Herbert Knaup

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 1978.

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Known For

TV

Volle Kanne

1999 • as Self

TV

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

1998 • as Self

DAS!

DAS!

1991 • as Self

NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show

1979 • as Self

Kölner Treff

Kölner Treff

1976 • as Self

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

1970 • as Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler

Filmography

2025

Movie
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
Movie - Released: 1/22/2025

2024

Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
as Frank Becker
Movie - Released: 9/7/2024

2023

Jokah & Tutty
Jokah & Tutty
as Galvin der Weise
TV - Released: 11/30/2023
Hotel Barcelona
Hotel Barcelona
as Viktor Hansen
TV - Released: 9/2/2023

2022

Dear Kurt
Dear Kurt
as Mahlow
Movie - Released: 9/15/2022
Just Something Nice
Just Something Nice
as Robert
Movie - Released: 11/17/2022

2021

The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
as Stetter
Movie - Released: 11/11/2021
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
as Reinhard Severin
TV - Released: 10/14/2021

2020

Da is’ ja nix
Da is’ ja nix
as Dr. Bruns
TV - Released: 10/1/2020

2019

Stenzels Bescherung
Stenzels Bescherung
as Volkmar Stenzel
Movie - Released: 12/23/2019

2018

Crossroads
Crossroads
as Heiner Witt
Movie - Released: 7/2/2018
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
as Oliver Wackernagel
Movie - Released: 9/1/2018
Die Auferstehung
Die Auferstehung
as Fred
Movie - Released: 6/28/2018
Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung
Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung
as Franz Hübner
Movie - Released: 12/19/2018

2017

Zwei Tänzer für Isolde
Zwei Tänzer für Isolde
as Hans
Movie - Released: 3/10/2017
Toter Winkel
Toter Winkel
as Karl Holzer
Movie - Released: 5/3/2017
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
as Hans
Movie - Released: 11/26/2017
Die Puppenspieler
Die Puppenspieler
as Jakob Fugger
TV - Released: 12/27/2017

2016

Das beste Stück vom Braten
Das beste Stück vom Braten
as Harry Dumont
Movie - Released: 4/22/2016
Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
Movie - Released: 11/24/2016
Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
Movie - Released: 12/1/2016
Der Bankraub
Der Bankraub
as von Kamphausen
Movie - Released: 5/9/2016
The Last Pig
The Last Pig
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/29/2016

2015

Meister des Todes
Meister des Todes
as Moritz Hollstein
Movie - Released: 6/30/2015
600 PS für zwei
600 PS für zwei
as Lorenz Hoffmann
Movie - Released: 10/22/2015
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Wer weiß denn sowas?
as Self
TV - Released: 7/6/2015
Die Kanzlei
Die Kanzlei
as Markus Gellert
TV - Released: 9/8/2015

2014

Male Mistakes
Male Mistakes
as Georg Trautmann
Movie - Released: 4/24/2014
Landauer
Landauer
as Sigi Hermann
Movie - Released: 10/15/2014
Lucky Child
Lucky Child
as Hans Scholz
Movie - Released: 11/1/2014
Die Zeit mit Euch
Die Zeit mit Euch
as Heiko Hartung
Movie - Released: 1/9/2014
Wildwechsel
Wildwechsel
as Christoph
Movie - Released: 3/22/2014
Helen Dorn
Helen Dorn
as Hans Thomsen
TV - Released: 3/8/2014
Sarah Kohr
Sarah Kohr
as Anton Mehringer
TV - Released: 2/16/2014

2013

The Little Ghost
The Little Ghost
as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle
Movie - Released: 9/26/2013
Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
Movie - Released: 11/28/2013
Hafen der Düfte
Hafen der Düfte
as Peter Philips
Movie - Released: 12/7/2013

