Actor
· Acting
Herbert Knaup
Born 1956-03-23
📍 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 135
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Volles Haus
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
2026
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
2025
Herbert (un)verbesserlich
as Herbert Knaup
2024
Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
as Frank Becker
2024
Jokah & Tutty
as Galvin der Weise
2023
Hotel Barcelona
as Viktor Hansen
2023
Einfach mal was Schönes
as Robert
2022
Dear Kurt
as Mahlow
2022
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
as Stetter
2021
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
as Reinhard Severin
2021
Da is’ ja nix
as Dr. Bruns
2020
Stenzels Bescherung
as Volkmar Stenzel
2019
Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung
as Franz Hübner
2018
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
as Oliver Wackernagel
2018
Crossroads
as Heiner Witt
2018
Die Auferstehung
as Fred
2018
Die Puppenspieler
as Jakob Fugger
2017
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
as Hans
2017
Toter Winkel
as Karl Holzer
2017
Zwei Tänzer für Isolde
as Hans
2017
Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
2016
Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
2016
The Last Pig
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Der Bankraub
as von Kamphausen
2016
Das beste Stück vom Braten
as Harry Dumont
2016
600 PS für zwei
as Lorenz Hoffmann
2015
Die Kanzlei
as Markus Gellert
2015
Wer weiß denn sowas?
as Self
2015
Meister des Todes
as Moritz Hollstein
2015
Lucky Child
as Hans Scholz
2014
Landauer
as Sigi Hermann
2014
Male Mistakes
as Georg Trautmann
2014
Wildwechsel
as Christoph
2014
Helen Dorn
as Hans Thomsen
2014
Sarah Kohr
as Anton Mehringer
2014
Die Zeit mit Euch
as Heiko Hartung
2014
Hafen der Düfte
as Peter Philips
2013
Seegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kluftinger
2013
The Little Ghost
as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle
2013
Die Aufnahmeprüfung
as Ferdinand Meissner
2012
Clarissas Geheimnis
as Konstantin
2012
Move
as Dinas Vater
2012
Mittlere Reife
as Oliver Seifert
2012
The Guardians
as Henri Brietner
2012
Homecoming
as Bürgermeister
2012
Milchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
as Kommisar Kluftinger
2012
Komm, schöner Tod
as Jens Kurzhals
2012
In Darkness
as Ignacy Chiger
2011
Hotel Desire
as Hotel Manager
2011
Pilgerfahrt nach Padua
as Benno Fischer
2011
Flesh and Blood
as Bogdan
2011
Arschkalt
as Rainer Berg
2011
Marco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis
as Ralf Weiss
2011
Schandmal – Der Tote im Berg
as Walter Aschauer
2011
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis
as Kurt Korbach
2011
Bon Appétit
as Thomas
2010
Eichmanns Ende
as Adolf Eichmann
2010
Jerry Cotton
as Mr. High
2010
Sisi
as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)
2009
Beyond the Wall
as Frank Pramann
2009
Erntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi
as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
2009
This Is Love
as Dominik
2009
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
as Dr. Franz Reinhard
2009
Der Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno
as Matthias Lettenbichler
2009
Mogadischu
as Ulrich Wegener
2008
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
as Erzengel Michael
2008
Augenzeugin
as Alexander Kant
2008
Späte Aussicht
as Peter Frei
2007
Special Escort
as Giselher
2007
Day of Disaster
as Martin Feldmann
2007
You're Not Alone
as Kurt Wellinek
2007
Inas Nacht
as Self
2007
Fürchte dich nicht
as Ralf Bischof
2007
15 Minuten Wahrheit
as Georg Komann
2007
In the Name of Love
as Herr Novak
2006
Crusade in Jeans
as Carlo Bennatti
2006
Kommissar Stolberg
as Carl Reese
2006
Der Untergang der Pamir
as Ludwig Lewerenz
2006
The Lives of Others
as Gregor Hessenstein
2006
The Elementary Particles
as Sollers
2006
Margarete Steiff
as Vater Steiff
2005
Mein Vater, seine Neue und ich
as Paul
2005
Kanzleramt
as Regierungssprecher
2005
Rock Crystal
as Paul
2004
Der letzte Flug
as Hauptmann Kant
2004
Agnes and His Brothers
as Werner Tschirner
2004
Anatomy 2
as Professor Müller-LaRousse
2003
Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich
as Sven Maiwald
2003
Hamlet_X
as Laertes
2003
Der Aufstand
as Rudolf Herrnstadt
2003
Kommissarin Lucas
as Klaus Merdinger
2003
Angst
as Wolfgang
2003
Distant Lights
as Klaus
2003
Ganz und gar
as Manfred
2003
August der Glückliche
as Grabowski
2002
Under Suspicion
as Georg Zechner
2002
Therapie und Praxis
as Bernhard Meier
2002
Anna's Summer
as Max Feldmann
2001
Entscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder
as Jan Meinert
2001
Nuremberg
as Albert Speer
2000
Gefährliche Träume - Das Geheimnis einer Frau
as Leonard Cass
2000
Marlene
as Rudolf Sieber
2000
Ordinary Decent Criminal
as De Heer
2000
A Good Opportunity
as Lorenz Kellermann
1999
Framed
as Un infirmier
1999
Südsee, eigene Insel
as Albert
1999
Die Braut
as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1999
Jimmy the Kid
as Dortmunder
1999
Fever
as Doermer
1998
Ein Herz für Kinder
as Self
1998
Run Lola Run
as Father
1998
Der letzte Zeuge
as Alex Leidhoff
1998
Der letzte Zeuge
as Karl Kromberg
1998
Blind Date - Flirt mit Folgen
as Markus
1998
Leute heute
as Self
1997
Die Musterknaben
as Kamphausen
1997
Kriegsbilder
as Jan Loy
1996
Irren ist männlich
as Thomas
1996
The Writing on the Wall
as Lopahkin
1996
Zimmer frei!
as Self
1996
Brother of Sleep
as Cantor Goller
1995
Berlin, 10:46
as Claus
1994
The Invincibles
as Karl Simon
1994
Doppelter Einsatz
as Klaus Brandstein
1994
Alles außer Mord
as Alexander Mehring
1994
Bella Block
as Pfarrer Daniel
1993
DAS!
as Self
1991
Waller's Last Trip
as Waller (jung)
1989
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
Kölner Treff
as Self
1976
Polizeiruf 110
as Prof. Henner Gottsched
1971
Polizeiruf 110
as Hermann Denninger
1971
Scene of the Crime
as Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler
1970
Scene of the Crime
as Andreas Franke
1970
Scene of the Crime
as Günther Kowatsch
1970