6 TYPES OF DANIEL BRÜHL CHARACTERS
(updated as of 19 February 2025) After going through his filmography—54 movies, 2 TV shows, 2 music videos, and 1 documentary—I've noticed the roles that he plays often fall into these categories...
#1 - because he's German, obviously, a Nazi. The bottom two are a little niche as he plays 'unwanted Nazi admirer'.
#2 - guy you can take home to meet your parents. He's played way too many of these—it's a given with that beautiful baby face—but these would be my top six. Bottom layer gets extra points for being a good friend to the elderly.
#3 - opposite that is the guy your parents warned you about. It seems Daniel has a lot of fun playing these, especially the top layer, which leans on the love-to-hate category. I can't tell if it's just my utter distaste for The Face of an Angel (if you know, you know), but I also considered adding Thomas Lang. Could be why Chris in Cargo made it here as well... because what even was that movie.
#4 - now we have 'man in way above his head by the situation his political ideologies have gotten him into'. You almost always need a trigger warning for the films these characters are in as they will absolutely gut you. They're often based on real people and events. So you will learn something about history while Daniel gets tortured into a pulp.
#5 as he’s gotten beefier older, he’s getting more and more of these roles: sugar daddy. We don’t know much about Dirk, but I just know he’d have to be one to be in a relationship with anyone. Does Laszlo count? I wasn’t sure.
#6 - and finally, 'expert in his field, kind of an asshole, but hella breedable'. Most of my favorite characters are in this category... I don't know what that says about me.
p.s. in case there’s any confusion with the old reblog tags, I’ve moved category #5 to #6 because I still wanted to end on it.