Thomas Kretschmann
Thomas Kretschmann ( born September 8, 1962 in Dessau ) is a German actor and former swimmer.
Life
Having grown up in the GDR Thomas Kretschmann was a talented swimmer in his youth. He belonged to the National Executive of the GDR and won several championship titles. At the age of 19 years Kretschmann fled beyond the borders of Hungary, Yugoslavia and Austria from East Germany to West Germany.
In the late 1980s he studied acting training at the Drama School " The Circle " in Berlin. Then he played a role in Macbeth, directed by Katharina Thalbach. He made his film debut in 1989 in the film The confidant. In 1991 he was awarded prize for this film at the Film Festival Max Ophüls as best young actor.
In 1993, he then played in his first German movie. Joseph Vilsmaier cast him in the starring role in his war drama Stalingrad.
In the cinema Kretschmann is seen in supporting roles in major Hollywood productions. 2002, among others, in Blade II with Wesley Snipes and the Oscar-winning film The Pianist by Roman Polanski, in which he plays the German officer Wilm Hosenfeld. In 2004, he was also in Resident Evil: Apocalypse to see and especially in Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall. 2005 Kretschmann got a supporting role in the remake of King Kong by Peter Jackson. Here he again met his fellow actors Adrien Brody from The Pianist.
In the television film you not be afraid! - The Life of Pope John Paul II embodied Kretschmann John Paul II In 2003, Thomas Kretschmann played a supporting role in two episodes of the second season of the television series 24
On 9 March 2006, the horror film Rohtenburg (Butterfly, a Grimm Love Story ) would be launched in theaters in the Kretschmann plays the cannibal Oliver Artvin. This figure is freely inspired by the shape of the known as the " Cannibal of Rotenburg ", Armin Meiwes. Meiwes looked through the film violated his privacy rights and applied at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main for an injunction against the screening of the film. This was adopted on 3 March 2006 and confirmed on 17 June 2008. However, the Bundesgerichtshof ( Federal Supreme Court ) annulled the decision by its decision of 26 May 2009.
In 2007, Kretschmann was preparing for the role of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, whom he in the German - American film production Valkyrie - should play the Stauffenberg assassination. Shortly before signing the contract for the drama that addresses the 1944 failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the main role with the Americans Tom Cruise was busy. Kretschmann then took over the part of the Major Otto Ernst Remer.
Also in 2007, Kretschmann was seen in a supporting role in the action film by Lee Tamahori Next. In 2008 he played in the ProSieben remake of The Sea Wolf in the title role of Wolf Larsen. In the same year he starred opposite Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman and James McAvoy on the action film Wanted. He stood in 2010 in the jungles of Malaysia for the adaptation of the bestseller Jungle Child by Sabine Kuegler front of the camera, which was released in 2011. Until April 2011, Kretschmann was part of the Walk -With- Giants campaign of Johnnie Walker and told there over his human career.
On 2 and 3 November 2011 Thomas Kretschmann was seen in the ARD - parter Laconia as Admiral Karl Dönitz at the side of Franka Potente. The two were already in the feature film Eichmann together in front of the camera. In 2012, he portrayed Dracula in Dario Argento's Dracula 3D. For co-produced by NBC and BBC horror series Dracula he has since October 2013 held the role of Abraham Van Helsing, while Jonathan Rhys Meyers are seen as Count Dracula and Oliver Jackson -Cohen as Jonathan Harker.
Private
Kretschmann was twelve years in a relationship with Lena Roklin and the couple have three children (* 1998, * 1999 and * 2002). End of March 2009 gave both the separation known. After that Kretschmann was romantically involved from March 2009 to June 2010 with the German model Shermine Shahrivar photo -Persian.
Filmography
- 2004: Head in the Clouds
- 2005: Land of Snow
- 2005: The Drop
- 2005: King Kong
- 2005: Fear you not! - The Life of Pope John Paul II
- 2006: Rohtenburg
- 2006: La Pierre de Concile
- 2006: The Celestine Prophecy
- 2007: Next
- 2007: The camp - We went through hell ( In Tranzit )
- 2007: The Wild Chicks in Love
- 2007: Why Men Do not Listen and Women Can not Read
- 2007: Eichmann
- 2008: Mogadishu
- 2008: Transsiberian
- 2008: Wanted
- 2008: The Sea Wolf
- 2008: Operation Valkyrie - The Stauffenberg assassination
- 2009: FlashForward ( TV series)
- 2009: Romy
- 2009: The Young Victoria
- 2009: Zweiohrküken
- 2010: The boundary
- 2010: The Big Bang
- 2011: Jungle Child
- 2011: What a Man
- 2011: Cars 2
- 2011: Laconia
- 2011: Hostel 3
- 2012: The River ( TV series)
- 2012: Dracula 3D
- 2013: Stalingrad 3D
- 2013: Open Grave
- Since 2013: Dracula ( TV series)
- 2014: The Return of the First Avenger ( Captain America: The Winter Soldier )
Spielografie
- 2013: Call of Duty: Ghosts ( as a voice actor in the German version of the game)
Synchronization
Thomas Kretschmann synchronized so far in most English movies and series itself In a few exceptions, he is voiced by Udo Schenk, for example, in the series Relic Hunter - The Treasure Hunter or 24