Andreas Wisniewski
Andreas Wisniewski (born July 3, 1959 in Berlin ) is a German actor and director who initially worked mainly in the USA .
Life
After training in Berlin, London, Copenhagen and Paris, Wisniewski first worked as a ballet dancer in Berlin and Munich before turning to acting. He already had a small role as a border officer in Elton John's music video for Nikita (1985) . He made his film debut in the British film Gothic by Ken Russell before he had his best-known and greatest role as Killer Necros in the James Bond film The Living Daylight. He had a similar role in John McTiernan's Die Hard , in which he played one of Gruber's accomplices and as a creepy kidnapper and torturer in the truck in the British production Hush . In recent years he has been working more and more in Germany, for example in the television series Ein starkes Team , Die Wache , Balko , SOKO 5113 and Alarm für Cobra 11 . He made his directorial debut in 2001 with the film Willows and made a cameo on Mission: Impossible in 2011 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1986: Gothic
- 1987: James Bond 007 - The Living Daylights
- 1988: Die Hard
- 1995: Death Machine
- 1996: Mission: Impossible
- 1998: Urban Ghost Story
- 1998: Heroes and Other Cowards
- 2001: Willows (short film, director)
- 2008: Hush
- 2008: Scorpion King : Rise of a Warrior
- 2010: Centurion
- 2011: Mission: Impossible - Phantom Protocol (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol)
- 2013: Bela Kiss: Prologue
Web links
- Andreas Wisniewski in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography at jamesbond007.net (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wisniewski, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |