Herbert Knaup
Biography
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.
Filmography
23 000 Lives
2026
as Dr. Norbert Dehler
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Volles Haus
2026
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
Anna und ihr Untermieter - Plötzlich Schwiegermutter
2025
as Horst Schulte-Bräucker
Herbert (un)verbesserlich
2024
as Herbert Knaup
Der Geier - Die Tote mit dem falschen Leben
2024
as Frank Becker
Just Something Nice
2022
as Robert
Dear Kurt
2022
as Mahlow
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
2021
as Stetter
Stenzels Bescherung
2019
as Volkmar Stenzel
Hubert und Staller – Eine schöne Bescherung
2018
as Franz Hübner
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
2018
as Oliver Wackernagel
Crossroads
2018
as Heiner Witt
Die Auferstehung
2018
as Fred
Ein Sommer im Allgäu
2017
as Hans
Toter Winkel
2017
as Karl Holzer
Zwei Tänzer für Isolde
2017
as Hans
Schutzpatron. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2016
as Kluftinger
Herzblut. Ein Kluftingerkrimi
2016
as Kluftinger
The Last Pig
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Der Bankraub
2016
as von Kamphausen
Das beste Stück vom Braten
2016
as Harry Dumont
600 PS für zwei
2015
as Lorenz Hoffmann
Meister des Todes
2015
as Moritz Hollstein
Lucky Child
2014
as Hans Scholz