2012

Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kommisar Kluftinger
Movie - Released: 4/26/2012
Homecoming
Homecoming
as Bürgermeister
Movie - Released: 5/2/2012
Clarissas Geheimnis
Clarissas Geheimnis
as Konstantin
Movie - Released: 10/3/2012
Mittlere Reife
Mittlere Reife
as Oliver Seifert
Movie - Released: 9/18/2012
Die Aufnahmeprüfung
Die Aufnahmeprüfung
as Ferdinand Meissner
Movie - Released: 11/30/2012
Komm, schöner Tod
Komm, schöner Tod
as Jens Kurzhals
Movie - Released: 4/5/2012
The Guardians
The Guardians
as Henri Brietner
Movie - Released: 9/18/2012
Move
Move
as Dinas Vater
Movie - Released: 10/3/2012

2011

Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis
Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis
as Ralf Weiss
Movie - Released: 3/23/2011
Hotel Desire
Hotel Desire
as Hotel Manager
Movie - Released: 12/7/2011
Arschkalt
Arschkalt
as Rainer Berg
Movie - Released: 7/20/2011
Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood
as Bogdan
Movie - Released: 9/9/2011
Pilgerfahrt nach Padua
Pilgerfahrt nach Padua
as Benno Fischer
Movie - Released: 10/14/2011
Movie
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
as Voss
Movie - Released: 1/19/2011
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
as Walter Aschauer
Movie - Released: 3/14/2011
In Darkness
In Darkness
as Ignacy Chiger
Movie - Released: 9/15/2011
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis
as Kurt Korbach
TV - Released: 1/7/2011
TV
Hamburg Journal
as self
TV - Released: 4/15/2011

2010

Eichmanns Ende
Eichmanns Ende
as Adolf Eichmann
Movie - Released: 7/25/2010
Bon Appétit
Bon Appétit
as Thomas
Movie - Released: 11/12/2010
Jerry Cotton
Jerry Cotton
as Mr. High
Movie - Released: 3/11/2010
Movie
Molly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf
as Hannes Voss
Movie - Released: 12/20/2010

2009

Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno
Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno
as Matthias Lettenbichler
Movie - Released: 2/25/2009
Erntedank
Erntedank
as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
Movie - Released: 9/23/2009
Beyond the Wall
Beyond the Wall
as Frank Pramann
Movie - Released: 9/30/2009
Movie
Liebe und andere Gefahren
as Thomas 'Tom' Sellier
Movie - Released: 3/16/2009
This Is Love
This Is Love
as Dominik
Movie - Released: 9/20/2009
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
as Dr. Franz Reinhard
Movie - Released: 4/22/2009
Sisi
Sisi
as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)
TV - Released: 12/16/2009
TV
Bergheimat
TV - Released: 12/26/2009

2008

Augenzeugin
Augenzeugin
as Alexander Kant
Movie - Released: 2/25/2008
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
as Erzengel Michael
Movie - Released: 10/16/2008
Mogadischu
Mogadischu
as Ulrich Wegener
Movie - Released: 11/30/2008
Movie
Der große Tom
as Dr. Heinrich Werhahn
Movie - Released: 2/27/2008

2007

You're Not Alone
You're Not Alone
as Kurt Wellinek
Movie - Released: 7/19/2007
Späte Aussicht
Späte Aussicht
as Peter Frei
Movie - Released: 12/5/2007
Fürchte dich nicht
Fürchte dich nicht
as Ralf Bischof
Movie - Released: 1/22/2007
Special Escort
Special Escort
as Giselher
Movie - Released: 10/3/2007
Day of Disaster
Day of Disaster
as Martin Feldmann
Movie - Released: 9/9/2007
15 Minuten Wahrheit
15 Minuten Wahrheit
as Georg Komann
Movie - Released: 1/18/2007
TV
Nachtlinie
as Self
TV - Released: 10/11/2007
Inas Nacht
Inas Nacht
as Self
TV - Released: 6/9/2007

2006

The Elementary Particles
The Elementary Particles
as Sollers
Movie - Released: 2/10/2006
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
as Gregor Hessenstein
Movie - Released: 3/23/2006
Der Untergang der Pamir
Der Untergang der Pamir
as Ludwig Lewerenz
Movie - Released: 10/8/2006
Movie
In the Name of Love
as Herr Novak
Movie - Released: 12/30/2006
Movie
Die Ohrfeige
as Friedrich Gelmini
Movie - Released: 8/30/2006
Kommissar Stolberg
Kommissar Stolberg
as Carl Reese
TV - Released: 10/27/2006
TV
Frag doch mal die Maus
as Self
TV - Released: 4/8/2006

