Herbert Knaup

Known for: Acting

Born: 1956-03-23 (age 70)

From: Sonthofen, Germany

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.

Filmography (178)

MOVIE★ 5.0
23 000 Lives
2026
MOVIE★ 6.0
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Volles Haus
2026
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
TV
Schwarze Schafe - Die Serie
2025
MOVIE
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter
2025
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
MOVIE
Herbert (un)verbesserlich
2024
as Herbert Knaup
MOVIE★ 6.5
Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
2024
as Frank Becker
TV
Jokah & Tutty
2023
as Galvin der Weise
TV★ 4.5
Hotel Barcelona
2023
as Viktor Hansen
MOVIE★ 6.4
Just Something Nice
2022
as Robert
MOVIE★ 5.7
Dear Kurt
2022
as Mahlow
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
2021
as Stetter
TV★ 6.2
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
2021
as Reinhard Severin
TV★ 3.0
Da is’ ja nix
2020
as Dr. Bruns
MOVIE★ 6.0
Stenzels Bescherung
2019
as Volkmar Stenzel
MOVIE★ 7.4
Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung
2018
as Franz Hübner
MOVIE★ 4.7
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
2018
as Oliver Wackernagel
MOVIE★ 6.6
Crossroads
2018
as Heiner Witt
MOVIE★ 5.8
Die Auferstehung
2018
as Fred
TV★ 5.3
Die Puppenspieler
2017
as Jakob Fugger
MOVIE★ 6.2
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
2017
as Hans
MOVIE★ 5.9
Toter Winkel
2017
as Karl Holzer
MOVIE★ 3.3
Zwei Tänzer für Isolde
2017
as Hans
MOVIE★ 6.0
Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2016
as Kluftinger
MOVIE★ 5.9
Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2016
as Kluftinger
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Last Pig
2016
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Der Bankraub
2016
as von Kamphausen
MOVIE★ 4.8
Das beste Stück vom Braten
2016
as Harry Dumont
MOVIE★ 5.0
600 PS für zwei
2015
as Lorenz Hoffmann
TV★ 3.3
Die Kanzlei
2015
as Markus Gellert
TV★ 7.6
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.1
Meister des Todes
2015
as Moritz Hollstein
MOVIE★ 5.6
Lucky Child
2014
as Hans Scholz
MOVIE★ 5.9
Landauer
2014
as Sigi Hermann
MOVIE★ 6.0
Male Mistakes
2014
as Georg Trautmann
MOVIE★ 2.0
Wildwechsel
2014
as Christoph
TV★ 6.0
Helen Dorn
2014
as Hans Thomsen
TV★ 7.4
Sarah Kohr
2014
as Anton Mehringer
MOVIE★ 3.2
Die Zeit mit Euch
2014
as Heiko Hartung
MOVIE★ 4.2
Hafen der Düfte
2013
as Peter Philips
MOVIE★ 4.9
Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2013
as Kluftinger
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Little Ghost
2013
as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle
MOVIE★ 5.0
Die Aufnahmeprüfung
2012
as Ferdinand Meissner
MOVIE★ 4.1
Clarissas Geheimnis
2012
as Konstantin
MOVIE★ 6.4
Move
2012
as Dinas Vater
MOVIE★ 1.0
Mittlere Reife
2012
as Oliver Seifert
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Guardians
2012
as Henri Brietner
MOVIE★ 5.3
Homecoming
2012
as Bürgermeister
MOVIE★ 5.6
Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2012
as Kommisar Kluftinger
MOVIE
Komm, schöner Tod
2012
as Jens Kurzhals
MOVIE★ 6.9
In Darkness
2011
as Ignacy Chiger
MOVIE★ 6.2
Hotel Desire
2011
as Hotel Manager
MOVIE★ 4.5
Pilgerfahrt nach Padua
2011
as Benno Fischer
MOVIE
Flesh and Blood
2011
as Bogdan
MOVIE★ 5.1
Arschkalt
2011
as Rainer Berg
TV
Hamburg Journal
2011
as self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis
