Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann

1962-09-08 Dessau, Germany 121 Credits

Biography

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 Wikipedia.

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Emperor

Emperor

2026

as Thomas Kretschmann: Jakob Fugger 'The Bank of Europe'

Acting

XVI Century. Action epic about young Johanna "Of Ghent", who seeks revenge on the holy Roman Emperor Charles V for the death of her father. It happens...

Fall for Me

2025

Acting

Lilli visits her sister Valeria. She is surprised to learn that Valeria has become engaged to the Frenchman Manu. She also meets nightclub manager Tom...

Putin

Putin

2025

5.5
Acting

A portrait of a formidable political figure, unraveling the contrasting facets of an iron-fisted tyrant and a man haunted by fear.

Upgraded

Upgraded

2024

as Arnold Grant

7.2
Acting

Ana is an ambitious intern dreaming of a career in the art world while trying to impress her demanding boss Claire. When she's upgraded to first class...

American Star

American Star

2024

as Thomas

5.6
Acting

An assassin on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to the island, ...

Deliver Us

Deliver Us

2023

as Father Saul

5.5
Acting

When a nun in a remote convent claims immaculate conception, the Vatican sends a team of priests to investigate, concerned about an ancient prophecy t...

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

2023

as Self

6.4
Acting

Join the adventure with the cast and crew, showcasing new characters, stunts, music, locations, production design, and visual effects in five chapters...

Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo

2023

as Patrice Capa

7.8
Acting

The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual pr...

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

2023

as Colonel Weber

6.5
Acting

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacle...

Last Sentinel

Last Sentinel

2023

as Hendrichs

5.4
Acting

Set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth, four exhausted soldiers man Sentinel - a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring con...

Infinity Pool

Infinity Pool

2023

as Thresh

6.1
Acting

While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the su...

American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally

American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally

2021

as Joseph Goebbels

5.6
Acting

The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed “Axis Sally” for broadcasting Nazi propagand...

Greyhound

Greyhound

2020

as Grey Wolf (voice)

7.4
Acting

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines...

Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

2020

as Korporal

6.2
Acting

During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from sou...

The Windermere Children

The Windermere Children

2020

as Oscar Friedmann

7.5
Acting

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

Dragged Across Concrete

Dragged Across Concrete

2019

as Lorentz Vogelmann

6.6
Acting

Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes th...

Discarnate

Discarnate

2019

as Dr. Andre Mason

5.3
Acting

A neuroscientist's obsession with a drug that expands the human mind inadvertently unleashes a deadly supernatural force on his team.

Balloon

Balloon

2018

as Lieutenant Colonel Seidel

7.5
Acting

Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces...

A Taxi Driver

A Taxi Driver

2017

as Jürgen Hinzpeter

8.1
Acting

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreig...

The Saint

The Saint

2017

as Rayt Marius

5.3
Acting

International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addit...

Stratton

Stratton

2017

as Grigory Barovsky

5.0
Acting

A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.

Jungle

Jungle

2017

as Karl

6.6
Acting

In 1981, an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Thei...

Four Against the Bank

Four Against the Bank

2016

5.9
Acting

After losing their respective nest eggs thanks to a bumbling bank employee, three men use him to plot a bold and batty heist to get their money back.

Central Intelligence

Central Intelligence

2016

as The Buyer

6.4
Acting

Calvin Joyner, a mild-mannered accountant whose high school glory days are long behind him, reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Fa...

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

2016

as Airplane Passenger

6.3
Acting

In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her co...

The Blue Mauritius

The Blue Mauritius

2016

as Holtz

Acting

Five international thieves meet in Cape Town to steal the most valuable stamp in the world.

Hitman: Agent 47

Hitman: Agent 47

2015

as Le Clerq

5.9
Acting

An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015

as Strucker

7.3
Acting

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fat...

United Passions

United Passions

2014

as Horst Dassler

3.3
Acting

An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men who created it. Driven by their vision and ...

Plastic

Plastic

2014

as Marcel

6.0
Acting

Sam and Fordy run a credit card fraud scheme, but when they steal from the wrong man, they find themselves threatened by sadistic gangster. They need ...

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

2014

as Friedrich Ritter (voice)

6.6
Acting

Darwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the b...

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

2014

as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker (uncredited)

7.7
Acting

After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adju...

Stalingrad

Stalingrad

2013

as Kapitan Kan

6.5
Acting

A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process b...

