Daniel Brühl

Brühl was born on 16 June 1978 in Barcelona.{{cite web|last=Goitia|first=Fernando|date=20 October 2013|title=Tenemos Angela Merkel para rato|url=http://www.finanzas.com/xl-semanal/magazine/20131020/daniel-bruhl-tenemos-angela-6412.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116055520/http://www.finanzas.com/xl-semanal/magazine/20131020/daniel-bruhl-tenemos-angela-6412.html|archive-date=16 January 2014|access-date=20 October 2013|website=XL Semanal|language=es}} His father was the German TV director and documentarian Hanno Brühl, who was born in São Paulo, Brazil.{{cite web|date=5 April 2012|title=Daniel Brühl|url=http://www.filmportal.de/en/node/1079432|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923035608/http://www.filmportal.de/en/node/1079432|archive-date=23 September 2013|access-date=5 April 2012|website=Filmportal.de}}{{cite book|last1=Bongartz|first1=Dieter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgcAQAAIAAJ&q=Hanno+Br%C3%BChl+S%C3%A4o+Paulo|title=Kahlschlag: das Drehbuch zum Film|year=1993|publisher=Emons |isbn=978-3-924491-42-0|access-date=29 May 2014|via=Google Books|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903210500/https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgcAQAAIAAJ&q=Hanno+Br%C3%BChl+S%C3%A4o+Paulo|url-status=live}} His mother is Marisa González Domingo, a Spanish teacher.{{Cite web|date=30 October 2017|title=Daniel Brühl: Wie sein spanisches Herz leidet|url=https://www.focus.de/kultur/vermischtes/daniel-bruehl-wie-sein-spanisches-herz-leidet_id_7785581.html|access-date=30 July 2019|website=focus.de|language=de|archive-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730181002/https://www.focus.de/kultur/vermischtes/daniel-bruehl-wie-sein-spanisches-herz-leidet_id_7785581.html|url-status=live}} Shortly after his birth, the family moved from Spain to Cologne, Germany, where he grew up. He was raised speaking Spanish, German, Catalan, Portuguese and French.{{Cite web|last=Mitic|first=Ginanne Brownell|date=17 March 2015|title=Polyglot Actor Daniel Brühl Speaks of His Love for Language|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-87363|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831214511/https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-87363|archive-date=31 August 2020|access-date=23 November 2020|website=The Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite web|last=Parven|first=Samuel James|title=The Rise and Journey of Daniel Bruhl: The Most Talented Polyglot Actor In the Industry – Hollywood Insider|url=https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/daniel-bruhl-biography-winner/|access-date=25 August 2021|website=www.hollywoodinsider.com|date=20 June 2021 |language=en-US|archive-date=22 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622233333/https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/daniel-bruhl-biography-winner/|url-status=live}} He attended secondary school at the Dreikönigsgymnasium, the oldest school in Cologne.{{Cite web|last=Jakat|first=Lena|title="Ich hielt mich für relativ witzig"|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/im-kino-daniel-bruehl-ich-hielt-mich-fuer-relativ-witzig-1.1063954|access-date=29 September 2021|website=Süddeutsche.de|date=24 February 2011 |language=de|archive-date=29 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929195424/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/im-kino-daniel-bruehl-ich-hielt-mich-fuer-relativ-witzig-1.1063954|url-status=live}}

Brühl began acting at a young age despite not having any formal training as an actor. He participated in children's theater at school and first earned money at age 8 doing radio plays, followed by work in a dubbing studio leading to one of the dubbing actors to recommend the teenager to a talent agency. At age 15, Brühl landed a small part in the TV film Svens Geheimnis, played the street kid Benji in the soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)(1995), and continued to feature in television series in the following years.{{Cite web|last=Volpe|first=Allie|date=30 July 2020|title='The Alienist' Star Daniel Brühl Went to Wild Lengths to Get Cast by Quentin Tarantino|url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/daniel-bruhl-inglorious-basterds-quentin-tarantino-audition-71260/|url-status=live|access-date=31 August 2021|website=Backstage|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831033251/https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/daniel-bruhl-inglorious-basterds-quentin-tarantino-audition-71260/}} In 1999, he appeared in his film debut as Checo in Paradise Mall (Schlaraffenland) and voiced Kom in the German version of Le château des singes. In 2000, he starred in his first main role as Markus Baasweiler in No More School (Schule), and was cast as Jay in Deeply.