2011
as Ralf Weiss
MOVIE
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
2011
as Walter Aschauer
MOVIE
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
2011
as Voss
TV
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis
2011
as Kurt Korbach
MOVIE
Molly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf
2010
as Hannes Voss
MOVIE★ 5.5
Bon Appétit
2010
as Thomas
MOVIE★ 5.1
Eichmanns Ende
2010
as Adolf Eichmann
MOVIE★ 5.9
Jerry Cotton
2010
as Mr. High
TV
Bergheimat
2009
TV★ 7.6
Sisi
2009
as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Beyond the Wall
2009
as Frank Pramann
MOVIE★ 5.4
Erntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi
2009
as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
MOVIE★ 5.0
This Is Love
2009
as Dominik
MOVIE
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
2009
as Dr. Franz Reinhard
MOVIE
Liebe und andere Gefahren
2009
as Thomas 'Tom' Sellier
MOVIE★ 5.0
Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno
2009
as Matthias Lettenbichler
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mogadischu
2008
as Ulrich Wegener
MOVIE★ 6.6
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
2008
as Erzengel Michael
MOVIE★ 9.0
Der große Tom
2008
as Dr. Heinrich Werhahn
MOVIE★ 6.0
Augenzeugin
2008
as Alexander Kant
MOVIE★ 7.0
Späte Aussicht
2007
as Peter Frei
TV
Nachtlinie
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
Special Escort
2007
as Giselher
TV★ 7.0
Day of Disaster
2007
as Martin Feldmann
MOVIE★ 5.2
You're Not Alone
2007
as Kurt Wellinek
TV★ 7.8
Inas Nacht
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Fürchte dich nicht
2007
as Ralf Bischof
MOVIE
15 Minuten Wahrheit
2007
as Georg Komann
MOVIE★ 6.7
In the Name of Love
2006
as Herr Novak
MOVIE★ 5.9
Crusade in Jeans
2006
as Carlo Bennatti
TV★ 1.0
Kommissar Stolberg
2006
as Carl Reese
MOVIE★ 7.6
Der Untergang der Pamir
2006
as Ludwig Lewerenz
MOVIE★ 2.0
Die Ohrfeige
2006
as Friedrich Gelmini
TV★ 8.0
Die große Maus-Show
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Lives of Others
2006
as Gregor Hessenstein
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Elementary Particles
2006
as Sollers
MOVIE★ 7.1
Margarete Steiff
2005
as Vater Steiff
TV★ 6.0
Thadeusz
2005
as self
MOVIE★ 9.0
Der Mörder meines Vaters
2005
as Phillip Koch
MOVIE★ 4.8
Mein Vater, seine Neue und ich
2005
as Paul
TV★ 7.0
Kanzleramt
2005
as Regierungssprecher
MOVIE★ 6.8
Rock Crystal
2004
as Paul
MOVIE★ 7.0
Der letzte Flug
2004
as Hauptmann Kant
MOVIE★ 6.1
Agnes and His Brothers
2004
as Werner Tschirner
MOVIE
Der Auftrag
2004
as Debussion
MOVIE★ 5.7
Anatomy 2
2003
as Professor Müller-LaRousse
MOVIE★ 7.7
Annas Heimkehr
2003
as Toni Schweighofer
MOVIE★ 7.0
Der Herr der Wüste
2003
as Richard Bucher
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich
2003
as Sven Maiwald
MOVIE★ 9.0
Ins Leben zurück
2003
as Martin Lorenz
MOVIE★ 4.8
Hamlet_X
2003
as Laertes
MOVIE★ 9.0
Der Aufstand
2003
as Rudolf Herrnstadt
TV★ 5.8
Kommissarin Lucas
2003
as Klaus Merdinger
MOVIE★ 5.1
Angst
2003
as Wolfgang
MOVIE★ 7.4
Distant Lights
2003
as Klaus
MOVIE★ 3.3
Ganz und gar
2003
as Manfred
MOVIE★ 10.0
August der Glückliche
2002
as Grabowski
TV
Blond: Eva Blond!
2002
as Richard Vester
TV★ 6.4
Under Suspicion
2002
as Georg Zechner
MOVIE★ 10.0
Harte Brötchen
2002
as Jörg Erdmann
MOVIE★ 6.5
Therapie und Praxis
2002
as Bernhard Meier
