Thomas Kretschmann

Birthday: 8 September 1962, Dessau, German Democratic Republic [now Saxony-Anhalt, Federal Republic of Germany]

Height: 176 cm

Thomas Kretschmann was born in East Germany. Before becoming an actor, he was a swimmer. He has acted in several popular American movies, such as Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), The Pianist (2002), ...Show More

[on his title role in Eichmann (2007)] I was born long after the war but I still carry this collecti Show more [on his title role in Eichmann (2007)] I was born long after the war but I still carry this collective guilt around. It's not as much fun for a German to play a part like this than it would be for, say, Ralph Fiennes. It's a very juicy part, but I couldn't get myself excited to go and play Eichmann. Strangely, I have lots of Jewish friends in LA. My wife is Jewish. They were all excited that I play him, so I wanted to do it for them. Hide

Leaving [home] is kind of a strange thing - the world opens up but, at the same time, it gets smalle Show more Leaving [home] is kind of a strange thing - the world opens up but, at the same time, it gets smaller. The more you see of the world, the smaller it seems. After I did the film Stalingrad (1993), I left Germany, and I did a couple of films in France and lived there for about three years, and a couple of films in Italy, and lived there for two years. Then I came over here. The more you get familiar with different countries, the more you think, "Where am I going to live for the rest of my life?" You think, "OK, Germany sucks - don't want to live there; France, no; Italy - the food is nice, but I don't want to live there". In the end, you have nowhere to go anymore. Hide

Thomas Kretschmann's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (95)

Stratton

Bionic Woman - Season 1

Cars 2

Gran Turismo

Das Boot - Season 4

The Big Bang

Dracula 3D

Jungle

Das Boot - Season 2 [Sub: Eng]

24 - Season 5