In 2001, he continued to play main roles as the schizophrenic Lukas in Hans Weingartner's critically acclaimed debut film Das Weisse Rauschen (The White Sound), as Daniel in Nichts Bereuen (No Regrets), and as Marek in Honolulu. In 2002, he starred as Arbo in Vaya con Dios and as boxer Marko Stemper in Elefantenherz (Elephant Heart). He won the German Film Award (2002) for Best Actor, the Bavarian Film Award (2001) for Best New Actor, and the New Faces Award (2002) for Best Actor for his performance in Das Weisse Rauschen, Nichts Bereuen, and Vaya con Dios. He won the German Film Critics Award (2003) for Best Actor for Das Weisse Rauschen and Vaya con Dios. For Das Weisse Rauschen, Brühl insisted on meeting someone with paranoid schizophrenia to avoid the risk of making the character look clichéd. Two decades later, he still considers it his most difficult character to portray and comments that "It was important for me to explore my own madness, to believe in what I was doing and to convince myself that I was suffering from that disease, so it was quite difficult."{{Cite web|title=OUR INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL BRÜHL – CRASH Magazine|url=https://www.crash.fr/our-interview-with-daniel-bruhl/|access-date=26 August 2021|website=www.crash.fr|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826202938/https://www.crash.fr/our-interview-with-daniel-bruhl/|url-status=live}} The film has been widely cited by the academic community in discussing and understanding schizophrenia due to its realistic portrayal.{{Cite book|last=METZNER|first=KARLA|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1202441142|title=SCHIZOPHRENIE IM FILM "DAS WEISSE RAUSCHEN".|date=2012|publisher=AV AKADEMIKERVERLAG|isbn=978-3-639-42615-1|location=[S.l.]|oclc=1202441142|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903210515/https://www.worldcat.org/title/schizophrenie-im-film-das-weisse-rauschen/oclc/1202441142|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|last=Sartorius|first=Norman|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1071693746|title=Reducing the stigma of mental illness a report from a global programme of the World Psychiatric Association|date=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|others=Hugh Schulze|isbn=978-0-521-54943-1|edition=Reprint|location=Cambridge [u.a.]|oclc=1071693746|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903210516/https://www.worldcat.org/title/reducing-the-stigma-of-mental-illness-a-report-from-a-global-programme-of-the-world-psychiatric-association/oclc/1071693746|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|last=Barrabas|first=Reinhard|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/828788568|title=Kerngebiete der Psychologie eine Einführung an Filmbeispielen ; [mit 8 Tabellen]|date=2013|isbn=978-3-8252-3850-6|location=Göttingen|oclc=828788568|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903210517/https://www.worldcat.org/title/kerngebiete-der-psychologie-eine-einfuhrung-an-filmbeispielen-mit-8-tabellen/oclc/828788568|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|last=Emrich|first=Hinderk M.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/862530238|title=Vorlesungen zur philosophischen Psychologie von Kunst Film-Bilder zur Psyche im Film|date=2013|others=Gabriele Meierding|isbn=978-3-7322-3916-0|location=Norderstedt|oclc=862530238|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903210518/https://www.worldcat.org/title/vorlesungen-zur-philosophischen-psychologie-von-kunst-film-bilder-zur-psyche-im-film/oclc/862530238|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=German Stars: Meet Daniel Brühl|url=https://bruhlnews.tumblr.com/post/67568669891/german-stars-meet-daniel-br%C3%BChl|access-date=25 August 2021|website=Daniel Brühl News|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825025234/https://bruhlnews.tumblr.com/post/67568669891/german-stars-meet-daniel-br%C3%BChl|url-status=live}}

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Brühl's international breakthrough role came in 2003 as Alex Kerner in Wolfgang Becker's German tragicomedy Good Bye, Lenin! which tells about a German family that lived during the unification of Germany.Daum, Andreas W., "Good Bye, Lenin! (2003): Coping with Change ‒ and the Future in the Counterfactual". Deutsche Filmgeschichten: Historische Porträts, ed. Nicolai Hannig et. al. Goettingen: Wallstein, 2023, 221‒276. The film became one of the most successful German films to date, receiving nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and the BAFTA Awards and winning at the European Film Awards, German Film Awards, Cesar Awards, and London Film Critics' Circle among others. It was sold to more than 65 countries, reaching an estimated six million cinema-goers worldwide. In that year, Brühl won awards including the European Film Awards Peoples's Choice Award for Best European Actor and the European Film Award for Best Actor for the role. He also won his second German Film Award as Best Actor for both his performance in the film and in Elefantenherz. He then voiced Kenai in the German version of Brother Bear.

Brühl reached further recognition in 2004 reuniting with filmmaker Hans Weingartner and starring as the anti-capitalist activist Jan in the internationally successful film The Edukators (Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei). The film became a cult film as part of a "German New Wave" and received a 10-minute standing ovation at its premier at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. Brühl earned a nomination for the European Film Award for Best Actor for his role. At the same time, he won the European Film Awards Peoples's Choice Award for Best European Actor for his role as Paul in Love in Thoughts of which plot is based on the Steglitz student tragedy involving two teenagers who created a suicide club.

In the same year, Brühl made his English-speaking film debut in Ladies in Lavender, starring alongside English actresses Judi Dench and Maggie Smith as Andrea Marowski, and met Queen Elizabeth II who attended its premiere. He also played Frank in {{ill|Farland (film)|de|3=Farland|lt=Farland}}. Brühl featured as Lieutenant Horstmayer of the German 93rd Infantry Regiment, a central character in the 2005 film Joyeux Noël, a trilingual World War I film based on the experiences of French, German and Scottish soldiers during the Christmas truce of 1914. The film shows Brühl's linguistic ability as he ably communicates in German, French and English throughout.

In 2006, he was invited to be part of the short film and Cinéfondation juries of the Cannes Film Festival. He starred as Chris in Cargo and Karl in A Friend of Mine, voiced Lightning McQueen in the German version of Cars and reprised his voice-over role as Kenai in the German version of Brother Bear 2. In Cannes-nominated film Salvador (Puig Antich), he played Salvador Puig Antich, a Spanish anarchist executed during the Franco era, marking his first time acting in his second language. In 2007, Brühl made a cameo appearance in 2 Days in Paris, a romantic comedy film directed by French actress Julie Delpy. He appeared in a small role as Martin Kreutz in the film The Bourne Ultimatum. In 2008, he starred in the British-Russian production In Transit, in which he played a young Nazi soldier named Klaus opposite John Malkovich. He also played Tonda in Krabat, which was based on a popular German children's story, and Marcos in A Bit of Chocolate.