2005

Movie
Mein Vater, seine Neue und ich
as Paul
Movie - Released: 10/4/2005
Margarete Steiff
Margarete Steiff
as Vater Steiff
Movie - Released: 12/23/2005
Movie
Der Mörder meines Vaters
as Phillip Koch
Movie - Released: 11/14/2005
Kanzleramt
Kanzleramt
as Regierungssprecher
TV - Released: 3/23/2005
TV
Thadeusz
as self
TV - Released: 12/5/2005

2004

Agnes and His Brothers
Agnes and His Brothers
as Werner Tschirner
Movie - Released: 10/13/2004
Rock Crystal
Rock Crystal
as Paul
Movie - Released: 11/18/2004
Movie
Der letzte Flug
as Hauptmann Kant
Movie - Released: 11/15/2004
Movie
Der Auftrag
as Debussion
Movie - Released: 5/12/2004

2003

Distant Lights
Distant Lights
as Klaus
Movie - Released: 2/11/2003
Anatomy 2
Anatomy 2
as Professor Müller-LaRousse
Movie - Released: 11/23/2003
Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich
Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich
as Sven Maiwald
Movie - Released: 10/23/2003
Angst
Angst
as Wolfgang
Movie - Released: 2/14/2003
Movie
Annas Heimkehr
as Toni Schweighofer
Movie - Released: 11/12/2003
Der Aufstand
Der Aufstand
Movie - Released: 6/3/2003
Hamlet_X
Hamlet_X
as Laertes
Movie - Released: 6/21/2003
Ganz und gar
Ganz und gar
as Manfred
Movie - Released: 1/16/2003
Movie
Der Herr der Wüste
as Richard Bucher
Movie - Released: 11/5/2003
Movie
Ins Leben zurück
as Martin Lorenz
Movie - Released: 10/10/2003
Kommissarin Lucas
Kommissarin Lucas
as Klaus Merdinger
TV - Released: 3/1/2003

2002

Movie
Harte Brötchen
as Jörg Erdmann
Movie - Released: 7/17/2002
August der Glückliche
August der Glückliche
as Grabowski
Movie - Released: 12/28/2002
Movie
Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter
as Schaller
Movie - Released: 1/1/2002
Therapie und Praxis
Therapie und Praxis
as Bernhard Meier
Movie - Released: 7/10/2002
TV
Blond: Eva Blond!
as Richard Vester
TV - Released: 10/9/2002
Under Suspicion
Under Suspicion
as Georg Zechner
TV - Released: 8/2/2002

2001

Entscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder
Entscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder
as Jan Meinert
Movie - Released: 1/1/2001
Movie
Klassentreffen – Mordfall unter Freunden
as Littmann
Movie - Released: 2/20/2001
Movie
Die Tochter des Kommissars
as Volker Harms
Movie - Released: 11/26/2001
Anna's Summer
Anna's Summer
as Max Feldmann
Movie - Released: 8/30/2001

2000

Marlene
Marlene
as Rudolf Sieber
Movie - Released: 3/9/2000
Movie
Die Nacht der Engel
as Breiner
Movie - Released: 12/9/2000
Movie
Gefährliche Träume - Das Geheimnis einer Frau
as Leonard Cass
Movie - Released: 5/16/2000
Ordinary Decent Criminal
Ordinary Decent Criminal
as De Heer
Movie - Released: 1/7/2000
Nuremberg
Nuremberg
as Albert Speer
TV - Released: 7/16/2000

1999

Framed
Framed
as Un infirmier
Movie - Released: 10/13/1999
Die Braut
Die Braut
as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Movie - Released: 5/27/1999
Südsee, eigene Insel
Südsee, eigene Insel
as Albert
Movie - Released: 7/8/1999
Ne günstige Gelegenheit
Ne günstige Gelegenheit
as Lorenz Kellermann
Movie - Released: 11/18/1999
Jimmy the Kid
Jimmy the Kid
as Dortmunder
Movie - Released: 5/6/1999
TV
Volle Kanne
as Self
TV - Released: 8/30/1999

