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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-09-08 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Dessau, Germany

Thomas Kretschmann

Biography:

Thomas Kretschmann (born September 8, 1962) is a German actor best known for playing Leutnant Hans Von Witzland in the 1993 film Stalingrad, Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist, Hermann Fegelein in Der Untergang, and Captain Englehorn in the 2005 remake of King Kong.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

American Star as Thomas
Upgraded as Arnold Grant

2023

Infinity Pool as Thresh
Deliver Us as Father Saul
Gran Turismo as Patrice Capa
Last Sentinel as Hendrichs

2021

2020

Waiting for Anya as Korporal
The Windermere Children as Oscar Friedmann
Greyhound as Grey Wolf (voice)

2019

Discarnate as Dr. Andre Mason
Dragged Across Concrete as Lorentz Vogelmann
Project Blue Book as Wernher von Braun

2018

Balloon as Lieutenant Colonel Seidel
Das Boot as Friedrich Berger

2017

Jungle as Karl
A Taxi Driver as Jürgen Hinzpeter
Stratton as Grigory Barovsky
The Saint as Rayt Marius

2016

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as Airplane Passenger
Westworld as Gerald

2015

Hitman: Agent 47 as Le Clerq

2014

Plastic as Marcel
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden as Friedrich Ritter (voice)
United Passions as Horst Dassler
Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (uncredited)

2013

Stalingrad as Kapitan Kan
Open Grave as Lukas
Dracula as Abraham Van Helsing

2012

Dracula 3D as Dracula
The River as Kurt Brynildson

2011

Cars 2 as Professor Z (voice)
Hostel: Part III as Flemming
The Big Bang as Frizer
Jungle Child as Vater Klaus Kuegler
What a Man as Jens
The Cape as Gregor Molotov

2010

Die Grenze as Maximilian Schnell

2009

Rabbit Without Ears 2 as Thomas Kretschmann
Romy as Harry Meyen
Separation City as Klaus Becker
The Young Victoria as King Leopold
FlashForward as Stefan Krieger

2008

Valkyrie as Otto Ernst Remer
Mogadischu as Captain Jürgen Schumann
TransSiberian as Myassa
In Tranzit as Max
Wanted as Cross
Der Seewolf as Wolf Larssen

2007

Next as Mr. Smith
Wild Chicks in Love as Herr Slättberg
Eichmann as Adolf Eichmann

2006

Grimm Love as Oliver Hartwin
The Karate Dog as Gerber
Immortal as Alexander Nikopol

2005

King Kong as Captain Englehorn
Snowland as Aron

2004

Downfall as SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
Frankenstein as Victor Helios
In Enemy Hands as Ludwig Cremer
Head in the Clouds as Major Thomas Bietrich
The Present as Self
Immortal as Nikopol

2003

My Father as Hermann M.
Der Solist - Kuriertag as Philip Lanart

2002

The Pianist as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Blade II as Damaskinos

2001

Knights of the Quest as Vanni delle Rondini
Der Solist - Niemandsland as Philip Lanart
Hostile Takeover as Robert Fernau
24 as Max

2000

U-571 as Capt. Lt. Gunther Wassner
Poison as Johnny Krieger
Green Sails as Robert Fowler

1999

Esther as König Xerxes
Der Tod in deinen Augen as Billy Tanauer
Relic Hunter as Kurt Reiner
Beckmann as Self

1998

Killer Couple as Domenico
Lebensläufe as Self
V.I.P. as The Owl

1997

Prince Valiant as Thagnar
Total Reality as Commander Tunis
Rack Up as Cristopher
Unter die Haut as Santos
Leute heute as Self

1996

The Stendhal Syndrome as Alfredo Grossi
Marching in Darkness as Gianni Tricarico

1995

Women as Franck
Burning Heart as Junger Gustav Regler

1994

Jenseits der Brandung as Paul Augustin
Tödliche Besessenheit as Sebastian Goebel
Queen Margot as Nançay

1993

Stalingrad as Lieutenant Hans von Witzland
Die Ratte as Sven

1992

The Warrior's Heart as Lt. Maximillian Lüdt
Shining Through as Mann in Zürich

1991

1989

Molle mit Korn as Heringsbändiger

1988

Die Männer vom K3 as Dieter Koller

1987

Hals über Kopf as Bankräuber

1985

Westler as Soldat

1984

Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self - Laudatio

1981

Das Traumschiff as Niko Waldkron

1979

1977

Der Alte as Karsten Winterberg

1974

Derrick as Eberhard Kraus
Derrick as Roland Ortner
3 nach 9 as Self

1971

Dalli Dalli as Self

1948

BAMBI Awards as Self

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Wagner In Venice as Richard Wagner
The Stalking Moon as Aurick Fenstermacher
The Prominents as Bogislow Von Bonin