Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann
Did Fegelein shave his hair?
Known for	Playing the role of 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 know 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, etc.

Other Roles

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1989	Der Mitwisser		television film Max Ophüls Prize for Best Young Actor
1993	Stalingrad	Lieutenant Hans von Witzland	Some of his more parodyable roles
	Die Ratte	Sven
1994	La Reine Margot	Nançay
1995	Derrick Season 22 Episode 4 Teestunde mit einer Mörderin	the husband of the murderess
1996	The Stendhal Syndrome	Alfredo Grossi
1997	Prince Valiant	Thagnar
1999	Esther: The Bible	King Ahasuerus of Persia	television film
2000	U-571	Kapitänleutnant Günther Wassner
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. 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
	FlashForward	Stefan Krieger	television series
2010	The Nazi Officer's Wife	Kapitänleutnant Günther Wassner
	Dare to Love Me	Mariano
2011	Cars 2	Professor Zündapp	voice
	The Sinking of the Laconia	Admiral Dönitz	television film – BBC Productions
	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

Gallery

Interrogation scene, behind the scenes.

As Karl Dönitz in The Sinking of Laconia.

As Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist.

Pope Fegelein.

Count Fegelein (Kretschmann as Dracula in the upcoming 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.

Videos

THOMAS KRETSCHMANN...A NAZI OFFICER!!!

A slideshow of some of his roles.

Kretschmann on Fegelein

Kretschmann's interview.

External links

• Thomas Kretschmann at the Internet Movie Database.