Acting · Sonthofen, Germany · Born March 23, 1956
Herbert Knaup is a German film and television actor. He is perhaps best-known to international audiences for his supporting roles in Run Lola Run and The Lives of Others. Longtime companion of actress Natalia Wörner until 2001. Supports the SOS Children's Villages. Started a career as musician with his two nephews in their band "Neffen und Knaup" (Nephews and Knaup) (2007). Founding member of the German Screen Actors Guild. After graduating from the Otto Falckenberg School, the Academy of Performing Arts in Munich, he made his stage debut in 1978.
Movie23 000 Lives
2026
as Dr. Norbert Dehler
MovieAnna und ihr Untermieter - Volles Haus
2026
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
Schwarze Schafe - Die Serie
2025
MovieAnna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter
2025
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
MovieHerbert (un)verbesserlich
2024
as Herbert Knaup
MovieDer Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
2024
as Frank Becker
TVJokah & Tutty
2023
as Galvin der Weise
TVHotel Barcelona
2023
as Viktor Hansen
MovieJust Something Nice
2022
as Robert
MovieDear Kurt
2022
as Mahlow
MovieThe Salvation Of The World As We Know It
2021
as Stetter
TVBlackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
2021
as Reinhard Severin
TVDa is’ ja nix
2020
as Dr. Bruns
MovieStenzels Bescherung
2019
as Volkmar Stenzel
MovieHubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung
2018
as Franz Hübner
MovieEine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
2018
as Oliver Wackernagel
MovieCrossroads
2018
as Heiner Witt
MovieDie Auferstehung
2018
as Fred
TVDie Puppenspieler
2017
as Jakob Fugger
MovieEin Sommer im Allgäu
2017
as Hans
MovieToter Winkel
2017
as Karl Holzer
MovieZwei Tänzer für Isolde
2017
as Hans
MovieSchutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2016
as Kluftinger
MovieHerzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2016
as Kluftinger
MovieThe Last Pig
2016
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDer Bankraub
2016
as von Kamphausen
MovieDas beste Stück vom Braten
2016
as Harry Dumont
Movie600 PS für zwei
2015
as Lorenz Hoffmann
TVDie Kanzlei
2015
as Markus Gellert
TVWer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
MovieMeister des Todes
2015
as Moritz Hollstein
MovieLucky Child
2014
as Hans Scholz
MovieLandauer
2014
as Sigi Hermann
MovieMale Mistakes
2014
as Georg Trautmann
MovieWildwechsel
2014
as Christoph
TVHelen Dorn
2014
as Hans Thomsen
TVSarah Kohr
2014
as Anton Mehringer
MovieDie Zeit mit Euch
2014
as Heiko Hartung
MovieHafen der Düfte
2013
as Peter Philips
MovieSeegrund. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2013
as Kluftinger
MovieThe Little Ghost
2013
as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle
MovieDie Aufnahmeprüfung
2012
as Ferdinand Meissner
MovieClarissas Geheimnis
2012
as Konstantin
MovieMove
2012
as Dinas Vater
MovieMittlere Reife
2012
as Oliver Seifert
MovieThe Guardians
2012
as Henri Brietner
MovieHomecoming
2012
as Bürgermeister
MovieMilchgeld. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2012
as Kommisar Kluftinger
MovieKomm, schöner Tod
2012
as Jens Kurzhals
MovieIn Darkness
2011
as Ignacy Chiger
MovieHotel Desire
2011
as Hotel Manager
MoviePilgerfahrt nach Padua
2011
as Benno Fischer
MovieFlesh and Blood
2011
as Bogdan
MovieArschkalt
2011
as Rainer Berg
Hamburg Journal
2011
as self
MovieMarco W. - 247 Tage im türkischen Gefängnis
2011
as Ralf Weiss
MovieSchandmal – Der Tote im Berg
2011
as Walter Aschauer
Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein
2011
as Voss
TVGo West - Freiheit um jeden Preis
2011
as Kurt Korbach
Molly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf
2010
as Hannes Voss
MovieBon Appétit
2010
as Thomas
MovieEichmanns Ende
2010
as Adolf Eichmann
MovieJerry Cotton
2010
as Mr. High
Bergheimat
2009
TVSisi
2009
as duke Max of Bavaria (Sisi's father)
MovieBeyond the Wall
2009
as Frank Pramann
MovieErntedank - Ein Allgäu-Krimi
2009
as Kommissar A. I. Kluftinger
MovieThis Is Love
2009
as Dominik
MovieDer Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
2009
as Dr. Franz Reinhard
Liebe und andere Gefahren
2009
as Thomas 'Tom' Sellier
MovieDer Bär ist los! Die Geschichte von Bruno
2009
as Matthias Lettenbichler
MovieMogadischu
2008
as Ulrich Wegener
