After graduating from high school, Rainer Bock ran a café in his hometown, which also had a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private acting school in Kiel, he made his debut as a theater actor on the stages of the state capital of Kiel in 1982. He came to Heidelberg and the National Theater Mannheim via the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. From 1995 to 2001 he had an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Until 2011 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Bock often appears in supporting roles, including his initially rare appearances in film and television. The part of the doctor in Michael Haneke's award-winning drama The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (2009) earned him a nomination for the German Film Prize. In 2011 he was represented at the Berlinale with four films. Bock is also active as an audio book speaker.
A literary evening in Bochum: Rainer Bock and Harald Lesch read texts by Hannes Dieter Hüsch.
An evening with Rainer Bock, Harald Lesch, and Andreas Rebers at TIPI am Kanzleramt in Berlin.
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A 1962-set German drama by Christina Tournatzés about a twelve-year-old abuse survivor and the judge who helps her build a case against her father. Based on real events, recommended from age 16.
Actor Rainer Bock and astrophysicist Harald Lesch read the cabaret texts of Hanns Dieter Hüsch - poetic, witty and strikingly relevant in the centenary year of the Lower Rhine master.