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter
2002
as Schaller
MOVIE★ 7.0
Die Tochter des Kommissars
2001
as Volker Harms
MOVIE★ 5.3
Anna's Summer
2001
as Max Feldmann
MOVIE★ 4.0
Klassentreffen – Mordfall unter Freunden
2001
as Littmann
MOVIE★ 6.0
Entscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder
2001
as Jan Meinert
MOVIE★ 7.0
Die Nacht der Engel
2000
as Breiner
TV★ 7.4
Nuremberg
2000
as Albert Speer
MOVIE★ 9.5
Gefährliche Träume - Das Geheimnis einer Frau
2000
as Leonard Cass
MOVIE★ 5.7
Marlene
2000
as Rudolf Sieber
MOVIE★ 6.2
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000
as De Heer
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Good Opportunity
1999
as Lorenz Kellermann
MOVIE★ 9.0
Framed
1999
as Un infirmier
TV★ 4.4
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.3
Südsee, eigene Insel
1999
as Albert
MOVIE★ 2.8
Die Braut
1999
as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
MOVIE★ 6.0
Jimmy the Kid
1999
as Dortmunder
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fever
1998
as Doermer
TV★ 10.0
Ein Herz für Kinder
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Run Lola Run
1998
as Father
MOVIE★ 4.7
Zur Zeit zu zweit
1998
as Jan Wolf
TV
T.E.A.M. Berlin
1998
as Robert Berger
TV★ 5.0
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
as Alex Leidhoff
TV★ 7.0
Die Unbestechliche
1998
as Rolf Clausnitzer
TV★ 7.7
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen
1998
as Markus
TV★ 5.2
Leute heute
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Die Musterknaben
1997
as Kamphausen
MOVIE★ 9.0
Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst
1997
as Major Weinrich
TV★ 9.0
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.3
Vergewaltigt - Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen
1997
as Dr. de Winter
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sanfte Morde
1997
as Dr. Plath
TV★ 10.0
Die Gang
1997
as Francis Miller
MOVIE★ 10.0
Silver and Gold
1997
MOVIE★ 7.5
Kriegsbilder
1996
as Jan Loy
MOVIE★ 4.3
Irren ist männlich
1996
as Thomas
MOVIE★ 3.6
The Writing on the Wall
1996
as Lopahkin
TV★ 6.8
Zimmer frei!
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.7
Mit verbundenen Augen
1995
as Alex Ziegler
MOVIE
Patricias Geheimnis
1995
as Henning
MOVIE★ 10.0
Magic Girl
1995
as Horst Antz
MOVIE★ 6.7
Brother of Sleep
1995
as Cantor Goller
MOVIE★ 9.0
Kinder der Nacht
1995
as David
MOVIE
Berlin, 10:46
1994
as Claus
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Invincibles
1994
as Karl Simon
TV★ 3.4
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
as Klaus Brandstein
TV★ 8.0
Alles außer Mord
1994
as Alexander Mehring
MOVIE★ 7.0
Unschuldsengel
1994
as Paul Hansen
TV★ 4.0
Faust
1994
as Uwe Eichmeier
TV★ 4.6
Bella Block
1993
as Pfarrer Daniel
TV
Die Dirk Bach Show
1992
as Self
TV★ 4.7
DAS!
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Waller's Last Trip
1989
as Waller (jung)
TV
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
TV★ 5.7
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
TV
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
TV★ 6.6
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
TV★ 6.2
Polizeiruf 110
1971
as Henner Gottsched
TV★ 6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler
TV★ 6.0
German Film Award
1951
as Self
MOVIE
Sarah Kohr - Bis auf den Grund
—
as Anton Mehringer
MOVIE
Roccos Reise
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