In 2009, Brühl starred as Dr. Georg Rosen, a notable member of the International Safety Zone Committee in Nanjing, China, in the German-Chinese-French biographical film John Rabe. He played Amaro in Las madres de Elna, István Thurzó in Julie Delpy's third directorial film The Countess, Tobias Hardmann in {{ill|Dinosaurier – Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus!|de}}, and David Kern in Lila, Lila. He was introduced to mainstream U.S. audiences in the role of Fredrick Zoller, a German war hero in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, starring Brad Pitt, which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival to widespread acclaim. The film won multiple awards and nominations, among them 8 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. He and his co-stars won ensemble cast awards including the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In May, Brühl decided to become active in a different field of filmmaking by launching the production company Fouronfilm together with Film1.{{cite news|last=Meza|first=Ed|date=16 May 2009|title=Daniel Bruehl launches fouronfilm|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/daniel-bruehl-launches-fouronfilm-1118003791/|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130232401/https://variety.com/2009/film/news/daniel-bruehl-launches-fouronfilm-1118003791/|url-status=live}}

In 2010, he starred as Rupert in King's Road (Kóngavegur 7) and as Hans Krämer in The Coming Days (Die kommenden Tage). In 2011, he starred as cybernetics engineer Álex Garel employed by his former university to design robot software in Eva, a science fiction film set in the year 2041. He portrayed English teacher Konrad Koch who introduced Britain's football to his students in late 19th century Germany in Lessons of a Dream (Der ganz große Traum). He played the Oak Fairy in 2 Days in New York and starred as ethnology student Dirk whose thesis is on the aging population in All Together (Et si on vivait tous ensemble?) alongside Jane Fonda and Geraldine Chaplin. He also co-starred as Father Antonio with Clive Owen in the horror thriller Intruders.{{cite web|last=Barton|first=Steve|title=Clive Owen to Star in Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Intruders|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/16714/clive-owen-to-star-in-juan-carlos-fresnadillo-s-intruders/|access-date=23 November 2020|website=DreadCentral|date=9 April 2010|archive-date=22 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722092706/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/16714/clive-owen-to-star-in-juan-carlos-fresnadillo-s-intruders/|url-status=live}} In 2012, he starred as Iván Pelayo in Winning Streak (The Pelayos) and as Leonardo in 7 Days in Havana.

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In 2013, he co-starred in The Fifth Estate, a film based on the founding of WikiLeaks in which Brühl played co-founder Daniel Domscheit-Berg alongside Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange.{{Cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=17 October 2013|title=WikiLeaks Gets A Hollywood Gloss In 'Fifth Estate'|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/10/17/234675830/wikileaks-gets-a-hollywood-gloss-in-fifth-estate|access-date=4 August 2020|newspaper=NPR|language=en|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903210516/https://www.npr.org/2013/10/17/234675830/wikileaks-gets-a-hollywood-gloss-in-fifth-estate|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Collin|first=Robbie|date=10 October 2013|title=The Fifth Estate, review|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|language=en-GB|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/10369429/The-Fifth-Estate-review.html|access-date=4 August 2020|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=28 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528165038/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/10369429/The-Fifth-Estate-review.html|url-status=live}} In the same year, Brühl portrayed former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda in the Ron Howard biographical film Rush opposite Chris Hemsworth.{{Cite web|last=Vancheri|first=Barbara|date=27 September 2013|title=Daniel Bruhl underwent hours of makeup to play Formula One racer|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2013/09/27/Daniel-Bruhl-underwent-hours-of-makeup-to-play-Formula-One-racer/stories/201309270065|access-date=4 August 2020|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|language=en|archive-date=31 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031150342/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2013/09/27/Daniel-Bruhl-underwent-hours-of-makeup-to-play-Formula-One-racer/stories/201309270065|url-status=live}} After he was cast, he took Formula Three lessons and later more lessons with Hemsworth. He came to Vienna to meet Lauda who also flew him to the Brazilian Grand Prix to feel the racing atmosphere where he watched in the pit with the Mercedes team, putting on an earpiece to listen to conversations, and spoke to Formula 1 drivers. He had to endure seven hours of prosthetics daily during taping as his face structure was altered to take on Lauda's features.{{Cite web|date=5 September 2013|title=Daniel Brühl: Rush, Niki Lauda and me|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/05/daniel-bruhl-niki-lauda-rush-me|access-date=1 September 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901032759/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/05/daniel-bruhl-niki-lauda-rush-me|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=11 September 2015|title=Daniel Brühl in "Ich und Kaminski": "Ich liebe die Berliner Entschleunigung"|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/daniel-bruehl-in-ich-und-kaminski-ich-liebe-die-berliner-entschleunigung-li.32189|access-date=1 September 2021|website=Berliner Zeitung|language=de|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925042111/https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/daniel-bruehl-in-ich-und-kaminski-ich-liebe-die-berliner-entschleunigung-li.32189?pid=true|url-status=live}} Brühl added layers that are different from Lauda to find the right balance of not just imitating the person, but also being creative.{{Cite web|date=11 September 2013|title=Daniel Bruhl on Rush and playing Niki Lauda|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/daniel-bruhl-on-rush-and-playing-niki-lauda/|access-date=1 September 2021|website=Den of Geek|language=en-US|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901032457/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/daniel-bruhl-on-rush-and-playing-niki-lauda/|url-status=live}} The film was a commercial and critical success. For his authentic portrayal of Lauda in terms of accent and mannerisms, he received multiple award nominations including the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Critic's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

