Person
- Born
- 1962-09-08
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Film & TV
Acting · Dessau, German Democratic Republic [now Germany]
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…
Known for
- Samo Lives2026
- Fall for Me — Nick2025
- Putin2025
- American Star — Thomas2024
- Upgraded — Arnold Grant2024
- Infinity Pool — Thresh2023
- Deliver Us — Father Saul2023
- The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny — Self2023
- Gran Turismo — Patrice Capa2023
- Last Sentinel — Hendrichs2023
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 22
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 160,293x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 75,924x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 57,043x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,394x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,641x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1962-09-08 ) 8 September 1962 (age 63) , Dessau , Bezirk Halle , East Germany
- Occupations
- Actor, screenwriter, producer
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Partner
- Brittany Rice (2011–present)
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Key dates
- Born
- 8 September 1962
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Dessau
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Image
- Thomas Kretschmann in March 2012.jpg
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Article
Thomas Kretschmann ( pronounced [ˈtoːmas ˈkʁɛtʃman]; born 8 September 1962) is a German actor who has appeared in many European and American films. His notable roles include Lieutenant Hans von Witzland in Stalingrad (1993), Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist (2002), Hermann Fegelein in Downfall (2004), Captain Englehorn in King Kong (2005), Major Otto Remer in Valkyrie (2008), the voice of Professor Z in Cars 2 (2011), and the journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter in A Taxi Driver (2017). He also portrayed Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
Kretschmann has twice been nominated for the Deutscher Fernsehpreis for Best Actor. He is also a European Film Award and Nika Award nominee.
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