Thomas Kretschmann was born in Dessau, Germany, on September 8, 1962. He played sports when he was young. He was part of the Olympic swimming team. He began acting at the age of 25 with European films and television series. In his filmography to date, more than 90 paintings. In 1991, Thomas Kretschmann won the Best Young Actor prize for his role in Der Mitwisser’s Ulrike Dickmann film The Initiate. International acclaim came with the role of Captain Wilm Hosenfeld in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist.
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Thomas Kretschmann was born in Dessau, Germany, on September 8, 1962. He played sports when he was young. He was part of the Olympic swimming team. He began acting at the age of 25 with European films and television series. In his filmography to date, more than 90 paintings. In 1991, Thomas Kretschmann won the Best Young Actor prize for his role in Der Mitwisser’s Ulrike Dickmann film The Initiate. International acclaim came with the role of Captain Wilm Hosenfeld in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist. The film tells about the fate of the famous Polish pianist Vladislav Spielman, she received the Oscar. After this film, Kretschmann repeatedly portrayed military officials during World War II.
The role of Timothy Kane played in a fantastic action movie by Allexander Witt
Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, 2004) The next year – the role of Captain Englehorn in the remake of the film “King Kong” directed by Peter Jackson.
In 2006, a psychological thriller was released, telling the real story of the “Rottenburg cannibal”. Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story was presented at the Festival de Cine de Sitges, and Thomas won the Best Actor award.
In 2008, the actor starred in the crime film Brad Anderson.
Trans-Siberian Express In the musical Fall in Love with Me. And in the same year in the movie "Especially dangerous." Timura Bekmambetova He played the role of Cross, playing in an ensemble with actors Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman and Konstantin Khabensky. In 2009, the film "Operation Valkyrie" (Valkyrie) directed by Brian Singer was released. Thomas played the role of Otto Ernst Remer in this historical drama.
The actor lives in Los Angeles. He has three illegitimate children. He is filming for a Hugo Boss commercial.