In 2014, he starred in A Most Wanted Man as Maximilian alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rachel McAdams, in The Face of an Angel as Thomas, and in the series The Trip as a patron at Terrace Bar. In 2015, Brühl was part of the Berlinale jury along with Darren Aronofsky, Audrey Tautou, and Bong Joon-ho among others.{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title='Mad Men' creator, Audrey Tautou on Berlinale jury {{!}} DW {{!}} 27 January 2015|url=https://www.dw.com/en/mad-men-creator-audrey-tautou-on-berlinale-jury/a-18216938|access-date=25 August 2021|website=DW.COM|language=en-GB|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825143517/https://www.dw.com/en/mad-men-creator-audrey-tautou-on-berlinale-jury/a-18216938|url-status=live}} He reunited with director Wolfang Becker in one of his best performances as young writer Sebastian Zöllner in Me and Kaminski{{Cite web|date=21 April 2021|title=Beyond Baron Zemo: Exploring the Work of Daniel Brühl|url=https://www.nerdsandbeyond.com/2021/04/21/beyond-baron-zemo-exploring-the-work-of-daniel-bruhl/|access-date=27 August 2021|website=Nerds and Beyond|language=en-US|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827043954/https://www.nerdsandbeyond.com/2021/04/21/beyond-baron-zemo-exploring-the-work-of-daniel-bruhl/|url-status=live}} and played Austrian investigative journalist Hubertus Czernin in the biographical drama Woman in Gold alongside Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. He co-starred with Emma Watson and Michael Nyqvist in Colonia.{{cite web|last=Barraclough|first=Leo|date=29 September 2014|title=Emma Watson, Daniel Bruhl to Star in Thriller 'Colonia'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/emma-watson-daniel-bruhl-to-star-in-thriller-colonia-1201316157/|access-date=11 January 2015|work=Variety|archive-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224215119/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/emma-watson-daniel-bruhl-to-star-in-thriller-colonia-1201316157/|url-status=live}} He also played maître d'hôtel Tony Balerdi in Burnt alongside Bradley Cooper. In preparation for the role, he was trained as a maître d' in Marcus Wareing's Michelin-star restaurant in London. Brühl said that since he has done the film, he has much more respect and appreciation for food, taking his time while eating and tasting, imagining the incredible effort behind it.{{Cite web|last=Goodykoontz|first=Bill|title=Daniel Bruhl's film career keeps cooking with 'Burnt'|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/movies/2015/10/28/daniel-bruhl-burnt-movie-interview/74611746/|access-date=1 September 2021|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903210516/https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/movies/2015/10/28/daniel-bruhl-burnt-movie-interview/74611746/|url-status=live}} In the same year, Brühl became a partner at Berlin- and Hamburg-based production company Amusement Park Film as a producer.{{Cite web|last=Barraclough|first=Leo|date=7 September 2015|title='Captain America's' Daniel Bruhl Joins Amusement Park as Producer|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/global/captain-americas-daniel-bruhl-joins-amusement-park-as-producer-1201587404/|access-date=26 August 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826055031/https://variety.com/2015/film/global/captain-americas-daniel-bruhl-joins-amusement-park-as-producer-1201587404/|url-status=live}}

In 2016, Brühl starred as Escherich in Alone in Berlin, and convicted murderer Jens Söring in Killing for Love. Brühl played the Marvel Comics supervillain Helmut Zemo alongside Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. in one of the most critically acclaimed films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America: Civil War (2016). In Niki Caro's World War II film The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) about a married couple who saved hundreds of Jews, Brühl played Nazi zoologist Lutz Heck, who forced Jan and Antonina Żabiński to abandon the Warsaw Zoo. He starred as Ernst Schmidt in The Cloverfield Paradox, an installment in the Cloverfield franchise, and as Wilfried Böse, a founding member of the German organization Revolutionary Cells, in the action thriller Entebbe (7 Days in Entebbe) which recounts the story of Operation Entebbe.

From 2018 to 2020, he played the title role as Dr. Laszlo Kreizler in The Alienist, an American period crime drama series based on the 1994 novel by Caleb Carr, alongside Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning. In his preparation, Brühl read about famous pioneering psychologists of the time (Sigmund Freud, Josef Breuer, and Carl Jung) and went to psychotherapy in Budapest just to get an understanding of the way they worked and thought. His wife Felicitas, a practicing psychotherapist, also put him in touch with criminal psychologists.{{Cite web|title=Study in Spain – Daniel Brühl|url=http://www.spainedu.org/sis-news/amigos-del-espa%C3%B1ol/598-daniel-br%C3%BChl.html|access-date=1 September 2021|website=www.spainedu.org|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901012253/http://www.spainedu.org/sis-news/amigos-del-espa%C3%B1ol/598-daniel-br%C3%BChl.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Beachum|first=Chris|date=21 December 2018|title=Daniel Bruhl ('The Alienist'): Golden Globe nominee chats TNT limited series [Complete Interview Transcript]|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/daniel-bruhl-the-alienist-golden-globe-nominee-tnt-limited-series-video-interview-transcript-news/|access-date=1 September 2021|website=GoldDerby|language=en-US|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901012254/https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/daniel-bruhl-the-alienist-golden-globe-nominee-tnt-limited-series-video-interview-transcript-news/|url-status=live}} In 2019, he received nominations for the Golden Globe Award as Best Actor in a Television Motion Picture and the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for his role in the series which was nominated at the Primetime Emmy Awards as Outstanding Limited Series and the Golden Globe Awards as Best Television Motion Picture. In the same year, he played fertility physician Thomas in My Zoe (2019) which was his first foray into executive production.