MovieDie Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar
2008
as Erzengel Michael
Der große Tom
2008
as Dr. Heinrich Werhahn
MovieAugenzeugin
2008
as Alexander Kant
MovieSpäte Aussicht
2007
as Peter Frei
Nachtlinie
2007
as Self
MovieSpecial Escort
2007
as Giselher
TVDay of Disaster
2007
as Martin Feldmann
MovieYou're Not Alone
2007
as Kurt Wellinek
TVInas Nacht
2007
as Self
MovieFürchte dich nicht
2007
as Ralf Bischof
Movie15 Minuten Wahrheit
2007
as Georg Komann
MovieIn the Name of Love
2006
as Herr Novak
MovieCrusade in Jeans
2006
as Carlo Bennatti
TVKommissar Stolberg
2006
as Carl Reese
MovieDer Untergang der Pamir
2006
as Ludwig Lewerenz
Die Ohrfeige
2006
as Friedrich Gelmini
TVDie große Maus-Show
2006
as Self
MovieThe Lives of Others
2006
as Gregor Hessenstein
MovieThe Elementary Particles
2006
as Sollers
MovieMargarete Steiff
2005
as Vater Steiff
Thadeusz
2005
as self
Der Mörder meines Vaters
2005
as Phillip Koch
MovieMein Vater, seine Neue und ich
2005
as Paul
TVKanzleramt
2005
as Regierungssprecher
MovieRock Crystal
2004
as Paul
MovieDer letzte Flug
2004
as Hauptmann Kant
MovieAgnes and His Brothers
2004
as Werner Tschirner
Der Auftrag
2004
as Debussion
MovieAnatomy 2
2003
as Professor Müller-LaRousse
Annas Heimkehr
2003
as Toni Schweighofer
Der Herr der Wüste
2003
as Richard Bucher
MovieMein erster Freund, Mutter und ich
2003
as Sven Maiwald
Ins Leben zurück
2003
as Martin Lorenz
MovieHamlet_X
2003
as Laertes
MovieDer Aufstand
2003
as Rudolf Herrnstadt
TVKommissarin Lucas
2003
as Klaus Merdinger
MovieAngst
2003
as Wolfgang
MovieDistant Lights
2003
as Klaus
MovieGanz und gar
2003
as Manfred
MovieAugust der Glückliche
2002
as Grabowski
Blond: Eva Blond!
2002
as Richard Vester
TVUnder Suspicion
2002
as Georg Zechner
Harte Brötchen
2002
as Jörg Erdmann
MovieTherapie und Praxis
2002
as Bernhard Meier
Ich bring Dich hinter Gitter
2002
as Schaller
Die Tochter des Kommissars
2001
as Volker Harms
MovieAnna's Summer
2001
as Max Feldmann
Klassentreffen – Mordfall unter Freunden
2001
as Littmann
MovieEntscheidung im Eis - Eine Frau jagt den Mörder
2001
as Jan Meinert
Die Nacht der Engel
2000
as Breiner
TVNuremberg
2000
as Albert Speer
MovieGefährliche Träume - Das Geheimnis einer Frau
2000
as Leonard Cass
MovieMarlene
2000
as Rudolf Sieber
MovieOrdinary Decent Criminal
2000
as De Heer
MovieA Good Opportunity
1999
as Lorenz Kellermann
MovieFramed
1999
as Un infirmier
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
MovieSüdsee, eigene Insel
1999
as Albert
MovieDie Braut
1999
as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
MovieJimmy the Kid
1999
as Dortmunder
MovieFever
1998
as Doermer
TVEin Herz für Kinder
1998
as Self
MovieRun Lola Run
1998
as Father
Zur Zeit zu zweit
1998
as Jan Wolf
T.E.A.M. Berlin
1998
as Robert Berger
TVDer letzte Zeuge
1998
as Karl Kromberg
Die Unbestechliche
1998
as Rolf Clausnitzer
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
MovieBlind Date - Flirt mit Folgen
1998
as Markus
TVLeute heute
1997
as Self
MovieDie Musterknaben
1997
as Kamphausen
Die Friendensmission – 10 Stunden Angst
1997
as Major Weinrich
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
Vergewaltigt - Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen
1997
as Dr. de Winter
Sanfte Morde
1997
as Dr. Plath
Die Gang
1997
as Francis Miller
Silver and Gold
1997
MovieKriegsbilder
1996
as Jan Loy
MovieIrren ist männlich
1996
as Thomas
MovieThe Writing on the Wall
1996
as Lopahkin
TVZimmer frei!
1996
as Self
Mit verbundenen Augen
1995
as Alex Ziegler
MoviePatricias Geheimnis
1995
as Henning
Magic Girl
1995
as Horst Antz
MovieBrother of Sleep
1995
as Cantor Goller
Kinder der Nacht
1995
as David
MovieBerlin, 10:46
1994
as Claus
MovieThe Invincibles
1994
as Karl Simon
TVDoppelter Einsatz
1994
as Klaus Brandstein
TVAlles außer Mord
1994
as Alexander Mehring
Unschuldsengel
1994
as Paul Hansen
Faust
1994
as Uwe Eichmeier
TVBella Block
1993
as Pfarrer Daniel
Die Dirk Bach Show
1992
as Self
TVDAS!
1991
as Self
MovieWaller's Last Trip
1989
as Waller (jung)
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
TVNDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
TVKölner Treff
1976
as Self
TVPolizeiruf 110
1971
as Henner Gottsched
TVScene of the Crime
1970
as Bernhard 'Carlos' von Fiedler
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Roccos Reise
Sarah Kohr - Bis auf den Grund
as Anton Mehringer
