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Daniel Brühl

Acting

Born June 16, 1978 · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Also known as Daniel Bruehl · Daniel César Martín Brühl González

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Brühl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Berliner Bär · 2025
  • European Cultural Award · 2018
  • Jameson People's Choice AwardBest Actor · 2004
  • European Film AwardBest Actor · 2003
  • Jameson People's Choice AwardBest Actor · 2003
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  • Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
  • European Film AwardBest Actor · 2004 · nominated
  • Jameson People's Choice AwardBest Actor · 2004 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Actor · 2003 · nominated
  • Jameson People's Choice AwardBest Actor · 2003 · nominated

Filmography43 titles

Inglourious Basterds

2009as Fredrick Zoller

All Quiet on the Western Front

2022as Matthias Erzberger

Rush

2013as Niki Lauda

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

2021as Baron Zemo

The Alienist

2018as Laszlo Kreizler

Good Bye Lenin!

2003as Alex

Becoming Karl Lagerfeld

2024as Karl Lagerfeld

Marvel Studios: Legends

2021as Helmut Zemo / Baron Zemo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Captain America: Civil War

2016as Zemo

The Bourne Ultimatum

2007as Martin Kreutz

Joyeux Noel

2005as Horstmayer

The Zookeeper's Wife

2017as Lutz Heck

Colonia

2015as Daniel

Woman in Gold

2015as Hubertus Czernin

The Edukators

2004as Jan

Marvel Studios Assembled

as Self - Baron Zemo

John Rabe

2009as Dr. Rosen

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

2021as Helmut Zemo (archive footage)

Eden

2024as Heinz Wittmer

The King's Man

2021as Erik Jan Hanussen

Alone in Berlin

2016as Escherich

The Franchise

2024as Eric Bouchard

My Zoe

2019as Dr. Thomas Fischer

Burnt

2015as Tony

A Most Wanted Man

2014as Maximilian

Ladies in Lavender

2004as Andrea

Eva

2011as Alex Garel

All Together

2011as Dirk

Two Days in Paris

2007as Lucas

Polizeiruf 110

1971as Robert Voigt

Scene of the Crime

1970as Achim

Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia

2024as Roland Gumpert

Making All Quiet on the Western Front

2022as Self

The Fifth Estate

2013as Daniel Domscheit-Berg

7 Days in Entebbe

2018as Wilfried Böse

The Countess

2009as István Thurzó

Frank Elstner: Wetten, das war's..?

as Self - Guest

The Cloverfield Paradox

2018as Schmidt

Two Days in New York

2012as The Oak Fairy

Intruders

2011as Father Antonio

In Tranzit

2008as Klaus

The Face of an Angel

2014as Thomas Lang

The Coming Days

2010as Hans Krämer