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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. László 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.

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From Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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2025 The Gallerist

2025 The Entertainment System Is Down

2025 Break Director

2025 Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

2025 The Collaboration as Bruno Bischofberger

2025 Eden as Heinz Wittmer

2024 Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia as Roland Gumpert

2023 The Movie Teller as Hauser

2023 Daniel Brühl: Breaking Bad as Self - Actor

2022 Making All Quiet on the Western Front as Self

2022 All Quiet on the Western Front as Matthias Erzberger Executive Producer

2021 The King's Man as Erik Jan Hanussen

2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Helmut Zemo (archive footage)

2021 Next Door as Daniel Idea, Director, Producer

2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Baron Helmut Zemo

2019 My Zoe as Dr. Thomas Fischer Executive Producer

2018 7 Days in Entebbe as Wilfried Böse

2018 The Cloverfield Paradox as Schmidt

2017 The Zookeeper's Wife as Lutz Heck

2016 Killing for Love as Jens Söring (voice)

2016 Daniel Brühl - Mein Barcelona as Self

2016 Captain America: Civil War as Zemo

2016 Alone in Berlin as Escherich

2015 Burnt as Tony

2015 Me and Kaminski as Sebastian Zöllner

2015 Colonia as Daniel

2015 Woman in Gold as Hubertus Czernin

2014 Barcelona, la rosa de foc as narrator (German)

2014 The Face of an Angel as Thomas Lang

2014 A Most Wanted Man as Maximilian

2013 The Fifth Estate as Daniel Domscheit-Berg

2013 Rush as Niki Lauda

2012 Winning Streak as Iván Pelayo

2012 7 Days in Havana as Leonardo (segment "La tentación de Cecilia")

2012 2 Days in New York as The Oak Fairy

2012 All Together as Dirk

2011 EVA as Alex

2011 Intruders as Father Antonio

2011 Lessons of a Dream as Konrad Koch

2010 The Coming Days as Hans Krämer

2010 King's Road as Rupert

2009 Dinosaurs – You Look Ancient Compared to Us! as Tobias Hardmann

2009 My Words, My Lies - My Love as David Kern

2009 Stolz der Nation as Pvt Fredrick Zoller

2009 Inglourious Basterds as Fredrick Zoller

2009 John Rabe as Dr. Rosen

2009 The Countess as István Thurzó

2008 Krabat as Tonda

2008 A Tram in SP as Marcos

2008 In Tranzit as Klaus

2007 The Bourne Ultimatum as Martin Kreutz

2007 2 Days in Paris as Lucas

2006 A Friend of Mine as Karl

2006 Salvador (Puig Antich) as Salvador Puig Antich

2006 Cargo as Chris

2005 Joyeux Noel as Horstmayer

2004 Der letzte Flug as Unteroffizier Barthel

2004 Ladies in Lavender as Andrea

2004 The Edukators as Jan

2004 Farland as Frank

2004 Love in Thoughts as Paul Krantz

2003 Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt as Schnubbi

2003 Good Bye, Lenin! as Alex

2002 Vaya con Dios as Arbo

2002 Elephant Heart as Marko Stemper

2001 The White Sound as Lukas

2001 No Regrets as Daniel

2001 Honolulu as Marek

2001 Eine öffentliche Affäre

2001 Ein mörderischer Plan as Reini Pfaff

2000 No More School as Markus Baasweiler

2000 Stundenhotel

2000 A Handful of Grass as Bernd

2000 Deeply as Jay

1999 Paradise Mall as Checo

1999 Hin und weg as David

1998 Blutiger Ernst as Reinhold Gerwander

1996 Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten as Nikolas Koll

1995 Svens Geheimnis

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6.99 War 9

6.91 History 9

6.89 Action 7

6.55 Mystery 3

6.25 Thriller 14

6.22 Science Fiction 5

6.15 Drama 51

6.12 Comedy 15

5.96 Romance 9

5.73 Horror 4

5.69 Fantasy 2

5.16 Documentary 5

4.59 Crime 5

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