
Christian Friedel
Acting
Biography
Christian Friedel was born on March 9, 1979 in Magdeburg, East Germany [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He is an actor and music artist, known for The Zone of Interest (2023), Babylon Berlin (2017), and The White Lotus (2025).
Born: March 9, 1979
Place of Birth: Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic [now Germany]
Known For

Babylon Berlin
Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gereon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.

The White Lotus
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.

The White Ribbon
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

Kafka
The story of Franz Kafka's life from different perspectives. Presenting his difficult relationship with his domineering father Hermann, his deep friendship with Max Brod and his various love affairs.

The Zone of Interest
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

Chicken with Plums
Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.

Mit Eichenlaub und Feigenblatt
A young man named Jürgen joins the military. As much as he tries to make a heroic career as a soldier in a rearmed West Germany, he fails utterly and ends up in a bizarre sanatorium.

Perfume
When a singer is found murdered, with her scent glands excised from her body, detectives probe a group of friends who attended boarding school with her.

13 Minutes
The breathtaking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. In 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, radical Georg Elser — disparaged as an assassin — is one of the greatest resistance fighters.

Amour Fou
Heinrich wishes to conquer death through love, and when he meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance, she expresses interest in a suicide pact when she learns she has a terminal illness.
Filmography
as (voice)
as Franz Werfel
as Harry Mangold
as Rudolf Höss
as King of Portugal
as Fabian
as Jürgen von Mierendorff
as Curator
as Dr. Wolfgang Teuter
as Daniel 'Zahnlos' Sluiter
as Reinhold Gräf
as Günter Ernst
as Adi Dassler
as Georg Elser
as Manfred Wolf
as Heinrich
as Albert
as Max
as Andrej
as Cyrus, 22 ans
as The School Teacher
as Self
as Max Schwarz
as Jürgen von Mierendorff
as Beaty