Person

Thomas Kretschmann

Acting · Born 1962-09-08 · Dessau, German Democratic Republic [now Germany]

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas Kretschmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

2026Samo Lives
2025Fall for MeNick
2025Putin
2024UpgradedArnold Grant
2024American StarThomas
2023Deliver UsFather Saul
2023The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinySelf
2023Gran TurismoPatrice Capa
2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyColonel Weber
2023Last SentinelHendrichs
2023Infinity PoolThresh
2021American Traitor: The Trial of Axis SallyJoseph Goebbels
2020GreyhoundGrey Wolf (voice)
2020Penny Dreadful: City of AngelsRichard Goss
2020Waiting for AnyaKorporal
2020The Windermere ChildrenOscar Friedmann
2019Dragged Across ConcreteLorentz Vogelmann
2019DiscarnateDr. Andre Mason
2019Project Blue BookWernher von Braun
2018Das BootFriedrich Berger
2018BalloonLieutenant Colonel Seidel
2017LoreInspector Georg Reingruber
2017A Taxi DriverJürgen Hinzpeter
2017The SaintRayt Marius
2017StrattonGrigory Barovsky
2017JungleKarl
2016Four Against the Bank
2016WestworldGerald
2016Central IntelligenceThe Buyer
2016Whiskey Tango FoxtrotAirplane Passenger
2016The Blue MauritiusHoltz
2015Hitman: Agent 47Le Clerq
2015Wer weiß denn sowas?Self
2015Avengers: Age of UltronStrucker
2014United PassionsHorst Dassler
2014PlasticMarcel
2014The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to EdenFriedrich Ritter (voice)
2014Captain America: The Winter SoldierBaron Wolfgang von Strucker (uncredited)
2013DraculaAbraham Van Helsing
2013StalingradKapitan Kan
2013Open GraveLukas
2012Dracula 3DDracula
2012Im Leben von …Self
2012The RiverKurt Brynildson
2011Hostel: Part IIIFlemming
2011What a ManJens
2011Cars 2Professor Z (voice)
2011Jungle ChildVater Klaus Kuegler
2011The Big BangFrizer
2011The CapeGregor Molotov
2011The Sinking of the LaconiaKarl Dönitz
2010Die GrenzeMaximilian Schnell
2009Rabbit Without Ears 2Thomas Kretschmann
2009RomyHarry Meyen
2009FlashForwardStefan Krieger
2009Separation CityKlaus Becker
2009Mission HollywoodSelf
2009The Young VictoriaKing Leopold
2008ValkyrieOtto Ernst Remer
2008MogadischuCaptain Jürgen Schumann
2008Der SeewolfWolf Larssen
2008WantedCross
2008In TranzitMax
2008TransSiberianMyassa
2007Resident Evil: Diary of an ApocalypseSelf
2007Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read MapsPaul
2007Bionic WomanThe Man
2007EichmannAdolf Eichmann
2007NextMr. Smith
2007Wild Chicks in LoveHerr Slättberg
2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'Self
2006The Eighth Blunder of the WorldSelf
2006Grimm LoveOliver Hartwin
2006The Karate DogGerber
2006The Celestine ProphecyWil
2006ImmortalAlexander Nikopol
2006Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul IIPope John Paul II
2006Germany's Next TopmodelSelf - Guest Judge
2005King KongCaptain Englehorn
2005Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"Self
2005SnowlandAron
2004The PresentSelf
2004FrankensteinVictor Helios
2004DownfallSS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
2004Resident Evil: ApocalypseMajor Cain
2004Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2Roscoe
2004Head in the CloudsMajor Thomas Bietrich
2004ImmortalNikopol
2004In Enemy HandsLudwig Cremer
2003My FatherHermann M.
2003Der Solist - KuriertagPhilip Lanart
2002The PianistCaptain Wilm Hosenfeld
2002Der Solist - In eigener SachePhilip Lanart
2002Blade IIDamaskinos
200124Max
2001Knights Of The QuestVanni delle Rondini
2001Ein tödliches WochenendeChristian
2001Der Solist - NiemandslandPhilip Lanart
2001Hostile TakeoverRobert Fernau
2000U-571Capt. Lt. Gunther Wassner
2000PoisonJohnny Krieger
2000Green SailsRobert Fowler
1999Miss DiamondTim
1999Der Solist – Kein Weg zurückPhilip Lanart
1999Relic HunterKurt Reiner
1999EstherKönig Xerxes
1999Der Tod in deinen AugenBilly Tanauer
1999BeckmannSelf
1999Total Recall 2070
1998V.I.P.The Owl
1998Killer CoupleDomenico
1998Girl's Trap – Death Comes OnlineMagnus Sieber
1998The Johannes B. Kerner ShowSelf
1998LebensläufeSelf
1997The Princess and the PauperMigal
1997La principessa e il poveroMigal
1997Prince ValiantThagnar
1997Leute heuteSelf
1997Rack UpCristopher
1997Total RealityCommander Tunis
1997Unter die HautSantos
1996La dernière fêteJoseph
1996Marching in DarknessGianni Tricarico
1996Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway PoliceRobert Michalke
1996The Stendhal SyndromeAlfredo Grossi
1995Wir zusammen allein mit dirWolf Jensen
1995I Love My Daughter's HusbandMichael
1995WomenFranck
1995Burning HeartJunger Gustav Regler
1995Anna: Under the Spell of EvilStephan Richter
1995Nachtbus
1994Tödliche BesessenheitSebastian Goebel
1994Affären
1994Queen MargotNançay
1994Jenseits der BrandungPaul Augustin
1993Die RatteSven
1993StalingradLieutenant Hans von Witzland
1993Engel ohne FlügelAchim Possart
1992The Warrior's HeartLt. Maximillian Lüdt
1992Shining ThroughMann in Zürich
1991Rothenbaumchausseeo.A.
1989Radiofieber
1989Molle mit KornHeringsbändiger
1989Der MitwisserPaul
1988Die Männer vom K3Dieter Koller
1987Hals über KopfBankräuber
1987Praxis Bülowbogen
1985Westler: East of the WallSoldat
1984Goldene KameraSelf - Laudatio
1981Das TraumschiffNiko Waldkron
1979NDR Talk ShowSelf
1977The Old FoxKarsten Winterberg
19743 nach 9Self
1974DerrickEberhard Kraus
1971Dalli DalliSelf
1948BambiSelf
—Wagner In VeniceRichard Wagner
—The Stalking MoonAurick Fenstermacher
—Eyes in the Trees
—The ProminentsBogislow Von Bonin
—Tacheles
—Los VampiresKürt Orlov

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