Thomas Kretschmann

Birthday: 8 September 1962, Dessau, German Democratic Republic [now Saxony-Anhalt, Federal Republic of Germany]

Height: 176 cm

Thomas Kretschmann was born in East Germany. Before becoming an actor, he was a swimmer. He has acted in several popular American movies, such as Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), The Pianist (2002), ...Show More

Leaving [home] is kind of a strange thing - the world opens up but, at the same time, it gets smalle Show more Leaving [home] is kind of a strange thing - the world opens up but, at the same time, it gets smaller. The more you see of the world, the smaller it seems. After I did the film Stalingrad (1993), I left Germany, and I did a couple of films in France and lived there for about three years, and a couple of films in Italy, and lived there for two years. Then I came over here. The more you get familiar with different countries, the more you think, "Where am I going to live for the rest of my life?" You think, "OK, Germany sucks - don't want to live there; France, no; Italy - the food is nice, but I don't want to live there". In the end, you have nowhere to go anymore. Hide

[on his title role in Eichmann (2007)] I was born long after the war but I still carry this collecti Show more [on his title role in Eichmann (2007)] I was born long after the war but I still carry this collective guilt around. It's not as much fun for a German to play a part like this than it would be for, say, Ralph Fiennes. It's a very juicy part, but I couldn't get myself excited to go and play Eichmann. Strangely, I have lots of Jewish friends in LA. My wife is Jewish. They were all excited that I play him, so I wanted to do it for them. Hide

Thomas Kretschmann's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (99)

Derrick - Season 1

Gran Turismo

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Hitman: Agent 47

Upgraded (2024)

Waiting for Anya

Relic Hunter - Season 3

A Taxi Driver (Taeksi woonjunsa) [Sub: Eng]

Downfall [Sub: Eng]

Shining Through

V.I.P. - Season 1

24 (Twenty Four) - Season 1

Das Boot - Season 2 [Sub: Eng]

24 - Season 3

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Dracula 3D

The Sinking of the Laconia - Season 1

The Bible Collection: Esther

V.I.P. - Season 2

24 (Live Another Day) - Season 9

The Young Victoria

Westworld - Season 2

Valkyrie

The Galapagos Affair Satan Came to Eden

Relic Hunter - Season 2

Thomas Kretschmann'S roles

Captain Wilm Hosenfeld

Van Helsing

Hermann Fegelein

Otto Ganz

King Leopold I of Belgium

Otto Ernst Remer

Max

Baron Wolfgang von Strucker

Professor Z

Le Clerq