Volker Bruch

Volker Bruch earns my admiration almost entirely on the strength of one performance: Inspector Gereon Rath in Babylon Berlin. Anchoring a sprawling neo-noir set in Weimar-era Berlin demands an actor who can convey trauma and moral fatigue without ever overplaying it, and Bruch carries that haunted stillness beautifully. The 2018 Grimme-Preis, Germany's most respected television honor, confirms what the screen already tells you. Add his international breakout in Generation War, and you have a Munich-born talent who specializes in quiet, weighty roles rather than flashy ones. I am consistently drawn to performers who do their most powerful work in the silences, and Bruch is firmly among them.

Name (English)

Volker Bruch

Name (Japanese)

フォルカー・ブルッフ

Reading

ふぉるかー・ぶるっふ

Born

March 9, 1980 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

Origin

Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor

Awards & achievements

• 2013 Bavarian TV Awards
• 2018 Goldene Kamera
• 2018 Grimme-Preis

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%83%E3%83%95

Tags

• Upper Bavaria
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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