudatio
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Inas Nacht
2007
as Self
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Karl Kromberg / Alex Leidhoff
Bella Block
1993
as Pfarrer Daniel
Die Kanzlei
2015
as Markus Gellert
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
as Klaus Brandstein
Thadeusz
2005
as self
Kommissar Stolberg
2006
as Carl Reese
Die große Maus-Show
2006
as Self
Kommissarin Lucas
2003
as Klaus Merdinger
Hamburg Journal
2011
as self
Helen Dorn
2014
as Hans Thomsen
Ein Herz für Kinder
1998
as Self
Nachtlinie
2007
as Self
Nuremberg
2000
as Albert Speer
Faust
1994
as Uwe Eichmeier
Under Suspicion
2002
as Georg Zechner
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
2021
as Reinhard Severin
Die Gang
1997
as Francis Miller
Sisi
2009
as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)
Alles außer Mord
1994
as Alexander Mehring
Sarah Kohr
2014
as Anton Mehringer
Kanzleramt
2005
as Regierungssprecher
Blond: Eva Blond!
2002
as Richard Vester
Die Dirk Bach Show
1992
as Self
Bergheimat
2009
Die Unbestechliche
1998
as Rolf Clausnitzer
Die Puppenspieler
2017
as Jakob Fugger
Jokah & Tutty
2023
as Galvin der Weise
Da is’ ja nix
2020
as Dr. Bruns
T.E.A.M. Berlin
1998
as Robert Berger
Hotel Barcelona
2023
as Viktor Hansen
Day of Disaster
2007
as Martin Feldmann
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis
2011
as Kurt Korbach
Schwarze Schafe - Die Serie
2025
Movies (128)
Hotel Desire
2011
as Hotel Manager
The Lives of Others
2006
as Gregor Hessenstein
Run Lola Run
1998
as Father
Special Escort
2007
as Giselher
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000
as De Heer
In Darkness
2011
as Ignacy Chiger
Späte Aussicht
2007
as Peter Frei
Margarete Steiff
2005
as Vater Steiff
Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2016
as Kluftinger
Distant Lights
2003
as Klaus
23000 Lives
2026
The Elementary Particles
2006
as Sollers
The Guardians
2012
as Henri Brietner
Agnes and His Brothers
2004
as Werner Tschirner
Brother of Sleep
1995
as Cantor Goller
Mogadischu
2008
as Ulrich Wegener
Just Something Nice
2022
as Robert
Anatomy 2
2003
as Professor Müller-LaRousse
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
2008
as Erzengel Michael
The Little Ghost
2013
as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle
Crusade in Jeans
2006
as Carlo Bennatti
The Invincibles
1994
as Karl Simon
Stenzels Bescherung
2019
as Volkmar Stenzel
Marlene
2000
as Rudolf Sieber
Bon Appétit
2010
as Thomas
Landauer
2014
as Sigi Hermann
Jerry Cotton
2010
as Mr. High
Unschuldsengel
1994
as Paul Hansen
Move
2012
as Dinas Vater
Male Mistakes
2014
as Georg Trautmann
Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2016
as Kluftinger
Dear Kurt
2022
as Mahlow
Südsee, eigene Insel
1999
as Albert
Lucky Child
2014
as Hans Scholz
Die Braut
1999
as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Erntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi
2009
as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
Angst
2003
as Wolfgang
Waller's Last Trip
1989
as Waller (jung)
Die Nacht der Engel
2000
as Breiner
Clarissas Geheimnis
2012
as Konstantin
Liebe und andere Gefahren
2009
as Thomas 'Tom' Sellier
Der Mörder meines Vaters
2005
as Phillip Koch
Hamlet_X
2003
as Laertes
Komm, schöner Tod
2012
as Jens Kurzhals
Gefährliche Träume - Das Geheimnis einer Frau
2000
as Leonard Cass
Hafen der Düfte
2013
as Peter Philips
The Writing on the Wall
1996
as Lopahkin
600 PS für zwei
2015
as Lorenz Hoffmann
Der Bankraub
2016
as von Kamphausen
Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen
1998
as Markus
Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2013
as Kluftinger
Irren ist männlich
1996
as Thomas
Wildwechsel
2014
as Christoph
Framed
1999
as Un infirmier
Rock Crystal
2004
