German actor

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann 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).

Born

1962

September 8

Died

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1960s

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1962 Born

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70 After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem.
617 Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.
1100 Election of Antipope Theodoric.
1198 Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans)

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The world in 1962

When Thomas arrived

april 21 The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
april 26 NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
april 26 The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1.
august 11 Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.

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Ali al-Hadi 828–868 the tenth Imam of Shia Islam (born 829) Antonín Dvořák 1841–1904 Czech composer and academic (born 1841) Asha Bhosle 1933–2026 Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality (born 1933) Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg 1814–1874 French historian and archaeologist (born 1814) David Arquette 1971– American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler José María Pino Suárez 1869– Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (died 1913) Kennedy 1972– American radio and television host Martin Freeman 1971– English actor Neko Case 1970– American singer-songwriter and guitarist

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1962

Art Alexakis 1962– American singer-songwriter and musician Billy Beane 1962– American baseball player and manager Brian Azzarello 1962– American author Chris Sanders 1962– American illustrator and voice actor Clint Black 1962– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer David Arnold 1962– English composer Dee Bradley Baker 1962– American voice actor Denis O'Hare 1962– American actor and singer Evander Holyfield 1962– American boxer and actor

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