Open Grave

Open Grave

2013

as Lukas

6.0
Acting

A man awakes-- without memory -- in a pit full of bodies and must figure out if the people who rescued him are the killers, or if he is the murderer.

Dracula 3D

Dracula 3D

2012

as Dracula

3.5
Acting

When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the co...

Hostel: Part III

Hostel: Part III

2011

as Flemming

5.1
Acting

Set in Las Vegas, the film centers on a man who attends his best friend's bachelor party, unaware of an insidious agenda that plays into hunting human...

What a Man

What a Man

2011

as Jens

5.3
Acting

What a man is a comedy that tells the story of a young professor, Alex (Matthias Schweighofer), who after being left by his girlfriend Caroline (Mavie...

Cars 2

Cars 2

2011

as Professor Z (voice)

6.2
Acting

Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rock...

Jungle Child

Jungle Child

2011

as Vater Klaus Kuegler

7.0
Acting

A family of a German linguist lives with an indigenous tribe in Papua New Guinea.

The Big Bang

The Big Bang

2011

as Frizer

5.3
Acting

A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets o...

Die Grenze

Die Grenze

2010

as Maximilian Schnell

5.0
Acting

Germany in the near future: the economic situation has deteriorated dramatically, the social mood is simmering and the political camps are becoming mo...

Rabbit Without Ears 2

Rabbit Without Ears 2

2009

as Thomas Kretschmann

5.8
Acting

Two years have passed. There is a normal life, but handsome Ludo meets his old love, and Anna is very jealous...

Romy

Romy

2009

as Harry Meyen

5.2
Acting

From her on-screen triumphs to her off-screen tribulations, this biopic focuses on the captivating life and career of actress Romy Schneider.

Separation City

Separation City

2009

as Klaus Becker

5.3
Acting

A comedy-drama which follows the collapse of two marriages.

The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

2009

as King Leopold

7.2
Acting

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mot...

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

2008

as Otto Ernst Remer

6.9
Acting

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to cre...

Mogadischu

Mogadischu

2008

as Captain Jürgen Schumann

6.5
Acting

The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the...

Wanted

Wanted

2008

as Cross

6.5
Acting

Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered...

In Tranzit

In Tranzit

2008

as Max

5.5
Acting

Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female guards. To weed out the guilty, the innocent must ...

TransSiberian

TransSiberian

2008

as Myassa

6.4
Acting

A TransSiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious p...

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Diary of an Apocalypse

2007

as Self

4.5
Acting

The making of "Resident Evil: Apocalypse."

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps

2007

as Paul

4.6
Acting

Jan is an absolute heartthrob and a diehard Hertha fan. Katrin is attractive, just as successful and an incorrigible romantic. Chance makes the two th...

Eichmann

Eichmann

2007

as Adolf Eichmann

6.0
Acting

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, of his role in Hitler's plan for the final solution.

Next

Next

2007

as Mr. Smith

6.1
Acting

Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underw...

Wild Chicks in Love

Wild Chicks in Love

2007

as Herr Slättberg

6.4
Acting

Five teenage girls navigate the twists and turns of their complicated emotional lives, and learn the secrets of the heart through their friendship.

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

2006

as Self

5.7
Acting

Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense ...

The Eighth Blunder of the World

2006

as Self

Acting

Blooper reel for Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005)

Grimm Love

Grimm Love

2006

as Oliver Hartwin

4.8
Acting

In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ulti...

The Karate Dog

The Karate Dog

2006

as Gerber

4.8
Acting

When LAPD computer expert Peter Fowler investigates the killing of an old man in Chinatown, he finds the only witness is his dog, Cho Cho. But Fowler ...

The Celestine Prophecy

The Celestine Prophecy

2006

as Wil

5.1
Acting

A spiritual adventure film chronicling the discovery of ancient scrolls in the rainforests of Peru. The prophecy and its nine key insights predict a w...

Immortal

Immortal

2006

as Alexander Nikopol

4.3
Acting

When three men learn an ancient secret for immortality, one defects to use it for evil. The other two must stop him before he lures their loved ones i...

Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II

Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II

2006

as Pope John Paul II

4.9
Acting

The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the Vatica...

King Kong

King Kong

2005

as Captain Englehorn

6.9
Acting

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter K...

Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"

2005

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the 2004 movie 'Der Untergang' aka. 'Downfall'

Snowland

Snowland

2005

as Aron

4.6
Acting

Based on the novel Hohaj by Elisabeth Rynell, it depicts the devastation felt by Elizabeth, a woman who had lost her husband in a car accident and wan...

