Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann
Did Fegelein shave his hair?
Known for	Playing the role of Hermann Fegelein, and possibly being a reincarnation of the Antic Master.
Born	8 September 1962
Nicknames	Tom, Tommy, Fegel-Kretschmann
Height	1.76 m 5' 9¼"

Thomas Kretschmann (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmas ˈkrəʧman]; born 8 September 1962) is a German actor.

Kretschmann was born in Dessau, former German Democratic Republic. Before he became an actor, Kretschmann trained to become an Olympic swimmer. At the age of 19, he left East Germany and began a month-long trek to West Germany to escape the East German state. During this trek he lost part of a finger, but it was surgically reattached. Kretschmann crossed four borders with nothing other than his passport and the equivalent of $100 in his possession.

At the age of 25, he began acting, starring in numerous European films and television series. In 1991, Kretschmann was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize for best young actor for his role in Der Mitwisser. He went on to star in his first full length feature, the 1993 film Stalingrad. He achieved international recognition for his role as a rapist/murderer in Dario Argento's The Stendhal Syndrome.

His best known roles are Hermann Fegelein in Der Untergang, Karl Dönitz in The Sinking of the Laconia, Captain Englehorn in the 2005 remake of King Kong, and Professor Zündapp in Cars 2.

He is well known for playing many German characters: Lieutenant Hans Von Witzland in the 1993 film Stalingrad, Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist, Otto Ernst Remer in the 2009 film Valkyrie, Adolf Eichmann in the 2007 movie Eichmann, Gunther Wassner in U-571, and Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015.

