
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/31/1954
Place of Birth
Kiel, Germany
Rainer Bock
Biography
After graduating from high school, Rainer Bock ran a café in his hometown, which also had a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private acting school in Kiel, he made his debut as a theater actor on the stages of the state capital of Kiel in 1982. He came to Heidelberg and the National Theater Mannheim via the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. From 1995 to 2001 he had an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Until 2011 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Bock often appears in supporting roles, including his initially rare appearances in film and television. T...
Known For

Inglourious Basterds
as General Schonherr

Wonder Woman
as Von Hindenberg

Käthe Kruse
as Oscar Tietz

The Guardians
as Karl Falkner

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
as Mayor Engleman

Unknown
as Herr Strauss

Arthur & Claire
as Dr. Sebastian Hofer

War Horse
as Brandt

Lara
as Paul

Barbara
as Klaus Schütz

Open the Wall
as Peter Arndt

Passion
as Inspector Bach

The Calendar Killer
as HC

The Book Thief
as Bürgermeister Hermann

MuM Calls It Quits
as Dr. Rudi Lutz

Dessau Dancers
as Hartmann Dietz

Exile
as Urs

Naked Among Wolves
as Alois Schwahl

The Collini Case
as Staatsanwalt Dr. Reimers

The Investigation
as Richter
Career Timeline
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Winnetou - A New World
as James Bancroft
Solo für Weiss
as Rainer Weiss
The Verdict
as Zeuge Lauterbach
Scrappin'
as Herr Seifert
The Most Beautiful Day
as Dr. Wüst
Hunters in the Night
as Claus Rohmüller
Fatal News
as Attorney General Hasse
Operation Zucker - Jagdgesellschaft
as Staatsanwalt Mack
Kaltfront
as Erik
The Blue Mauritius
as Detektiv Kirschenbaum
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
War Horse
as Brandt
Homeland
as BND Officer Keller
Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden
as Prof. Albert Brückner
Dreileben: Beats Being Dead
as Dr. Dreier
If Not Us, Who?
as Verteidiger
Unknown
as Herr Strauss
My Best Enemy
as SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter
Picco
as Mr. Reinhard