The Present

The Present

2004

as Self

Acting

A short film made by the cast of 2005's King Kong to surprise the director Peter Jackson on his birthday.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

2004

as Victor Helios

5.1
Acting

An investigation into a serial killer leads two detectives to discover that Dr. Frankenstein and his creature are still alive after two centuries of g...

Downfall

Downfall

2004

as SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein

7.9
Acting

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking fr...

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

2004

as Major Cain

6.4
Acting

As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have tur...

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

2004

as Roscoe

2.8
Acting

Babies can communicate with each other using 'baby talk', and have innate knowledge of the secrets of the universe. The infant geniuses become involve...

Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds

2004

as Major Thomas Bietrich

5.9
Acting

Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda d...

Immortal

Immortal

2004

as Nikopol

5.7
Acting

In the distant future, Earth is occupied by ancient gods and genetically altered humans. When a god is sentenced to death he seeks a new human host an...

In Enemy Hands

In Enemy Hands

2004

as Ludwig Cremer

5.8
Acting

At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisone...

My Father

My Father

2003

as Hermann M.

6.0
Acting

A man who grew up an orphan finally gets to meet his father: The psychopath Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz surgeon who performed genetic experiments...

Der Solist - Kuriertag

2003

as Philip Lanart

6.0
Acting
The Pianist

The Pianist

2002

as Captain Wilm Hosenfeld

8.4
Acting

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into...

Der Solist - In eigener Sache

2002

as Philip Lanart

6.0
Acting
Blade II

Blade II

2002

as Damaskinos

6.6
Acting

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

Knights of the Quest

Knights of the Quest

2001

as Vanni delle Rondini

4.5
Acting

In 1271, five young knights journey to Thebes in Greece to recover the Sacred Shroud and deliver it back to France and into the hands of the royal fam...

Ein tödliches Wochenende

2001

as Christian

3.5
Acting

Der Solist - Niemandsland

2001

as Philip Lanart

6.0
Acting
Hostile Takeover

Hostile Takeover

2001

as Robert Fernau

Acting

The Hostile Takeover is a tale of how an average pizza delivery guy named Jay gets caught in the middle of the largest territorial war in the city's h...

U-571

U-571

2000

as Capt. Lt. Gunther Wassner

6.5
Acting

In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. Howe...

Poison

Poison

2000

as Johnny Krieger

3.0
Acting

Traci is a devious teenage girl who befriends and kills anyone who comes between her and her mother, Dana, a failed movie actress who lies for and pro...

Green Sails

Green Sails

2000

as Robert Fowler

1.0
Acting

When ambitious CCT exec Will Patterson uncovers a corporate conspiracy, his life spirals out of control. With an unlikely ally and beautiful crusader ...

Miss Diamond

Miss Diamond

1999

as Tim

4.5
Acting

Diamonds are a girls best friends, so when an exhibition of the first diamonds ever discovered in Germany is announced, Lana thinks it is her duty to ...

Der Solist – Kein Weg zurück

Der Solist – Kein Weg zurück

1999

as Philip Lanart

3.5
Acting

In Hamburg, a suspicious crash and mafia-style killings hinge on witness Maja Stein, who demands protection. Detectives Lanart and Marquardt hide her ...

Esther

Esther

1999

as König Xerxes

6.8
Acting

Esther, the beautiful queen of Persia, intervenes to save the Jewish people from a bloody massacre.

Der Tod in deinen Augen

1999

as Billy Tanauer

2.0
Acting

During a business lunch, a hearing-impaired woman becomes an “earwitness” to a murder plot, which she reads from the lips of a man at the next table. ...

Killer Couple

Killer Couple

1998

as Domenico

1.5
Acting

Newlyweds Dario and Luciana discover that their quiet neighbors are hired assassins who killed a politician – and become their next target.

Girl's Trap – Death Comes Online

Girl's Trap – Death Comes Online

1998

as Magnus Sieber

6.0
Acting

17-year-old schoolgirl Silke Hartmann meets a nice young man online. In reality, however, her virtual counterpart, who calls himself Jan, is a serial ...

The Princess and the Pauper

The Princess and the Pauper

1997

as Migal

6.3
Acting

A fairy tale about a twin princess and a prince who where seperated after their birth.

