Thomas Kretschmann
There's one thing that actors don't like: being typecast. German actor Thomas Kretschmann had to dig himself out of that potential rut, having played a Nazi or Nazi sympathizer over 10 times in his career. Kretschmann, who was born on Sept. 8, 1962, took to the camera late, since he was actually training to be an Olympic swimmer first. Growing up in East Germany in the days before the Berlin Wall was torn down, he actually defected to West Germany and wound up losing part of a finger due to frostbite in the process; it was saved and reattached. After appearing in German movies and TV shows, he got his first Hollywood break appearing in "U-571" (2000) as a German submarine captain. After several more German TV movies, he appeared in a couple of campy North American TV shows where his Teutonic good looks were appreciated: the adventure series "Relic Hunter" (CTV1999-2002) with Tia Carrera and the thriller "V.I.P." (Syndication 1998-2002) with Pamela Anderson. His film career spanned an impressive range, from popcorn fare including the action hero franchise "Blade II" (2002) with Wesley Snipes and Peter Jackson's "King Kong" (2005) to more somber period fare like Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" (2002) and the Tom Cruise Nazi thriller "Valkyrie" (2008). He even had a voice role in the Pixar sequel "Cars 2" (2011). He became a regular feature on American television with his key role as Abraham Van Helsing on the atmospheric horror series "Dracula" (NBC 2013-).
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Thomas Kretschmann
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Putin | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
77% |
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Upgraded | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
78% |
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American Star | Thomas (Character) | $9.4K | 2024 |
67% |
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Deliver Us | Father Saul (Character) | $3.3K | 2023 |
70% |
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Colonel Weber (Character) | $174.5M | 2023 |
33% |
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Last Contact | Hendrichs (Character) | - | 2023 |
87% |
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Infinity Pool | Detective Thresh (Character) | $5.1M | 2023 |
19% |
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American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally | Joseph Goebbels (Character) | - | 2021 |
41% |
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Waiting for Anya | Korporal (Character) | - | 2020 |
100% |
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The Windermere Children | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
70% |
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Balloon | Seidel (Character) | $32.0K | 2018 |
76% |
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Dragged Across Concrete | Lorentz Vogelmann (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Discarnate | Dr. Andre Mason (Character) | - | 2018 |
0% |
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Stratton | Grigory Barovsky (Character) | - | 2017 |
60% |
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Jungle | Karl (Character) | - | 2017 |
97% |
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A Taxi Driver | Peter (Character) | $1.5M | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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The Saint | Rayt Marius (Character) | - | 2017 |
71% |
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Central Intelligence | The Buyer (Character) | $127.4M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Emperor | Jacob Fugger (Character) | - | 2016 |
8% |
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Hitman: Agent 47 | Le Clerq (Character) | $22.4M | 2015 |
76% |
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Avengers: Age of Ultron | Strucker (Character) | $459.0M | 2015 |
0% |
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United Passions | Horst Dassler (Character) | - | 2014 |
14% |
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Plastic | Marcel (Character) | - | 2014 |
83% |
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The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden | Friedrich Ritter (Voice) | $247.2K | 2014 |
51% |
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Stalingrad | Peter Kahn (Character) | $1.0M | 2013 |
19% |
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Open Grave | Lukas (Character) | - | 2013 |
20% |
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Argento's Dracula | Dracula (Character) | $3.1K | 2012 |
28% |
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Resident Evil: Retribution | Major Tom Cain (Voice) | $42.3M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What a Man | Jens (Character) | - | 2011 |
67% |
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Hostel Part III | Flemming (Character) | - | 2011 |
39% |
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Cars 2 | Professor Zündapp (Voice) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Jungle Child | Vater Klaus Kuegler (Character) | - | 2011 |
19% |
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The Big Bang | Det. Frizer (Character) | - | 2010 |
75% |
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The Young Victoria | King Leopold (Character) | $11.0M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Romy | Harry Meyen (Character) | - | 2009 |
80% |
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Separation City | Klaus Becker (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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In Tranzit | Max (Character) | - | 2008 |
62% |
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Valkyrie | Otto Ernst Remer (Character) | $83.1M | 2008 |
91% |
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Transsiberian | Kolzak (Character) | $2.2M | 2008 |
71% |
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Wanted | Cross (Character) | $134.3M | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Mogadischu | Kapitän Jürgen Schumann (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sea Wolf | Wolf Larssen (Character) | - | 2008 |
38% |
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Eichmann | Adolf Eichmann (Character) | - | 2007 |
28% |
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Next | Mr. Smith (Character) | $18.0M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Grimm Love | Oliver Hartwin (Character) | - | 2006 |
5% |
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The Celestine Prophecy | Wil (Character) | $1.0M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Butterfly---A Grimm Love Story | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II | Pope John Paul II (Character) | - | 2005 |
84% |
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King Kong | Cap. Englehorn (Character) | $218.1M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Schneeland (Snowland) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Frankenstein | Victor Helios (Character) | - | 2004 |
90% |
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Downfall | SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein (Character) | $5.5M | 2004 |
18% |
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Major Cain (Character) | - | 2004 |
17% |
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Head in the Clouds | Maj. Franz Bietrich (Character) | $398.2K | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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In Enemy Hands | 1st Watch Officer Ludwig Cremer (Character) | - | 2004 |
0% |
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SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Roscoe (Character) | $9.1M | 2004 |
29% |
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Immortal (Ad Vitam) | Nikopol (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Father, Rua Alguem 5555 | Hermann M. (Character) | - | 2003 |
95% |
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The Pianist | Captain Wilm Hosenfeld (Character) | $17.8K | 2002 |
57% |
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Blade II | Damaskinos (Character) | $81.6M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Knights of the Quest | Vanni delle Rondini (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kights of the Quest | Vanni delle Rondini (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hostile Takeover | Robert Fernau (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Green Sails | Robert Fowler (Character) | - | 2000 |
68% |
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U-571 | Kapitanlieutenant Wassner (Character) | $77.1M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poison | Johnny Krieger (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Esther | King Ahasuerus (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Total Reality | Commander Tunis (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Prince Valiant | Thagnar (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La principessa e il povero | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
70% |
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The Stendhal Syndrome | Alfredo Grossi (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cuemaster | Cristopher (Character) | - | 1996 |
82% |
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Queen Margot | Nançay (Character) | $11.3K | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Stalingrad | Lt. Hans von Witzland (Character) | - | 1992 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 73% | Das Boot | Berger (Character) | 2020 |
69% | 45% | Lore | Inspector Georg Reingruber (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Berlin Station | Otto Ganz (Character) | 2017 |
53% | 74% | Dracula | Abraham Van Helsing (Character) | 2013-2014 |
63% | 63% | The River | Captain Kurt Brynildson (Character) | 2012 |
41% | 50% | The Cape | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
80% | 78% | FlashForward | Stefan Krieger (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2008 |
95% | No Score Yet | Karen Sisco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
87% | 87% | 24 | Max (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Relic Hunter | Kurt Reiner (Guest Star) | 1999-2000 |
33% | 92% | Total Recall 2070 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |