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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 23, 1956
Place of Birth
Sonthofen, Germany
Also Known As
- Ге́рберт Кна́уп
Herbert Knaup
0.8 Popularity
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
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Horst Schulte-Bräucker
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter
2025
6.5
Frank Becker
Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
2024
0.0
Galvin der Weise
Jokah & Tutty
2023
4.5
Viktor Hansen
Hotel Barcelona
2023
6.4
Robert
Just Something Nice
2022
5.7
Mahlow
Dear Kurt
2022
6.3
Stetter
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
2021
6.2
Reinhard Severin
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
2021
0.0
Dr. Bruns
Da is’ ja nix
2020
6.0
Volkmar Stenzel
Stenzels Bescherung
2019
Credits
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
2025
0.0
Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
as Frank Becker
2024
6.5
Jokah & Tutty
as Galvin der Weise
2023
0.0
Hotel Barcelona
as Viktor Hansen
2023
4.5
Just Something Nice
as Robert
2022
6.4
Dear Kurt
as Mahlow
2022
5.7
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
as Stetter
2021
6.3
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
as Reinhard Severin
2021
6.2
Da is’ ja nix
as Dr. Bruns
2020
0.0
Stenzels Bescherung
as Volkmar Stenzel
2019
6.0
Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung
as Franz Hübner
2018
7.4
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
as Oliver Wackernagel
2018
4.7
Crossroads
as Heiner Witt
2018
6.6
Die Auferstehung
as Fred
2018
6.3
Die Puppenspieler
as Jakob Fugger
2017
5.4
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
as Hans
2017
6.4
Toter Winkel
as Karl Holzer
2017
5.9
Zwei Tänzer für Isolde
as Hans
2017
3.3
Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
2016
6.1
Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
2016
5.9
The Last Pig
as Narrator (voice)
2016
5.7
Der Bankraub
as von Kamphausen
2016
6.9
Das beste Stück vom Braten
as Harry Dumont
2016
4.8
600 PS für zwei
as Lorenz Hoffmann
2015
5.0
Die Kanzlei
as Markus Gellert
2015
3.3
Wer weiß denn sowas?
as Self
2015
7.6
Meister des Todes
as Moritz Hollstein
2015
5.1
Lucky Child
as Hans Scholz
2014
5.6
Landauer
as Sigi Hermann
2014
5.9
Male Mistakes
as Georg Trautmann
2014
6.0
Wildwechsel
as Christoph
2014
2.0
Helen Dorn
as Hans Thomsen
2014
6.0
Sarah Kohr
as Anton Mehringer
2014
7.6
Die Zeit mit Euch
as Heiko Hartung
2014
3.3
Hafen der Düfte
as Peter Philips
2013
4.3
Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
2013
4.9
The Little Ghost
as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle
2013
5.6
Die Aufnahmeprüfung
as Ferdinand Meissner
2012
5.0
Move
as Dinas Vater
2012
6.4
Clarissas Geheimnis
as Konstantin
2012
4.1
The Guardians
as Henri Brietner
2012
6.1
Mittlere Reife
as Oliver Seifert
2012
1.0
Homecoming
as Bürgermeister
2012
5.3
Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kommisar Kluftinger
2012
5.9
Komm, schöner Tod
as Jens Kurzhals
2012
0.0
Hotel Desire
as Hotel Manager
2011
6.1
Pilgerfahrt nach Padua
as Benno Fischer
2011
4.5
In Darkness
as Ignacy Chiger
2011
6.9
Flesh and Blood
as Bogdan
2011
0.0
Arschkalt
as Rainer Berg
2011
5.1
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Hamburg Journal
as self
2011
0.0
Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis
as Ralf Weiss
2011
5.7
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
as Walter Aschauer
2011
0.0
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Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
as Voss
2011
0.0
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis
as Kurt Korbach
2011
0.0
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Molly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf
as Hannes Voss
2010
0.0
Bon Appétit
as Thomas
2010
5.5
Eichmanns Ende
as Adolf Eichmann
2010
5.1
Jerry Cotton
as Mr. High
2010
5.9
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Bergheimat
2009
0.0
Sisi
as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)
2009
7.6
Beyond the Wall
as Frank Pramann
2009
6.8
Erntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi
as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
2009
5.8
This Is Love
as Dominik
2009
5.0
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
as Dr. Franz Reinhard
2009
0.0
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Liebe und andere Gefahren
as Thomas 'Tom' Sellier
2009
0.0
Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno
as Matthias Lettenbichler
2009
4.5
Mogadischu
as Ulrich Wegener
2008
6.5
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
as Erzengel Michael
2008
6.6
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Der große Tom
as Dr. Heinrich Werhahn
2008
9.0
Augenzeugin
as Alexander Kant
2008
6.0
Späte Aussicht
as Peter Frei
2007
7.0
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Nachtlinie
as Self
2007
0.0
Special Escort
as Giselher
2007
5.2
Day of Disaster
as Martin Feldmann
2007
0.0
You're Not Alone
as Kurt Wellinek
2007
5.3
Inas Nacht
as Self
2007
7.8
Fürchte dich nicht
as Ralf Bischof
2007
7.5
15 Minuten Wahrheit
as Georg Komann
2007
0.0
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In the Name of Love
as Herr Novak
2006
6.7
Kommissar Stolberg
as Carl Reese
2006
1.0
Der Untergang der Pamir
as Ludwig Lewerenz
2006
7.0
🎬
Die Ohrfeige
as Friedrich Gelmini
2006
2.0
🎬
Die große Maus-Show
as Self
2006
0.0
The Lives of Others
as Gregor Hessenstein
2006
8.0
The Elementary Particles
as Sollers
2006
6.1
Margarete Steiff
as Vater Steiff
2005
7.1
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Thadeusz
as self
2005
6.0
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Der Mörder meines Vaters
as Phillip Koch
2005
0.0
🎬
Mein Vater, seine Neue und ich
as Paul
2005
3.3
Kanzleramt
as Regierungssprecher
2005
7.0
Rock Crystal
as Paul
2004
6.5
🎬
Der letzte Flug
as Hauptmann Kant
2004
6.0
Agnes and His Brothers
as Werner Tschirner
2004
6.0
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Der Auftrag
as Debussion
2004
0.0
Anatomy 2
as Professor Müller-LaRousse
2003
5.6
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Annas Heimkehr
as Toni Schweighofer
2003
7.0
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Der Herr der Wüste
as Richard Bucher
2003
0.0
Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich
as Sven Maiwald
2003
5.7
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Ins Leben zurück
as Martin Lorenz
2003
0.0
Hamlet_X
as Laertes
2003
4.3
Der Aufstand
2003
0.0
Kommissarin Lucas
as Klaus Merdinger
2003
5.7
Angst
as Wolfgang
2003
4.9
Distant Lights
as Klaus
2003
7.4
Ganz und gar
as Manfred
2003
1.7
August der Glückliche
as Grabowski
2002
0.0
🎬
Blond: Eva Blond!
