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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RevenueActing
Primarily2025 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 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