Biography
Daniel César Martín Brühl González (German: [ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈbʁyːl, -ni̯ɛl -]; Spanish: [daˈnjel ˈbɾul ɡonˈθaleθ]; born 16 June 1978) is a German-Spanish actor. He has received various accolades, including three European Film Awards and three German Film Awards, along with nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA Award. He received his first German Film Award for Best Actor for his roles in Das Weisse Rauschen (2001), Nichts Bereuen (2001), and Vaya con Dios (2002). His starring role in t...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Karl - Der Mann hinter der Maske
2025

Eden
2025
as Heinz Wittmer
A group of people is fueled by a profound desire for change. In order to turn their back to society they leave everything behind and set their futures...

Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia
2024
as Roland Gumpert
Inspired by true events that occurred during the fierce rivalry between Germany (Audi) and Italy (Lancia) at the 1983 Rally World Championships.

The Movie Teller
2023
as Hauser
María Margarita is the youngest of four siblings in a family living in a mining town in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The most special time of the week ...

Daniel Brühl: Breaking Bad
2023
as Self - Actor
A portrait of the Spanish-German actor Daniel Brühl, a versatile performer capable of moving easily from the gentlest to the darkest role.

Making All Quiet on the Western Front
2022
as Self
Go behind the scenes of Edward Berger’s WWI epic and see how the cast and crew crafted its amazing authenticity — from the sets to the SFX prosthetics...

All Quiet on the Western Front
2022
as Matthias Erzberger
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and p...

All Quiet on the Western Front
2022
Executive Producer
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and p...

The King's Man
2021
as Erik Jan Hanussen
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop ...

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as Helmut Zemo (archive footage)
Explore the Disney+ series of the MCU—past, present and future!

Next Door
2021
as Daniel
Berlin, the Prenzlauer Berg district. Daniel is a movie star accustomed to success. His loft apartment is stylish and so is his wife, and the nanny ha...

Next Door
2021
Idea, Director, Producer
Berlin, the Prenzlauer Berg district. Daniel is a movie star accustomed to success. His loft apartment is stylish and so is his wife, and the nanny ha...

My Zoe
2019
as Dr. Thomas Fischer
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to h...

My Zoe
2019
Executive Producer
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to h...

7 Days in Entebbe
2018
as Wilfried Böse
In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers ...

The Cloverfield Paradox
2018
as Schmidt
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.

The Zookeeper's Wife
2017
as Lutz Heck
The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.

Killing for Love
2016
as Jens Söring (voice)
Derek and Nancy Haysom were brutally murdered in their house in Lynchburg, Virginia, on March 30, 1985. Suspicion fell on their daughter Elizabeth and...

Daniel Brühl - Mein Barcelona
2016
as Self

Captain America: Civil War
2016
as Zemo
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarize...

Alone in Berlin
2016
as Escherich
Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with...

Woman in Gold
2015

Burnt
2015
as Tony
Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearh...

Me and Kaminski
2015
as Sebastian Zöllner
Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on h...

Colonia
2015
as Daniel
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

Woman in Gold
2015
as Hubertus Czernin
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis ...

Barcelona, la rosa de foc
2014
as narrator (German)
The many faces of Barcelona are portrayed in this documentary, shot in a false sequence shot that goes across the streets, squares, markets and bars o...

The Face of an Angel
2014
as Thomas Lang
Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.

A Most Wanted Man
2014
as Maximilian
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential ter...

The Fifth Estate
2013
as Daniel Domscheit-Berg
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the ...

Rush
2013
as Niki Lauda
In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.

Winning Streak
2012
as Iván Pelayo
Winning Streak is the astonishing story of a group of young down-and-outs who are presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; to change their luc...

7 Days in Havana
2012
as Leonardo (segment "La tentación de Cecilia")
A lesbian, an aspiring actor, an aspiring singer, a low-class marriage, a neighborhood community and 2 renowned directors have memorable less-than-24-...

2 Days in New York
2012
as The Oak Fairy
Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tens...

All Together
2012
as Dirk
Five old friends decide to move in together as an alternative to living in a retirement home. Joining them is an ethnology student whose thesis is on ...

EVA
2011
as Alex
In 2041, humans live side-by-side with robots and androids. A well-known cybernetic engineer, Alex Garel, returns to his hometown to create a new mode...

Intruders
2011
as Father Antonio
Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into th...

Lessons of a Dream
2011
as Konrad Koch
An English teacher brings soccer to a German school in the 19th Century.

The Coming Days
2010
as Hans Krämer
Welcome to 2020: The European Union has collapsed following the fourth Gulf War and massive barricades keep illegal immigrants out of cities that are ...

King's Road
2010
as Rupert
After 3 years abroad Junior returns to Iceland with his set of problems hoping that his father can sort them out but his homecoming isn't quite what h...

Dinosaurs – You Look Ancient Compared to Us!
2009
as Tobias Hardmann
When 13-year-old school misfit Florian stumbles upon a mysterious meteorite, his life takes an unexpected turn. Suddenly, he finds himself aging rapid...