Notable Roles

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1989	Der Alte (Season 13 Episode 5) Bahnhofsbaby	Karsten Winterberg	TV series
	Radiofieber (4 episodes)	Hasso	TV series
	Der Mitwisser	Paul	Television film Max Ophüls Prize for Best Young Actor
1992	Krigerens Hjerte (The Warrior's Heart)	Lieutenant Maximillian Luedt	Appeared in Der Frozengang
1993	Stalingrad	Lieutenant Hans von Witzland	Some of his more parodyable roles
	Die Ratte	Sven	Film rated 18+
1994	La Reine Margot	Nançay
1995	Derrick (Season 22 Episode 4) Teestunde mit einer Mörderin	The husband of the murderess	Television film
1996	The Stendhal Syndrome	Alfredo Grossi
	Marciando nel buio (Marching In Darkness)	Gianni Tricarico	Used in Der Frozengang
1997	Prince Valiant	Thagnar
1998	Die Mädchenfalle - Der Tod kommt online	Magnus Sieber	First role as an police detective
	Die Diebin (Miss Diamond)	Tim Kaiser	TV movie
1999	Der Tod in deinen Augen	Billy	TV movie
	Esther: The Bible	King Ahasuerus of Persia	Television film
	Der Solist (4 episodes 1999-2003)	Philip Lanart	TV movie
2000	U-571	Kapitänleutnant Günther Wassner
2001	Feindliche Übernahme – althan.com (Hostile Takeover)	Robert Fernau
	Ein tödliches Wochenende	Christian	Appeared alongside Horwitz and Nickel
	I cavalieri che fecero l'impresa	Vanni delle Rondini
2002	Blade II	Eli Damaskinos
	The Pianist	Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld
2003	24	Max
2004	In Enemy Hands	First Watch Officer Ludwig Cremer
	Immortel (Ad Vitam)	Nikopol
	Der Untergang	SS-Obergruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	Major Timothy Cain
	The Karate Dog	Gerber	Television film
	Head in the Clouds	Franz Bietrich
	Frankenstein	Victor Helios	Television film
2005	Schneeland	Aron
	Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II	Pope John Paul II	Miniseries and have appeared with Bruno Ganz. Featured in one parody.
	King Kong	Captain Englehorn
2006	Rohtenburg	Oliver Hartwin	Best Actor, Sitges 2006 (shared with co-star Thomas Huber) Best Actor, PiFan 2007 (shared with co-star Thomas Huber)
	The Celestine Prophecy	Wil
	24: The Game	Max	video game
2007	Next	Mr. Smith
	In Transit	Max
	Eichmann	Adolf Eichmann
	Bionic Woman	The Man	television series (episode one)
	Warum Männer nicht zuhören und Frauen schlecht einparken	Paul
2008	Wanted	Cross
	Transsiberian	Kolzak
	Mogadischu	Kapitän Jürgen Schumann	Television film. Appeared in Staedty86 's Hitler travels by plane
	Der Seewolf	Kapitän Wolf Larsen	television film
	Valkyrie	Otto Ernst Remer	Also appeared in some parodies
2009	The Young Victoria	King Leopold I of Belgium
	King Conqueror	Archbishop of Tarragona
	Wanted: Weapons of Fate	Cross	Video game
	Separation City	Klaus Becker
	FlashForward	Stefan Krieger	Television series
	Romy	Harry Meyen	TV movie
2010	The Nazi Officer's Wife	Kapitänleutnant Günther Wassner	Unreleased
	Dare to Love Me	Mariano
	The Big Bang	Frizer
2011	Cars 2	Professor Zündapp	Voice
	The Sinking of the Laconia	Admiral Dönitz	Television film – BBC Productions. One of his more easily parodyable roles, as Dönitz sports the same haircut as Fegelein. Most notably used in Der Disneygang and The Antic Menace.
	The Cape	Gregor the Great	television series
	Hostel: Part III	Flemming	Direct-to-DVD
	What a Man	Jens
2012	Dracula 3D	Dracula
	The River	Captain Kurt Brynildson	Television series
2013	Dracula	Abraham Van Helsing	Television series
	Open Grave	Lukas
	Stalingrad (2013)	Hauptmann Peter Kahn	Another parodyable role of him. Seen in Antics in the Bunker - Stand Alone Rants
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soilder	Baron Wolfgang von Strucker	Cameo (mid-credits scene)
	Plastic (2014)	Marcel
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Baron Wolfgang von Strucker
	Hitman: Agent 47	Le Clerq
2016	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	Airplane Passenger	Cameo
	Central Intelligence	The Buyer	Cameo
2017	Stratton	Grigory Barovsky
	The Saint	Rayt Marius	TV movie
	Jungle	Karl
	A Taxi Driver	Jürgen Hinzpeter
	Berlin Station	Otto Ganz	TV series
2018	Dragged Across Concrete	Lorentz Vogelmann
	Ballon	Oberstleutnant Seidel

Gallery

Interrogation scene, behind the scenes.

As Admiral Dönitz in The Sinking of Laconia.

As Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist.

Pope Fegelein.

As Alfredo in The Stendhal Syndrome.

Count Fegelein (Kretschmann as Dracula in Dracula 3D)

As Captain Englehorn in Kong

As Otto Ernst Remer in Valkyrie

"Dolfy, go shoot yourself!"

Tommy with the ceiling cat, as he appeared in WonkyTonkBotty's parody, "Hitler plans to kill Fegelein's new cat". Also nicknamed, "Feg-feline"

"Yo Dolfy, eat this!"

Ladies and gentleman, please fasten your seat belts. We'll be approaching Fegeleinia International Airport shortly.

Pulling an antic over Raccoon City.

Antic Master by day, vampire hunter by night. Kretschmann as Abraham Van Helsing in the Dracula NBC TV series.

We all know what the Antic Master is thinking about in this picture

Kretschmann in a French Footy Uniform?! DAS IST UBERVERRAT!

We already know his best target.

Lock on target and I'm not crazy.

As Hauptmann Peter Kahn in Stalingrad 3D.

As Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

As Lt. Hans von Witzland in Stalingrad (1993).

As Kolzak in Transsiberian.

Videos

THOMAS KRETSCHMANN...A NAZI OFFICER!!!

A slideshow of some of his roles.

External links

• Thomas Kretschmann at the Internet Movie Database.