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Herbert Knaup
Acting
Born: March 23, 1956
Sonthofen, Germany
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.
Known For

Hotel Desire
as Hotel Manager

The Lives of Others
as Gregor Hessenstein

Run Lola Run
as Father

Ordinary Decent Criminal
as De Heer

The Elementary Particles
as Sollers

The Guardians
as Henri Brietner

Anatomy 2
as Professor Müller-LaRousse

The Little Ghost
as Uhrmachermeister Zifferle

In Darkness
as Ignacy Chiger

Distant Lights
as Klaus