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Monday, September 8, 2025

Happy 63rd Birthday to Thomas Kretschmann, actor!

 The German actor who has played 11 roles as

a Nazi officer in different films -- Indiana Jones &

Dial of Destiny & The Pianist (2002) & King Kong (2005)

among other films.

born Sept. 8, 1962 in Dessau, then-DDR (East Germany)

at age 19 he began a month-long trek to escape Communist

East Germany and to immigrate to W. Germany, crossing

4 borders with only a passport and the equivalent of $100

in his possession.  Played Count Dracula in Dracula 3-D 

and one year later played Abraham Van Helsing in

Dracula  (2013).

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