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 the German film Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) received widespread recognition and critical acclaim, and garnered him the European Film Award for Best Actor and another German Film Award for Best Actor. He was introduced to mainstream international audiences through his breakthrough performance as Fredrick Zoller, a Nazi German war hero in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009), and appearances in films like The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Fifth Estate (2013), and A Most Wanted Man (2014). Brühl received widespread critical acclaim and further recognition for his portrayal of former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda in the biographical film Rush (2013), for which he earned nominations including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Critic's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Brühl portrays Helmut Zemo in Captain America: Civil War (2016) and the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). He also starred as Dr. Laszlo Kreizler in the Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated period drama television series The Alienist (2018–2020), for which he earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award as Best Actor in a Television Motion Picture at the 76th Golden Globe Awards in 2018. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Brühl, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026Break — Director, Producer
• City of Blood — Executive Producer
• 2026The Gallerist
• 2025Berlin Hero — Alex Allonge
• 2025Eden — Heinz
• Becoming Karl Lagerfeld — Karl Lagerfeld
• 2024Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia — Roland Gumpert
• The Franchise — Eric Bouchard
• 2023The Movie Teller — Hauser
• 2022All Quiet on the Western Front — Matthias Erzberger, Executive Producer
• Marvel Studios Legends — Helmut Zemo / Baron Zemo (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special — Helmut Zemo (archive footage)
• 2021Next Door — Daniel, Idea, Director, Producer
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier — Baron Zemo
• 2021The King's Man — Erik Jan Hanussen
• 2019My Zoe — Dr. Thomas Fischer, Executive Producer
• 20187 Days in Entebbe — Wilfried Böse
• The Alienist — Laszlo Kreizler
• 2018The Cloverfield Paradox — Schmidt
• 2017The Zookeeper's Wife — Lutz Heck
• 2016Alone in Berlin — Escherich
• 2016Captain America: Civil War — Zemo
• 2016Colonia — Daniel
• 2016Killing for Love — Jens Söring (voice)
• 2015Burnt — Tony
• 2015Me and Kaminski — Sebastian Zöllner
• 2015Woman in Gold — Hubertus Czernin
• 2014A Most Wanted Man — Maximilian
• 2014Barcelona, la rosa de foc — narrator (German)
• 2014The Face of an Angel — Thomas Lang
• 2013Rush — Niki Lauda
• 2013The Fifth Estate — Daniel Domscheit-Berg
• 20122 Days in New York — The Oak Fairy
• 20127 Days in Havana — Leonardo (segment "La tentación de Cecilia")
• 2012All Together — Dirk
• 2012Winning Streak — Iván
• 2011EVA — Alex Garel
• 2011Intruders — Father Antonio
• 2011Lessons of a Dream — Konrad Koch
• 2010King's Road — Rupert
• 2010The Coming Days — Hans Krämer
• 2009Dinosaurier - Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus! — Tobias Hardmann
• 2009Inglourious Basterds — Fredrick Zoller
• 2009John Rabe — Dr. Rosen
• 2009My Words, My Lies - My Love — David Kern
• 2009Stolz der Nation — Pvt Fredrick Zoller
• 2009The Countess — István Thurzó
• 2008A Tram in SP — Marcos
• 2008In Tranzit — Klaus
• 2008Krabat — Tonda
• 20072 Days in Paris — Lucas
• 2007The Bourne Ultimatum — Martin Kreutz
• 2006A Friend of Mine — Karl
• 2006Cargo — Chris
• 2006Salvador (Puig Antich) — Salvador Puig Antich
• 2005Joyeux Noel — Horstmayer
• 2004Der letzte Flug — Unteroffizier Barthel
• 2004Farland — Frank
• 2004Ladies in Lavender — Andrea
• 2004Love in Thoughts — Paul Krantz
• 2004The Edukators — Jan
• 2003Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt — Schnubbi
• 2003Good Bye, Lenin! — Alex
• 2002Elephant Heart — Marko Stemper
• 2002Vaya con Dios — Arbo
• 2001Ein mörderischer Plan — Reini Pfaff
• 2001Eine öffentliche Affäre
• 2001Honolulu — Marek
• 2001No Regrets — Daniel
• 2001The White Sound — Lukas Delius
• 2000A Handful of Grass — Bernd
• 2000Deeply — Jay
• 2000No More School — Markus Baasweiler
• 2000Stundenhotel
• 1999Hin und weg — David
• 1999Paradise Mall — Checo
• Sturmzeit — Chris Rathenberg
• 1998Blutiger Ernst — Reinhold Gerwander
• 1996Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten — Nikolas Koll
• 1995Svens Geheimnis
• SOKO München — Knut
• Polizeiruf 110 — Robert Voigt
• Scene of the Crime — Achim
• Break — Director
• Legacy of Spies — Josef Fiedler
• Porto Rico
• The Boys from Brazil — Von Harteneck
• The Collaboration — Bruno Bischofberger
• The Entertainment System Is Down

Appearances as themselves (22)

• 2025Karl - Der Mann hinter der Maske — Self
• 2023Daniel Brühl: Breaking Bad — Self - Actor
• 2022Making All Quiet on the Western Front — Self
• Marvel Studios Assembled — Self - Baron Zemo
• Frank Elstner: Wetten, das war's..? — Self - Guest
• 2016Daniel Brühl - Mein Barcelona — Self
• Stadt, Rad, Hund — Self
• Im Leben von … — Self
• Beckmann — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• Tietjen und Bommes — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• Morgenmagazin — Self
• DAS! — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Bavarian Film Awards — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• Kölner Treff — Self
• German Film Award — Self
• Bambi — Self
• Lauda — Self
• Ruben — Self