Prince Valiant

Prince Valiant

1997

as Thagnar

5.2
Acting

An Arthurian legend of young Prince Valiant, son of the King of Scandia. After the King is exiled by an evil leader, the Prince travels to Camelot to ...

Rack Up

Rack Up

1997

as Cristopher

Acting

In Spain, the billiard champion Jesus participates in a tournament to help his old friend Paco, owner of a bar and fallen into the grip of loan sharks...

Total Reality

Total Reality

1997

as Commander Tunis

4.5
Acting

David Bradley, stars as the roguish soldier Anthony Rand, who follows a ruthless general back through time in a last ditch attempt to save the univers...

Unter die Haut

1997

as Santos

Acting
La dernière fête

La dernière fête

1996

as Joseph

5.5
Acting

The story of Marquise De Prie, the wife of Marquis De Savoy and the mistress of King Louis XV.

Marching in Darkness

Marching in Darkness

1996

as Gianni Tricarico

5.9
Acting

A young recruit to the Italian army discovers and rejects the seedy world of soldiers who prostitute themselves to supplement their income. But before...

The Stendhal Syndrome

The Stendhal Syndrome

1996

as Alfredo Grossi

5.5
Acting

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brut...

Wir zusammen allein mit dir

Wir zusammen allein mit dir

1995

as Wolf Jensen

6.0
Acting

Wolf is a young man who works in a kindergarten. One day, a strange woman leaves her child at the kindergarten and does not return. So, Wolf takes the...

I Love My Daughter's Husband

1995

as Michael

3.0
Acting
Women

Women

1995

as Franck

5.1
Acting

Every Sunday, Mary, Alice and Joan, three long-time friends, find themselves at the pool to talk about their love affairs. Mary, who is a stockbroker,...

Burning Heart

Burning Heart

1995

as Junger Gustav Regler

Acting

Follows the life of the famous German politician, writer, and communist activist, Gustav Regler, from his birth in 1898, in the Saar, through the two ...

Anna: Under the Spell of Evil

Anna: Under the Spell of Evil

1995

as Stephan Richter

Acting

Nachtbus

1995

Acting

A warm summer night - waiting for the bus - observations.

Tödliche Besessenheit

1994

as Sebastian Goebel

2.0
Acting

When a businessman falls in love with a widowed actress, her dream of owning her own theater on the North Sea coast finally seems to come true. But su...

Affären

Affären

1994

3.8
Acting

A married couple has problems and he wants to solve these against her wish by consulting a psychiatrist. As both expect an older woman they are very s...

Queen Margot

Queen Margot

1994

as Nançay

7.2
Acting

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble ...

Jenseits der Brandung

1994

as Paul Augustin

Acting
Die Ratte

Die Ratte

1993

as Sven

3.7
Acting

Ricki is 15, an apprentice in a supermarket, and admires his older brother Sven, a big shot in Hamburg's red-light district who keeps his head above w...

Stalingrad

Stalingrad

1993

as Lieutenant Hans von Witzland

7.3
Acting

A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of their number is wiped out and they're placed under...

The Warrior's Heart

The Warrior's Heart

1992

as Lt. Maximillian Lüdt

4.7
Acting

A Norwegian nurse falls in love with a Finnish soldier in the Winter War of 1939/40 between Finland and the Soviet Union. After settling down WW2 erup...

Shining Through

Shining Through

1992

as Mann in Zürich

6.5
Acting

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War...

Rothenbaumchaussee

1991

as o.A.

Acting

Hamburg, summer 1945: The young English control officer Captain Hannes Hacker arrives in the Hanseatic city to initiate the establishment of a new, li...

Radio Fever

1989

2.0
Acting

Der Mitwisser

1989

as Paul

Acting
Westler

Westler

1985

as Soldat

5.3
Acting

Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the cur...

Wagner In Venice

N/A

as Richard Wagner

Acting

The movie will chart the journey of Richard and Cosima Wagner as they arrive in Venice following the prèmiere of Parsifal in 1882. The plot will turn ...

The Stalking Moon

N/A

as Aurick Fenstermacher

Acting

Eyes in the Trees

N/A

Acting

A video journalist and his film crew embark on a journey into an isolated forest, only to find their excursion turned into a fight for survival for no...

The Prominents

The Prominents

N/A

as Bogislow Von Bonin

Acting

Centers on a group of Nazi Germany's most prominent prisoners as they are transported across Europe to be used as bargaining chips in the German surre...