as Richard Vester
2002
0.0
Under Suspicion
as Georg Zechner
2002
6.4
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Harte Brötchen
as Jörg Erdmann
2002
0.0
Therapie und Praxis
as Bernhard Meier
2002
5.0
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Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter
as Schaller
2002
0.0
🎬
Die Tochter des Kommissars
as Volker Harms
2001
6.0
Anna's Summer
as Max Feldmann
2001
4.5
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Klassentreffen – Mordfall unter Freunden
as Littmann
2001
1.0
Entscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder
as Jan Meinert
2001
5.0
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Die Nacht der Engel
as Breiner
2000
4.0
Nuremberg
as Albert Speer
2000
7.4
Gefährliche Träume - Das Geheimnis einer Frau
as Leonard Cass
2000
10.0
Marlene
as Rudolf Sieber
2000
5.5
Ordinary Decent Criminal
as De Heer
2000
6.1
A Good Opportunity
as Lorenz Kellermann
1999
5.5
Framed
as Un infirmier
1999
0.0
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Volle Kanne
as Self
1999
3.8
Südsee, eigene Insel
as Albert
1999
3.5
Die Braut
as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1999
1.8
Jimmy the Kid
as Dortmunder
1999
3.0
Fever
as Doermer
1998
4.0
Ein Herz für Kinder
as Self
1998
10.0
Run Lola Run
as Father
1998
7.3
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Zur Zeit zu zweit
as Jan Wolf
1998
2.0
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T.E.A.M. Berlin
as Robert Berger
1998
0.0
Der letzte Zeuge
as Alex Leidhoff
1998
4.5
Der letzte Zeuge
as Karl Kromberg
1998
4.5
🎬
Die Unbestechliche
as Rolf Clausnitzer
1998
0.0
🎬
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self
1998
4.0
Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen
as Markus
1998
5.0
🎬
Leute heute
as Self
1997
4.8
Die Musterknaben
as Kamphausen
1997
6.8
🎬
Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst
as Major Weinrich
1997
0.0
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Tietjen und Bommes
as Self
1997
0.0
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Vergewaltigt - Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen
as Dr. de Winter
1997
1.0
🎬
Sanfte Morde
as Dr. Plath
1997
0.0
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Die Gang
as Francis Miller
1997
0.0
🎬
Silver and Gold
1997
0.0
Kriegsbilder
as Jan Loy
1996
7.0
Irren ist männlich
as Thomas
1996
3.0
The Writing on the Wall
as Lopahkin
1996
2.3
Zimmer frei!
as Self
1996
6.3
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Mit verbundenen Augen
as Alex Ziegler
1995
1.0
Magic Girl
as Horst Antz
1995
0.0
Brother of Sleep
as Cantor Goller
1995
6.6
🎬
Kinder der Nacht
as David
1995
0.0
Berlin, 10:46
as Claus
1994
0.0
The Invincibles
as Karl Simon
1994
5.9
Doppelter Einsatz
as Klaus Brandstein
1994
2.0
Alles außer Mord
as Alexander Mehring
1994
8.0
🎬
Faust
as Uwe Eichmeier
1994
1.0
🎬
Unschuldsengel
as Paul Hansen
1994
0.0
Bella Block
as Pfarrer Daniel
1993
4.6
🎬
Die Dirk Bach Show
as Self
1992
0.0
DAS!
as Self
1991
4.2
Waller's Last Trip
as Waller (jung)
1989
5.7
🎬
Blauer Panther
as Self
1989
0.0
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self
1984
5.7
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self - Laudatio
1984
5.7
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Bavarian Film Awards
as Self
1979
0.0
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
6.5
Kölner Treff
as Self
1976
6.0
Polizeiruf 110
as Prof. Henner Gottsched
1971
6.2
Polizeiruf 110
as Hermann Denninger
1971
6.2
Scene of the Crime
as Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler
1970
6.1
Scene of the Crime
as Andreas Franke
1970
6.1
Scene of the Crime
as Günther Kowatsch
1970
6.1
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German Film Award
as Self
1951
6.0
🎬
Roccos Reise
N/A
0.0