My Words, My Lies - My Love
2009
as David Kern
David, a waiter, finds an unpublished manuscript in a dresser drawer. To impress a girl, he claims to be the author. When the novel becomes a best-sel...

Stolz der Nation
2009
as Pvt Fredrick Zoller
Director Quentin Tarantino tasked Eli Roth to craft a mini-movie called Stolz der Nation (Nation's Pride) that will be included in the theatrical cut ...

Inglourious Basterds
2009
as Fredrick Zoller
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throug...

John Rabe
2009
as Dr. Rosen
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

The Countess
2009
as István Thurzó
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a young...

Krabat
2008
as Tonda
A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is...

A Tram in SP
2008
as Marcos
In a small town in the Basque country, Lucas and Maria are an elderly brother and sister. They share a house with their memories and the ghosts of the...

In Tranzit
2008
as Klaus
Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female guards. To weed out the guilty, the innocent must ...

The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
as Martin Kreutz
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a...

2 Days in Paris
2007
as Lucas
Marion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents — and several of her ex-boyfriends.

A Friend of Mine
2006
as Karl
An introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.

Salvador (Puig Antich)
2006
as Salvador Puig Antich
The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.

Cargo
2006
as Chris
A young backpacker gets into some trouble in Africa and stows away on a cargo ship heading to Europe.

Joyeux Noel
2005
as Horstmayer
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispu...
Der letzte Flug
2004
as Unteroffizier Barthel

Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Andrea
Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover ...

The Edukators
2004
as Jan
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

Farland
2004
as Frank
Axel and Karla are an ill-matched couple in a borderline situation. The two meet in the hospital. Axel is keeping watch at his son′s bedside and Karla...

Love in Thoughts
2004
as Paul Krantz
A posthumous look at the last days of Guenther's life as he, his best friend, and his sister let loose on a four-day binge of alcohol, drugs, and sex.

Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt
2003
as Schnubbi
The story of a group of contemporary young people, growing up in well-to-do small-town

Good Bye, Lenin!
2003
as Alex
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an av...

Vaya con Dios
2002
as Arbo
Three monks are making their way from Germany to a monastry in Italy, because they cannot afford the rent for their facility any longer.

Elephant Heart
2002
as Marko Stemper
Marko Stemper, 19 years old, comes from a disadvantaged background and works as a window cleaner. His father, an alcoholic, tyrannizes the whole famil...

The White Sound
2001
as Lukas
Lukas, a young schizophrenic man, has to deal with a new town, a new relationship, and the paranoia in his head.

No Regrets
2001
as Daniel
This teenage drama deals with the emotional chaos of a high school graduate at the beginning of a new period of his life. 19-year-old Daniel is frustr...

Honolulu
2001
as Marek
Produced and directed by seven Munich Film School students, Honolulu takes place not in Hawaii, but inside of a rural town just outside of Munich, Ger...
Eine öffentliche Affäre
2001

Ein mörderischer Plan
2001
as Reini Pfaff
Psychologist Luisa, unable to heal herself, retreats to an East Frisian island for peace, only to encounter her former love Robert and be drawn into a...

No More School
2000
as Markus Baasweiler
The last three weeks of school life have begun: After the Abitur, Germany's leaving certificate, the friends and schoolmates of Gymnasium Kerkheim (Ke...

Stundenhotel
2000

A Handful of Grass
2000
as Bernd
Opening in remote Kurdistan, Eine Hand Voll Gras introduces us to the impoverished family of 10-year-old Kendal (Arman Inci). In desperate need for ca...

Deeply
2000
as Jay
On Ironbound Island, native Fiona McKay arrives from Europe with her teenage daughter Clair, hoping that the peace of the island will help the girl ge...

Paradise Mall
1999
as Checo

Hin und weg
1999
as David
Blutiger Ernst
1998
as Reinhold Gerwander

Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten
1996
as Nikolas Koll
Nikolas, a boy sexually abused by his father, and Eva, a girl physically abused by her mother, make a pact to kill each other's nemesis after getting ...
Svens Geheimnis
1995
Sven is a twelve year old pocket-picker and works for Jens, boss of his gang in school. Teacher Vera Loewe becomes one of his victims. When she realiz...

The Collaboration
N/A
as Bruno Bischofberger
A look into the unique and rich friendship between pop art legend Andy Warhol and neo-expressionist icon Jean-Michel Basquiat, exploring their extraor...
Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
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All his life, Michael Hartung, owner of a hopelessly debt-ridden video store, has bet on the wrong horse. When an ambitious journalist confronts him w...

The Entertainment System Is Down
N/A
Set on a long-haul flight where the entertainment systems fail, an eclectic group of international passengers are forced to face the horror of being b...
The Gallerist
N/A
A desperate gallerist conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.
Break
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Director
Follows the German tennis champion Gottfried von Cramm who found himself in the crosshairs of the Nazi regime as his sporting star rose in the 1930s.