as Paul
Mittlere Reife
2012
as Oliver Seifert
Magic Girl
1995
as Horst Antz
Der Aufstand
2003
as Rudolf Herrnstadt
Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter
2002
as Schaller
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
2011
as Walter Aschauer
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
2009
as Dr. Franz Reinhard
Homecoming
2012
as Bürgermeister
Fever
1998
as Doermer
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
2017
as Hans
Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich
2003
as Sven Maiwald
A Good Opportunity
1999
as Lorenz Kellermann
Zwei Tänzer für Isolde
2017
as Hans
15 Minuten Wahrheit
2007
as Georg Komann
Berlin, 10:46
1994
as Claus
This Is Love
2009
as Dominik
You're Not Alone
2007
as Kurt Wellinek
Die Musterknaben
1997
as Kamphausen
Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
2024
as Frank Becker
The Last Pig
2016
as Narrator (voice)
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
2021
as Stetter
Eichmanns Ende
2010
as Adolf Eichmann
Ganz und gar
2003
as Manfred
Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2012
as Kommisar Kluftinger
Ins Leben zurück
2003
as Martin Lorenz
Beyond the Wall
2009
as Frank Pramann
Vergewaltigt - Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen
1997
as Dr. de Winter
Flesh and Blood
2011
as Bogdan
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter
2025
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
2018
as Oliver Wackernagel
Das beste Stück vom Braten
2016
as Harry Dumont
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
2011
as Voss
Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis
2011
as Ralf Weiss
Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno
2009
as Matthias Lettenbichler
Entscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder
2001
as Jan Meinert
Roccos Reise
Harte Brötchen
2002
as Jörg Erdmann
Fürchte dich nicht
2007
as Ralf Bischof
Crossroads
2018
as Heiner Witt
Toter Winkel
2017
as Karl Holzer
Therapie und Praxis
2002
as Bernhard Meier
Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung
2018
as Franz Hübner
Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst
1997
as Major Weinrich
Arschkalt
2011
as Rainer Berg
Pilgerfahrt nach Padua
2011
as Benno Fischer
Mein Vater, seine Neue und ich
2005
as Paul
Die Auferstehung
2018
as Fred
Augenzeugin
2008
as Alexander Kant
Anna's Summer
2001
as Max Feldmann
Mit verbundenen Augen
1995
as Alex Ziegler
Meister des Todes
2015
as Moritz Hollstein
Der große Tom
2008
as Dr. Heinrich Werhahn
Annas Heimkehr
2003
as Toni Schweighofer
Der Untergang der Pamir
2006
as Ludwig Lewerenz
Der letzte Flug
2004
as Hauptmann Kant
Molly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf
2010
as Hannes Voss
Sarah Kohr - Bis auf den Grund
as Anton Mehringer
In the Name of Love
2006
as Herr Novak
Die Aufnahmeprüfung
2012
as Ferdinand Meissner
Sanfte Morde
1997
as Dr. Plath
Die Zeit mit Euch
2014
as Heiko Hartung
August der Glückliche
2002
as Grabowski
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Volles Haus
2026
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
Der Herr der Wüste
2003
as Richard Bucher
Der Auftrag
2004
as Debussion
Zur Zeit zu zweit
1998
as Jan Wolf
About Herbert Knaup
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 1… With 177 credits spanning from 1951 to 2026, Herbert Knaup has appeared in 128 films and 49 TV shows.
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Most Popular Herbert Knaup Movies
- Hotel Desire (2011) — as Hotel Manager
- The Lives of Others (2006) — as Gregor Hessenstein
- Run Lola Run (1998) — as Father
- Special Escort (2007) — as Giselher
- Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) — as De Heer
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