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), Pianisten (2002), U-571 (2000), In Enemy Hands (2004), etc. He has three children, Nicolas, Stella and Sascha with his ex-girlfriend Lena.
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