1998

Run Lola Run
Run Lola Run
as Father
Movie - Released: 8/20/1998
Fever
Fever
as Doermer
Movie - Released: 12/9/1998
Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen
Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen
as Markus
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
Movie
Zur Zeit zu zweit
as Jan Wolf
Movie - Released: 7/31/1998
Der letzte Zeuge
Der letzte Zeuge
as Alex Leidhoff
TV - Released: 3/23/1998
Der letzte Zeuge
Der letzte Zeuge
as Karl Kromberg
TV - Released: 3/23/1998
TV
Die Unbestechliche
as Rolf Clausnitzer
TV - Released: 2/25/1998
TV
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/1998
Ein Herz für Kinder
Ein Herz für Kinder
as Self
TV - Released: 11/3/1998
TV
T.E.A.M. Berlin
as Robert Berger
TV - Released: 4/18/1998

1997

Die Musterknaben
Die Musterknaben
as Kamphausen
Movie - Released: 7/1/1997
Movie
Sanfte Morde
as Dr. Plath
Movie - Released: 1/29/1997
Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst
Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst
as Major Weinrich
Movie - Released: 5/2/1997
Movie
Vergewaltigt - Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen
as Dr. de Winter
Movie - Released: 2/3/1997
Movie
Silver and Gold
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
TV
Leute heute
as Self
TV - Released: 7/23/1997
TV
Die Gang
as Francis Miller
TV - Released: 1/5/1997
TV
Tietjen und Bommes
as Self
TV - Released: 2/23/1997

1996

Irren ist männlich
Irren ist männlich
as Thomas
Movie - Released: 10/31/1996
Kriegsbilder
Kriegsbilder
as Jan Loy
Movie - Released: 12/1/1996
The Writing on the Wall
The Writing on the Wall
as Lopahkin
Movie - Released: 7/21/1996
Zimmer frei!
Zimmer frei!
as Self
TV - Released: 7/9/1996

1995

Brother of Sleep
Brother of Sleep
as Cantor Goller
Movie - Released: 9/8/1995
Magic Girl
Magic Girl
as Horst Antz
Movie - Released: 9/20/1995
Movie
Mit verbundenen Augen
as Alex Ziegler
Movie - Released: 12/20/1995
Movie
Kinder der Nacht
as David
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

1994

The Invincibles
The Invincibles
as Karl Simon
Movie - Released: 9/22/1994
Movie
Unschuldsengel
as Paul Hansen
Movie - Released: 1/1/1994
Doppelter Einsatz
Doppelter Einsatz
as Klaus Brandstein
TV - Released: 9/20/1994
Alles außer Mord
Alles außer Mord
as Alexander Mehring
TV - Released: 4/10/1994
TV
Faust
as Uwe Eichmeier
TV - Released: 1/1/1994

1993

Bella Block
Bella Block
as Pfarrer Daniel
TV - Released: 12/17/1993

1992

TV
Die Dirk Bach Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/21/1992

1991

DAS!
DAS!
as Self
TV - Released: 1/2/1991

1989

Waller's Last Trip
Waller's Last Trip
as Waller (jung)
Movie - Released: 4/13/1989
TV
Blauer Panther
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1989

1984

TV
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
TV - Released: 2/3/1984
TV
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self - Laudatio
TV - Released: 2/3/1984

1979

TV
Bayerischer Filmpreis
as Self
TV - Released: 12/1/1979
NDR Talk Show
NDR Talk Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/9/1979

1976

Kölner Treff
Kölner Treff
as Self
TV - Released: 1/25/1976

1971

Polizeiruf 110
Polizeiruf 110
as Prof. Henner Gottsched
TV - Released: 6/27/1971
Polizeiruf 110
Polizeiruf 110
as Hermann Denninger
TV - Released: 6/27/1971

1970

Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime
as Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler
TV - Released: 11/29/1970
Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime
as Andreas Franke
TV - Released: 11/29/1970
Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime
as Günther Kowatsch
TV - Released: 11/29/1970

1951

TV
Deutscher Filmpreis
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1951

Unknown

Movie
Roccos Reise
Movie