Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann (1962 - )
==Film Deaths==
*Stalingrad (1993) [Lieutenant Hans von Witzland]: Freezes to death with his men in the snow. 
*The Stendhal Syndrome (La Sindrome di Stendhal) (1996) [Alfredo Grossi]: Dies after being pushed into a river by Asia Argento. His body is later lifted out of the river by the police.
*Prince Valiant (1997) [Thagnar]: Stabbed in the chest and stomach at the end of a swordfight with Stephen Moyer (after the stabbing, it's unclear who stabbed who until Thomas collapses).
*Tease (Poison) (2000) [Johnny Krieger]: Stabbed to death by Mandy Schaffer while having sex with her in a hot tub.
*U-571 (2000) [Capt.-Lt. Gunther Wassner]: Beaten to death with a wrench by Jake Weber after Thomas tries to give away the submarine's position.
*Blade II (2002) [Damaskinos]: Throat torn out by his son (Luke Goss); his body turns to stone and breaks apart afterwards. (Thomas was wearing heavy vampire makeup for the role.)
*The Pianist (2002) [Captain Wilm Hosenfeld]: Dies (off-screen) in a Russian prison camp after the wars end. We learn of his death via screen text at the film's end.
*Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004) [Hermann Fegelein]: Machine-gunned by Igor Romanov on Bruno Ganz' orders, after Thomas leaves the bunker without permission.
*Head in the Clouds (2004) [Franz Bietrich]: Shot to death through a window by French resistance fighters.
*Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) [Major Timothy Cain]: Devoured by zombies, just before a nuclear bomb hits the city.
*Adolf Eichmann (Eichmann) (2007) [Adolf Eichmann]: Hanged for war crimes. (I haven't seen this film, but this was the fate of the real-life Eichmann)
*Next (2007) [Mr. Smith]: Shot in the head by Julianne Moore. This turns out to be one of Nicolas Cage's future visions; the movie ends before it plays out in reality, so it's unknown whether Thomas will still be killed or whether he'll be captured alive this time.
*Wanted (2008) [Cross]: Shot in the chest and neck by his son (James McAvoy), who was unaware of their relationship; he dies shortly after revealing to James about his true paternity.
*Transsiberian (2008) [Kolzak]: Shot in the forehead by Ben Kingsley.
*Hostel: Part III (2011) [Flemming]: Face impaled onto spikes by Kip Pardue with Thomas' car (having been placed so that he could use his body to drive over them), just as he wakes up from Kip repeatedly stabbing him.
*Dracula 3D (2012) [Dracula]: Staked through the heart and turns into dust. However, as the film ends the dust turns into a flying bat, suggesting that Thomas might return.
*Stalingrad (2013)'' [Captain Peter Kahn]: Dies when the building he is in collapses from a bombing run after already being mortally wounded from multiple gun shot wounds.
*Open Grave (2013) [Lukas]: Dies of head trauma after being hit on the head with a rock by Sharlto Copley, as Kretschmann was strangling him. He dies shortly afterwards with Copley be his side.
*Plastic (2014) [Marcel]: Dies of his injuries after Will Poulter accidentally crashes Thomas' car into Alfie Allen's as Ed Speleers holds him at gunpoint, although its unclear whether he succumbs because of the collision or his gunshot wound from Robbie Gee.
*Spectre (2015) [Hannes Oberhauser]: Killed in an avalanche caused by a de-aged Christoph Waltz. Thomas only appears in the movie through photographs, alongside the younger Christoph and Daniel Craig, and a newspaper cutting announcing his off-screen death.
*Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) [Baron Wolfgang von Strucker]: Executed (off-screen) in his cell by James Spader. His body is later shown in a photo on a tablet screen, with the word "peace" written in the background with Thomas's blood.
*Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) [Antoine LeClerq]: Killed in an explosion (along with his remaining cohorts) when Ciaran Hinds detonates a bomb-rigged inhaler, while Thomas is escaping in a helicopter holding Hinds captive.
*Central Intelligence (2016) [The Buyer]: Killed in a car crash, when Dwayne Johnson rams his vehicle into a wall at high speed as Thomas is trying to run down Kevin Hart.
*Stratton (2017) [Grigory Barovsky]: Killed in an explosion after Dominic Cooper throws a grenade next to him, while trying to release the done.
*Dragged Across Concrete (2018) [Lorentz Vogelmann]: Shot in the throat by Mel Gibson during a gunfight, as Thomas was attempting to shoot at Mel through an opening in his van, only for Mel to avoid the gunfire and shoot at Thomas. His corpse is later seen, alongside the corpses of Primo Allon and Matthew MacCaull, when Mel and Tory Kittles take the stolen gold from the van, leaving their bodies behind while they escape.
*Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) [Colonel Weber]: Shot once in the chest by Toby Jones, while Thomas was attempting to strangle Harrison Ford with a whip, during a prolonged fight on a train. As Thomas is reacting to being shot, he is then kicked off the train by Harrison, falling off a cliff as a result.
*Deliver Us (2023) [Father Saul]: Shot to death by Maria Vera Ratti to stop him murdering her babies.
==Television Deaths==
*Westworld: Parce Domine (2020) [Gerald]: Head cracked open after falling in a swimming pool.
==Video Game Deaths==
*24: The Game (2006) [Max]: Shot to death by Kiefer Sutherland on a yacht after Thomas shoots and wounds Kiefer.
==Gallery==
Thomas Kretschmann (3).PNG|Thomas Kretschmann (below) in The Stendhal Syndrome
Thomas Kretschmann (2).PNG|Thomas Kretschmann in Blade II
Thomas.png|Thomas Kretschmann in Downfall
Major Cain's death.png|Thomas Kretschmann's death in Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Thomas Kretschmann.PNG|Thomas Kretschmann in Dracula 3D
ThomasKretschmann-AvengersAgeOfUltron-BeatenToDeath.png|Thomas Kretschmann in Avengers: Age of Ultron
LeClerq's death.png|Thomas Kretschmann's death in Hitman: Agent 47
Spectre - Oberhauser newspaper article.webp|Newspaper cutting of Thomas Kretschmann’s character death in Spectre 
ThomasKretschmann-CentralIntelligence-CarCrash.jpeg|Thomas Kretschmann's death in Central Intelligence
ThomasKretschmann-DraggedAcrossConcrete-ShotInTheNeck.png|Thomas Kretschmann in Dragged Across Concrete
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