
Daniel Brühl
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.
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Acting History
2026
The Gallerist
2025Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
2025Karl - Der Mann hinter der Maske as Self
2025Eden as Heinz Wittmer
2024The Franchise as Eric Bouchard
2024Becoming Karl Lagerfeld as Karl Lagerfeld
2024Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia as Roland Gumpert
2023The Movie Teller as Hauser
2023Daniel Brühl: Breaking Bad as Self - Actor
2022Making All Quiet on the Western Front as Self
2022All Quiet on the Western Front as Matthias Erzberger
2021The King's Man as Erik Jan Hanussen
2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Helmut Zemo (archive footage)
2021Next Door as Daniel
2021The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Baron Helmut Zemo
2021Marvel Studios Assembled as Self - Baron Zemo
2021Marvel Studios Legends as Helmut Zemo / Baron Zemo (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019My Zoe as Dr. Thomas Fischer
2019Frank Elstner: Wetten, das war's..? as Self - Guest
20187 Days in Entebbe as Wilfried Böse
2018The Cloverfield Paradox as Schmidt
2018The Alienist as Laszlo Kreizler
2017The Zookeeper's Wife as Lutz Heck
2016Killing for Love as Jens Söring (voice)
2016Daniel Brühl - Mein Barcelona as Self
2016Captain America: Civil War as Zemo
2016Alone in Berlin as Escherich
2015Burnt as Tony
2015Me and Kaminski as Sebastian Zöllner
2015Colonia as Daniel
2015Woman in Gold as Hubertus Czernin
2014Barcelona, la rosa de foc as narrator (German)
2014The Face of an Angel as Thomas Lang
2014A Most Wanted Man as Maximilian
2013The Fifth Estate as Daniel Domscheit-Berg
2013Rush as Niki Lauda
2013Stadt, Rad, Hund as Self
2012Winning Streak as Iván Pelayo
20127 Days in Havana as Leonardo (segment "La tentación de Cecilia")
20122 Days in New York as The Oak Fairy
2012Im Leben von … as Self
2012All Together as Dirk
2011EVA as Alex Garel
2011Intruders as Father Antonio
2011Lessons of a Dream as Konrad Koch
2010The Coming Days as Hans Krämer
2010King's Road as Rupert
2009Dinosaurier - Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus! as Tobias Hardmann
2009My Words, My Lies - My Love as David Kern
2009Stolz der Nation as Pvt Fredrick Zoller
2009Inglourious Basterds as Fredrick Zoller
2009John Rabe as Dr. Rosen
2009The Countess as István Thurzó
2008Krabat as Tonda
2008A Tram in SP as Marcos
2008In Tranzit as Klaus
2007The Bourne Ultimatum as Martin Kreutz
20072 Days in Paris as Lucas
2006A Friend of Mine as Karl
2006Salvador (Puig Antich) as Salvador Puig Antich
2006Cargo as Chris
2005Joyeux Noel as Horstmayer
2004Der letzte Flug as Unteroffizier Barthel
2004Ladies in Lavender as Andrea
2004The Edukators as Jan
2004Farland as Frank
2004Love in Thoughts as Paul Krantz
2003Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt as Schnubbi
2003Good Bye, Lenin! as Alex
2002Vaya con Dios as Arbo
2002Elephant Heart as Marko Stemper
2001The White Sound as Lukas Delius
2001No Regrets as Daniel
2001Honolulu as Marek
2001Eine öffentliche Affäre
2001Ein mörderischer Plan as Reini Pfaff
2000No More School as Markus Baasweiler
2000Stundenhotel
2000A Handful of Grass as Bernd
2000Deeply as Jay
1999Sturmzeit as Chris Rathenberg
1999Paradise Mall as Checo
1999Hin und weg as David
1999Beckmann as Self
1998Blutiger Ernst as Reinhold Gerwander
1997Leute heute as Self
1997Tietjen und Bommes as Self
1996Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten as Nikolas Koll
1995Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
1995Kulturzeit as self
1995Svens Geheimnis
1992Morgenmagazin as Self
1991DAS! as Self
1981Wetten, dass..? as Self
1979Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1979NDR Talk Show as Self
1978SOKO München as Knut
1976Kölner Treff as Self
1971Polizeiruf 110 as Robert Voigt
1970Scene of the Crime as Achim
1970Scene of the Crime
1951German Film Award as Self
1948Bambi as Self
—The Entertainment System Is Down
—The Collaboration as Bruno Bischofberger
—The Boys from Brazil as Von Harteneck
—Legacy of Spies as Jens Fielder