2021 marked Brühl's directorial debut through his dark comedy film Next Door (Nebenan), which premiered in the Berlinale Competition section at the Berlin International Film Festival as a Golden Bear nominee, wherein he also acted as Daniel, a vain and mean version of himself.{{Cite web|last=Sondermann|first=Selina|title=Daniel Brühl on his directorial debut Next Door: "It was magical; I didn't get a 'no' from anyone."|url=https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2021/03/03/daniel-bruhl-on-his-directorial-debut-next-door-it-was-magical-i-didnt-get-a-no-from-anyone/|access-date=27 August 2021|website=The Upcoming|date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827053103/https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2021/03/03/daniel-bruhl-on-his-directorial-debut-next-door-it-was-magical-i-didnt-get-a-no-from-anyone/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|date=1 March 2021|title=Berlin: Daniel Brühl on Playing a "Vain, Mean" Version of Himself in His Directorial Debut|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/berlin-film-festival-2021-daniel-bruhl-interview-4137553/|access-date=25 August 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825213805/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/berlin-film-festival-2021-daniel-bruhl-interview-4137553/|url-status=live}}{{Citation|title=Next Door – IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt11080676/awards/|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903210518/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11080676/awards/|url-status=live}} The film won as Best Film and Brühl won as Best Actor in the Taormina Film Festival.{{Cite web|title=I VINCITORI DELLA 67MA EDIZIONE DEL TAORMINA FILM FEST|url=http://www.taorminafilmfest.it/en/news2/post/134239/i-vincitori-della-67ma-edizione-del-taormina-film-fest|access-date=27 August 2021|website=TAORMINA FILM FEST {{!}} 28 June – 4 July 2020|language=en|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827083620/http://www.taorminafilmfest.it/en/news2/post/134239/i-vincitori-della-67ma-edizione-del-taormina-film-fest|url-status=live}} He reprised his role as Helmut Zemo in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.{{cite web|last=Strom|first=Marc|date=15 November 2014|title=Daniel Bruhl Cast in Marvel's Captain America: Civil War|url=http://marvel.com/news/movies/23678/daniel_bruhl_cast_in_marvels_captain_america_civil_war|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115051205/http://marvel.com/news/movies/23678/daniel_bruhl_cast_in_marvels_captain_america_civil_war|archive-date=15 November 2014|website=Marvel.com}}{{cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=14 November 2014|title=Daniel Bruhl To Play Villain In 'Captain America: Civil War'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/11/daniel-bruhl-captain-america-robert-downey-jr-chris-evans-1201284648/|website=Deadline|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=17 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117014407/http://deadline.com/2014/11/daniel-bruhl-captain-america-robert-downey-jr-chris-evans-1201284648/|url-status=live}} His dancing which he improvised in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier became viral and was released in the Zemo Cut.{{cite web |title=Watch full hour-long 'Zemo Cut' of 'The Falcon And The Winter Soldier' villain dancing |url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/watch-full-hour-long-zemo-cut-of-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-villain-dancing-2917229 |website=NME |access-date=25 April 2021 |date=9 April 2021 |archive-date=25 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425134558/https://www.nme.com/news/tv/watch-full-hour-long-zemo-cut-of-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-villain-dancing-2917229 |url-status=live }} He also starred in the Academy Award-nominated Netflix film All Quiet on the Western Front in which he played Matthias Erzberger.{{cite web |title=Interview: Daniel Brühl speaks about new Netflix war movie 'All Quiet on the Western Front' |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/10/28/interview-daniel-bruhl-speaks-about-new-netflix-war-movie-all-quiet-on-the-western-front |website=Euronews |access-date=25 April 2021 |date=9 April 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028052456/https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/10/28/interview-daniel-bruhl-speaks-about-new-netflix-war-movie-all-quiet-on-the-western-front }}

{{quote box|bgcolor=#E0E6F8|width=25em|align=right|quote = "If Daniel Brühl were a natural American or British talent, without a doubt he'd be a household name, based on the level of his acting ability but also on who he is, he's here for the long haul, he's highly intelligent, balanced, sensible...He's complex enough as a human being to be able to do justice to the most complex parts."|source={{mdash}} Peter Morgan on Brühl{{cite news|title=Daniel Brühl, the next pan-European Everyman|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/la-et-mn-en-daniel-bruhl-20131114-story.html|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=14 November 2013|first=Fred|last=Schruers|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021170019/https://www.baltimoresun.com/la-et-mn-en-daniel-bruhl-20131114-story.html|url-status=live}}}}

The roles Brühl takes on are often morally complex characters, men who are suffering with a deep-seated darkness that threatens to weigh down their inherent humanity. He has utilized method acting since the beginning of his career.{{Cite news|title=Daniel Brühl und seine Filme in einer Retrospektive|url=https://www.pnn.de/kultur/daniel-bruehl-und-seine-filme-in-einer-retrospektive/22371862.html|access-date=31 August 2021|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel Online|language=de|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831070104/https://www.pnn.de/kultur/daniel-bruehl-und-seine-filme-in-einer-retrospektive/22371862.html|url-status=live}} A German and Spanish national, he has played at least ten different nationalities (Polish, Spanish, French, Hungarian, German, Austrian, British, American, Argentine and a fictional Sokovian) and in his films has spoken English, Spanish, German, and French comfortably, as well as Polish, Russian, and Chinese. Writing for The Hollywood Reporter in 2018, Katie Kilkenny said: "If Hollywood executives have a global, and particularly European, male part to cast, there's a good chance Bruhl will make the shortlist. How did Bruhl become Hollywood's answer to a global everyman? The answer, collaborators say, lies not only in Bruhl's multilingualism, but also his choice of collaborators and Hollywood's welcoming of an influx of German talent in the last two decades." In a 2017 interview with Gentleman's Journal, Brühl attributed his success to finding his niche as an actor.{{Cite web|last=Journal|first=The Gentleman's|title=Daniel Brühl talks Brexit, Nazis & politics {{!}} Gentleman's Journal|url=https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/daniel-bruhl-talks-nazi-typecasting-political-activism-brexit/|access-date=25 August 2021|website=The Gentleman's Journal|language=en-GB|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825200337/https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/daniel-bruhl-talks-nazi-typecasting-political-activism-brexit/|url-status=live}}

