{{Short description|German actor and voice actor (born 1954)}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person |name=Rainer Bock |image=MJK 70391 Rainer Bock (Freud, Berlinale 2020).jpg |caption=Bock in 2020 |birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|7|31}} |birth_place=Kiel, West Germany |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Actor |years_active = 1982–present }}
'''Rainer Bock''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʁaɪnɐ ˈbɔk}}; born 31 July 1954) is a German actor and voice actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is best known for portraying Werner Ziegler in the fourth season of the AMC television series ''Better Call Saul''.
==Early life and education== Bock was born in Kiel, Germany.<ref>[http://www.bayerischesstaatsschauspiel.de/personen/personen.php?cat=show&id=17 Rainer Bock] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718201655/http://www.bayerischesstaatsschauspiel.de/personen/personen.php?cat=show&id=17 |date=2011-07-18 }} at the Bavarian State Theatre</ref> After graduating from school, he ran a café in his hometown, where there was also a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private drama school in Kiel, Bock made his debut in 1982 as a theatre actor on the stages of Kiel.
==Career== He had already worked as a stage actor for about 25 years, beginning in 1982, in Kiel, at the National Theatre Mannheim, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, and at the Bavarian State Theatre in Munich, before his film work increased by the end of the 2000s. In 2011, four films in which he acted were presented at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.
Bock appeared in internationally known films directed by Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and Michael Haneke, and played minor roles in the TV shows ''Homeland'', ''Better Call Saul'', and ''SS-GB''.
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1998 | ''Die Healthy'' | Christoph Wimmer | |- | 2000 | ''Now or Never'' | Makowski | |- | 2003 | ''Getting a Life'' | | |- | 2008 | ''A Year Ago in Winter'' | Richard 'Ritschy' Peters | |- | 2009 | ''Inglourious Basterds'' | General Schonherr | |- | 2009 | ''The White Ribbon'' | The Doctor | |- | 2010 | ''Picco'' | Herr Reinhard | |- | 2010 | ''In the Shadows'' | Nico | |- | 2011 | ''My Best Enemy'' | SS-Hauptsturmführer Rauter | |- | 2011 | ''Unknown'' | Herr Strauss | |- | 2011 | ''If Not Us, Who?'' | Defense lawyer | |- | 2011 | ''Tabu: The Soul Is a Stranger on Earth'' | Prof. Albert Brückner | |- | 2011 | ''War Horse'' | Brandt | |- | 2012 | ''Barbara'' | Klaus Schütz | |- | 2012 | ''Russian Disco'' | Herr Kaminer | |- | 2012 | ''Guardians'' | Karl Falkner | |- | 2012 | ''Passion'' | Inspector Bach | |- | 2012 | ''Two Lives'' | Hugo | |- | 2013 | ''Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters'' | Mayor Engleman | |- | 2013 | ''Tracks'' | Kurt | |- | 2013 | ''The Book Thief'' | Bürgermeister Hermann | |- | 2013 | ''Run Boy Run'' | SS-Officer | |- | 2014 | ''A Most Wanted Man'' | Dieter Mohr | |- | 2014 | ''Stereo'' | Wolfgang | |- | 2014 | ''Dessau Dancers'' | Hartmann Dietz | |- | 2014 | ''The Chosen Ones'' | Helmut Hoffmann | TV film |- | 2015 | ''Naked Among Wolves'' | Alois Schwahl | TV film |- | 2016 | ''{{Ill|Scrappin'|de|Schrotten!}}'' | Herr Seifert | |- | 2016 | ''The Most Beautiful Day'' | Dr. Wüst | |- | 2016 | ''{{ill|The Verdict (2016 film)|de|Terror – Ihr Urteil|lt=The Verdict}}'' | Oberstleutnant Lauterbach |TV film |- | 2017 | ''Einsamkeit und Sex und Mitleid'' | Robert / Father | |- | 2017 | ''Wonder Woman'' | Paul Von Hindenburg | |- | 2017 | ''Luna'' | Behringer | |- | 2017 | ''Die Anfängerin'' | Rolf Buschhaus | |- | 2017 | ''{{Ill|Godless Youth|de|Jugend ohne Gott (2017)}}'' | Trainer | |- | 2017 | ''Arthur & Claire'' | Dr. Sebastian Hofer | |- | 2018 | ''Never Look Away'' | Dr. Burghart Kroll | |- | 2018 | ''Atlas'' | Walter Scholl | |- | 2019 | ''Rate Your Date'' | Bruno | |- | 2019 | ''The Collini Case'' | Dr. Reimers | |- |2020 |''Exile'' | | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2014 | ''1864'' | Otto von Bismarck | 6 episodes |- | 2015 | ''Homeland'' | BND Officer Keller | Episode: "Better Call Saul" |- | 2016 | ''Winnetou'' | James Bancroft | 2 episodes |- | 2017 | ''SS-GB'' | Fritz Kellermann | 5 episodes |- | 2018 | ''Better Call Saul'' | Werner Ziegler | 6 episodes Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series |- | 2018 | ''Das Boot'' | Gluck | 8 episodes |- |}
== Audiobooks == * 2006: Agatha Christie: ''Die Morde des Herrn ABC'' (Hercule Poirot), publisher: Der Hörverlag, {{ISBN|978-3-89940-789-1}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|90674}} *[http://www.synchronkartei.de/index.php5?action=show&type=talker&id=4416 Rainer Bock] at the German Dubbing Card Index
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