I would vote for Gotz George who played the German detective Schimanski on German television but I am not sure how old he is now. I agree Ken Stott would be a good British selection
If Humphery Bogert was still alive ,grew a few inches taller, and could do a German accent, he would be the perfect one to deliver my favorite Bernie quotes. Our Bernie appears to be a German version of Philip Marlowe with Berlin replacing Los Angel…