On being typecast as a villain after taking on an increasing number of antagonistic roles, Brühl said that though it was a privilege to have made Good Bye, Lenin!, it was also a "curse" because he "was always offered the part of the sympathetic nice guy" and was refreshed and relieved when offered villain roles outside of Germany. {{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} The Hollywood Insider noted his atypical career arc, "He went from consistently playing the love interest in European Cinema to playing the villain in Hollywood". Due to Brühl's performance, Baron Zemo has become one of the most iconic villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, despite having no superpowers. Film School Rejects remarks, "Even when embodying the role of a Nazi or another nefarious villain, Brühl manages to bring out the character's humanity — no matter how little of it there actually is".{{Cite web|date=22 February 2018|title=A Beginner's Guide to Daniel Brühl|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/guide-to-daniel-bruhl/|access-date=25 August 2021|website=Film School Rejects|language=en-US|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825104434/https://filmschoolrejects.com/guide-to-daniel-bruhl/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=23 March 2017|title=Interview: Daniel Brühl on Playing the Villain|url=https://www.themarysue.com/daniel-bruhl-interview-zookeepers-wife/|access-date=25 August 2021|website=The Mary Sue|language=en|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825104443/https://www.themarysue.com/daniel-bruhl-interview-zookeepers-wife/|url-status=live}} Brühl has also been described as having an "innate likability and charm".{{Cite web|last=Evan-Cook|first=Nick|date=9 May 2018|title=Spotlight: The Irresistible Rise of Daniel Brühl|url=https://oneroomwithaview.com/2018/05/09/spotlight-the-irresistible-rise-of-daniel-bruhl/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829013110/https://oneroomwithaview.com/2018/05/09/spotlight-the-irresistible-rise-of-daniel-bruhl/|archive-date=29 August 2021|access-date=29 August 2021|website=One Room With A View|language=en-GB}} The LA Times deemed his openness as such that "even his irony sounds straightforward". He has also been lauded for his work ethic. He befriended activist Daniel Domscheit-Berg and racing driver Niki Lauda after meeting them in preparation for his roles.

Brühl has worked in both European and American film productions in several languages (English, Catalan, Spanish, German, French, Polish, and Chinese) and played at least ten different nationalities, including Polish (Ladies in Lavender), Catalan (Salvador), Spanish (7 Days in Havana), French (2 Days in Paris), Hungarian (The Countess), German (Inglourious Basterds, Entebbe, and most German productions), Austrian (Rush, Woman in Gold), English (Burnt), American (The Alienist) and Sokovian (a fictional Eastern European country in Captain America: Civil War).{{Cite news|last=Cieply|first=Michael|date=28 August 2013|title=All Around the World in Just Two Film Roles|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/business/media/daniel-bruhls-global-accent-in-fifth-estate-and-rush.html|url-status=live|access-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226195049/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/29/business/media/daniel-bruhls-global-accent-in-fifth-estate-and-rush.html|archive-date=26 February 2021|issn=0362-4331}}

