Who is Rainer Bock? SS-GB actor who plays Fritz Kellerman and Inglorious Basterds and War Horse star – all you need to know
GERMAN actor Rainer BocK is no stranger to playing Nazi soldiers and now he has taken on the role once again in new World War Two thriller SS-GB.
Rainer plays Nazi officer Fritz Kellerman in the new BBC drama which imagines a dystopian UK under the rule of Nazi Germany.
The drama also stars Kate Bosworth, , Maeve Dermody and and started on Sunday February 19.
Rainer has gone from a lengthy stage career his native Germany to starring in international films and TV shows.
Here's everything we know about the German actor.
How old is Rainer Bock and what films has he starred in?
Rainer, 62, was born on July 31, 1954 in Kiel, Germany.
Since 1981, he has worked as a stage actor at the National Theatre Mannheim, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, and at the Bavarian State Theatre in Munich.
His film career kicked off around 2009 when he landed the role of General Schonherr in Inglorious Basterds.
Rainer then went on to land roles in War Horse (2011), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) and TV series Homeland (2015).
Who does Rainer Bock play in SS-GB?
Rainer plays Fritz Kellerman who is a high ranking Nazi officer who is now chief of the police in London.
The TV series imagines what the United Kingdom would be like had the allied forces of World War II failed and the Nazi’s controlled London.
The series is based on the Len Deighton novel of the same name – in which Douglas Archer is a British detective who becomes embroiled in a Resistance movement after investigating a homicide.
Speaking about his role, he told Bradford Zone: "He loves the English way of life: tea time, whiskey, tweed suits and – one of his main interests – fishing. But he can be hard and brutal.
"This is not the first time I’ve played a Nazi – that is a German actor’s positive dilemma in international productions. But I always try to find the human side of those characters and not to jump into the stereotype trap."
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