 He has followed this with significant roles in the Paul Verhoeven-directed Dutch movie "Black Book" and the big-budget American movies "Flightplan", "Valkyrie" (in which he portrayed Colonel Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim) and Quentin Tarantino's Academy Award-nominated "Inglourious Basterds".In addition to his native German, Berkel speaks fluent English and French".In 2011, Berkel married his long-term girlfriend Andrea Sawatzki.