Brühl is referred to as the "golden boy of German film" and the "undisputed ruler of the European acting elite" by The Gentleman's Journal on its May/June 2017 cover. He is also regarded as the most recognizable German actor to emerge since the country's reunification.{{Cite web|last=O'Connor|first=Rory|date=8 March 2021|title=Berlin Review: Daniel Brühl Gets Meta With Directorial Debut Next Door|url=https://thefilmstage.com/berlin-review-daniel-bruhl-gets-meta-with-directorial-debut-next-door/|access-date=25 August 2021|website=The Film Stage|language=en-US|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825200336/https://thefilmstage.com/berlin-review-daniel-bruhl-gets-meta-with-directorial-debut-next-door/|url-status=live}} He graced the GQ Germany cover issue in December 2015 and was the recipient of the GQ Film National Award at the 2015 GQ Men of the Year Awards.{{Cite web|title=Daniel Craig and Daniel Bruhl on covers of GQ Germany December 2015 {{!}} Daniel bruhl, Daniel craig, Daniel brühl|url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/105130972538143533/|access-date=26 August 2021|website=Pinterest|language=en|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826085814/https://www.pinterest.com/pin/105130972538143533/|url-status=live}} He also headlined Esquire Spain, Esquire Germany, and Men's Health Best Fashion magazine, and featured in Esquire UK.{{Cite web|title=Esquire Daniel Bruhl|url=http://www.robrie.com/esquire-daniel-bruhl|access-date=26 August 2021|website=Robert Rieger|language=en-US|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826085815/http://www.robrie.com/esquire-daniel-bruhl|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=1 March 2019|title=Pablo Arroyo – Photographer – Esquire Spain – Daniel Brühl|url=http://www.twop.fr/blog/celebrity/pablo-arroyo-photographer-esquire-spain-daniel-bruhl/|access-date=26 August 2021|website=Twop|language=fr|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826085807/http://www.twop.fr/blog/celebrity/pablo-arroyo-photographer-esquire-spain-daniel-bruhl/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Paul|date=29 March 2015|title=ESQ&A: Daniel Brühl|url=http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film-tv/8046/why-you-should-know-about-daniel-bruehl/|access-date=26 August 2021|website=Esquire|language=en-GB|archive-date=31 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331190755/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/film-tv/8046/why-you-should-know-about-daniel-bruehl/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=DANIEL BRUEHL / RALPH MECKE / Recom Farmhouse|url=https://www.recomfarmhouse.com/search?s=Daniel%20Bruehl%20/%20Ralph%20Mecke|access-date=28 August 2021|website=www.recomfarmhouse.com|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411155057/https://www.recomfarmhouse.com/search?s=Daniel%20Bruehl%20%2F%20Ralph%20Mecke|url-status=live}} He shot a Vogue and GQ Germany advert with his wife too.{{Citation|title=World of RALPH LAUREN & Breuninger – powered by VOGUE & GQ| date=30 September 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOkHbYqb49s|language=en|access-date=27 August 2021|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827071638/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOkHbYqb49s|url-status=live}} He became a CUPRA ambassador in December 2020, launching the CUPRA Leon e-HYBRID as the brand's first plug-in hybrid model.{{Cite web|title=Hollywood actor Daniel Brühl joins the CUPRA Tribe for the launch of the CUPRA Leon e−HYBRID|url=https://www.thenewsmarket.com/news/hollywood-actor-daniel-br-hl-joins-the-cupra-tribe-for-the-launch-of-the-cupra-leon-e-hybrid/s/53adaaba-4406-4c28-9923-db5b83270a39|access-date=27 August 2021|website=The NewsMarket|language=en|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827221734/https://www.thenewsmarket.com/news/hollywood-actor-daniel-br-hl-joins-the-cupra-tribe-for-the-launch-of-the-cupra-leon-e-hybrid/s/53adaaba-4406-4c28-9923-db5b83270a39|url-status=live}} In May 2021, he introduced its first 100% electric model— the CUPRA Born.{{Cite web|title=The CUPRA Born with cinematic flair|url=https://www.thenewsmarket.com/news/the-cupra-born-with-cinematic-flair/s/7d358d98-168e-41e3-8ca1-cf69921e81d2|access-date=27 August 2021|website=The NewsMarket|language=en|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827221735/https://www.thenewsmarket.com/news/the-cupra-born-with-cinematic-flair/s/7d358d98-168e-41e3-8ca1-cf69921e81d2|url-status=live}}

In February 2017, he was honoured by the French government at the Berlin International Film Festival and awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his 'major contribution to the influence of film culture in France, Germany, Europe and the world', making him a Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature.{{Cite web|title=Discours à l'occasion de la soirée française de la Berlinale|url=https://www.gouvernement.fr/partage/8900-discours-a-l-occasion-de-la-soiree-francaise-de-la-berlinale-berlin|access-date=25 August 2021|website=Gouvernement.fr|language=fr|archive-date=25 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825215151/https://www.gouvernement.fr/partage/8900-discours-a-l-occasion-de-la-soiree-francaise-de-la-berlinale-berlin|url-status=live}} He was offered membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2017 to vote for the Oscars. In October 2018, Brühl accompanied Germany's Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender during their visit to Spain.{{Cite web|last=Limited|first=Alamy|title=Stock Photo – 25 October 2018, Spain, Mérida: Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (r) and his wife Elke Büdenbender visit HaciendasBio together with actor Daniel Brühl (l). The|url=https://www.alamy.com/25-october-2018-spain-mrida-federal-president-frank-walter-steinmeier-r-and-his-wife-elke-bdenbender-visit-haciendasbio-together-with-actor-daniel-brhl-l-the-agricultural-company-also-supplies-many-german-supermarkets-with-organic-fruit-and-vegetables-president-steinmeier-and-his-wife-are-on-a-two-day-visit-to-spain-photo-bernd-von-jutrczenkadpa-image223243189.html|access-date=27 August 2021|website=Alamy|language=en|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827071640/https://www.alamy.com/25-october-2018-spain-mrida-federal-president-frank-walter-steinmeier-r-and-his-wife-elke-bdenbender-visit-haciendasbio-together-with-actor-daniel-brhl-l-the-agricultural-company-also-supplies-many-german-supermarkets-with-organic-fruit-and-vegetables-president-steinmeier-and-his-wife-are-on-a-two-day-visit-to-spain-photo-bernd-von-jutrczenkadpa-image223243189.html|url-status=live}}

