Thomas Kretschmann

Kretschmann in 2011, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com

Place of Birth: Dessau, German Democratic Republic (now Saxony-Anhalt, Federal Republic of Germany)

Date of Birth: 8 September, 1962

Ethnicity: German

Thomas Kretschmann is a German actor, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in Dessau, East Germany, and at nineteen escaped to West Germany in a month-long journey with nary any money or belongings, crossing four borders while moving through Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Austria.