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Christian Friedel (born 9 March 1979) is a German actor and singer. Having acted in a number of German language productions, he is best known internationally as the teacher in Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (2009), as part of the main cast of the Netflix television thriller series Babylon Berlin (2017–present), as Rudolf Höss in the 2023 drama The Zone of Interest, and as Fabian in season three of the anthology series The White Lotus (2025).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | The White Ribbon | Teacher | |
| 2011 | Chicken with Plums | Cyrus | |
| 2012 | Russian Disco | Andrej | |
| Closed Season [de] | Albert | ||
| 2013 | Erbgut | Max | |
| 2014 | Amour Fou | Heinrich von Kleist | |
| 2015 | 13 Minutes | Georg Elser | Nominated – European Film Award for Best ActorNominated – German Film Award for Best Actor |
| 2018 | Angelo | Curator | |
| Glück ist was für Weicheier | Dr. Wolfgang Teuter | ||
| 2021 | Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull | Konic Von Portugal | |
| 2023 | The Zone of Interest | Rudolf Höss | Montclair Film Festival Breakthrough Performer AwardNominated – European Film Award for Best ActorNominated – Astra Film Award for Best International Actor |
| 15 Years | Harry Mangold | Nominated – German Film Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | The Chosen Ones | Manfred Wolf | TV movie |
| 2015 | Polizeiruf 110 | Max Schwarz | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Rivals Forever: The Sneaker Battle [de] | Adolf Dassler | Miniseries |
| 2017 | Sugar Sand | Günter Ernst | TV movie |
| 2017–present | Babylon Berlin | Gräf | Main cast; 40 episodes |
| 2018 | Parfum | Daniel "Zahnlos" Sluiter | Main cast; 6 episodes |
| 2021 | Tatort | Various | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Kafka | Franz Werfel | 4 episodes |
| 2025 | The White Lotus | Fabian | Main role, Season 3 |