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In 2006, Brühl separated from his longtime girlfriend and later fiancée, actress Jessica Schwarz, whom he had met on the set of the 2001 film No Regrets.{{IMDb name|117709|section=bio}} Since 2010, he has been in a relationship with practising psychotherapist and former model-actress Felicitas Rombold.{{cite news |url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/01/felicitas-rombold-daniel-bruhl-wife-girlfriend/ |title=Felicitas Rombold, Daniel Brühl's Wife: Five Fast Facts You Need to Know |first=Laura |last=Kelley |work=heavy. |date=23 January 2018 |access-date=11 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142233/https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/01/felicitas-rombold-daniel-bruhl-wife-girlfriend/ |url-status=live }} Their first son was born in October 2016.{{cite web|date=14 December 2016|title=Daniel Brühl: Er ist Papa geworden! Und das Baby heißt...|url=http://www.bunte.de/stars/stars-im-babyglueck/daniel-bruehl-er-ist-papa-geworden-und-das-baby-heisst.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215140723/http://www.bunte.de/stars/stars-im-babyglueck/daniel-bruehl-er-ist-papa-geworden-und-das-baby-heisst.html|archive-date=15 December 2016|access-date=11 June 2018|work=Bunte}} The couple had a second son in 2020.{{Cite web|date=1 September 2020|title=Daniel Brühl ist erneut Vater geworden|url=https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2Fnews%2F2020-09%2F01%2Fdaniel-bruehl-ist-erneut-vater-geworden|access-date=23 November 2020|website=www.zeit.de|language=de|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425134552/https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2Fnews%2F2020-09%2F01%2Fdaniel-bruehl-ist-erneut-vater-geworden|url-status=live}}

Brühl's hobbies include running and hiking, and playing and watching tennis. His favourite player is Rafael Nadal; they are both left handed.{{Cite news|date=18 March 2015|title=Daniel Brühl on the Amanda Knox Case, 'Captain America' and Nadal|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/daniel-bruhl-on-the-amanda-knox-case-captain-america-and-nadal-1426692916|access-date=26 August 2021|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826205016/https://www.wsj.com/articles/daniel-bruhl-on-the-amanda-knox-case-captain-america-and-nadal-1426692916|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Daniel Brühl: "I listen to the advice my wife gives me"|url=https://www.redbull.com/pk-en/organics-the-lifetime-magazine-daniel-bruehl-interview|access-date=26 August 2021|website=Red Bull|language=en|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826205022/https://www.redbull.com/pk-en/organics-the-lifetime-magazine-daniel-bruehl-interview|url-status=live}}

Since 2017, Brühl has been campaigning for the United Nations World Food Programme, the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize winner. In 2019, he supported the "Do something for Europe!" initiative to foster solidarity in Europe and The Global Fund's Step Up The Fight initiative to end AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. In the same year, he campaigned for Earth Alliance's emergency Amazon Forest Fund to support partners working on the ground to protect the Amazon. In 2020, he was one of the 25 personalities to donate a personal item for the Los Fuer Lesbos (Win for Lesvos) Leave No One Behind campaign in support of refugees, donating his antique walking stick from the set of The Alienist.{{Cite web|title=25 personalities start action in support of refugees – Los Für Lesbos|url=https://losfuerlesbos.com/en/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827071641/https://losfuerlesbos.com/en/|archive-date=27 August 2021|access-date=27 August 2021|website=losfuerlesbos.com|language=en}}

Brühl's book Ein Tag in Barcelona follows him on a one-day journey through Barcelona. His book Tapas!, co-authored with Atilano González, recreates the best dishes served at the Bar Raval in Berlin.

• {{Cite book|last1=Brühl |first1=Daniel |last2=Cáceres |first2=Javier |title=Ein Tag in Barcelona|date=2012|publisher=Ullstein Verlag|isbn=978-3-550-08832-2|location=Berlin}}
• {{Cite book|last1=Brühl |first1=Daniel |last2=Gonzales |first2=Atilano |title=¡Tapas!: Die spanische Küche der Bar Raval|date=2014|publisher=Heel Verlag|isbn=978-3-86852-950-0|location=Königswinter}}

Since 2011, Brühl has been the joint operator of a tapas bar named Bar Raval, located in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin.{{Cite web|last=Müller|first=Enrique|date=14 November 2014|title=Daniel Brühl brings a serving of Barcelona to Berlin|url=https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/11/13/inenglish/1415888007_085423.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726000613/https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2014/11/13/inenglish/1415888007_085423.html|archive-date=26 July 2020|access-date=3 August 2020|website=EL PAÍS|language=en}} It opened during the first weekend of the 2011 Berlinale.{{Cite web|title=DANIEL BRÜHL – Official Website -|url=http://danielbruehl.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630075726/http://www.danielbruehl.com/|archive-date=30 June 2021|access-date=27 August 2021|website=danielbruehl.com}} From February to October 2017, he was joint operator of a similar bar in Prenzlauer Berg named Bar Gracia after Barcelona's nightlife district Gràcia, which closed due to lack of financial success.{{cite news|last=Conrad|first=Andreas|date=2 October 2017|title=Daniel Brühl eröffnet zweite Tapas-Bar in Berlin|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/prenzlauer-berg-daniel-bruehl-eroeffnet-zweite-tapas-bar-in-berlin/19354400.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107022749/http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/prenzlauer-berg-daniel-bruehl-eroeffnet-zweite-tapas-bar-in-berlin/19354400.html|archive-date=7 November 2017|access-date=4 November 2017|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel Online|language=de}}{{cite news|date=3 November 2017|title=Prenzlauer Berg: Daniel Brühls Tapas-Bar muss schließen|language=de|work=Berliner Zeitung|url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/prenzlauer-berg-daniel-bruehls-tapas-bar-muss-schliessen-28762694|url-status=live|access-date=4 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425134526/https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/prenzlauer-berg-daniel-bruehls-tapas-bar-muss-schliessen-li.45515|archive-date=25 April 2021}}

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{{Cite news |last=Schruers |first=Fred |title=Daniel Bruhl, the next pan-European Everyman |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-en-daniel-bruhl-20131114-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=29 August 2021 |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508063116/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-en-daniel-bruhl-20131114-story.html }}

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