Thomas Wlaschiha is a German actor. Internationally, he is known for his roles as Jaqen H'ghar in the second, fifth and sixth seasons of the TV series Game of Thrones,[1][2] as well as Sebastian Berger in the police procedural Crossing Lines. He also appeared in four episodes of Jack Ryan as Max Schenkel. He plays Dmitri Antonov / "Enzo" in the fourth season of Stranger Things.
Tom Wlaschiha | |
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 Wlaschiha in 2013 | |
| Born | Thomas Wlaschiha |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Early life and education
editWlaschiha was born in Dohna, Bezirk Dresden. When he was 17 years old, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, he travelled to the United States as an exchange student. He remained there for a year, acting in theater and studying English.[3]
Career
editSince 1998, he has played mostly supporting roles in numerous German and international TV and film productions. In his first leading role he portrayed Stephan in the 2000 gay milieu study No One Sleeps.[4]
On stage, Wlaschiha has performed with the Theater Junge Generation (Young Generation) in Dresden from 1996 until 2000, with the Schauspielhaus Zürich in 2002, and with the Schauspiel Frankfurt in 2003.[citation needed]
In August 2011, he was cast as the convict and assassin Jaqen H'ghar in season 2 of the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones,[5] and reprised his role in seasons 5 and 6, starting in 2015. For his performance in Game of Thrones he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series by the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2016.[citation needed]
From 2013 to 2015, he starred in the crime series Crossing Lines as Kommissar Sebastian Berger, a German police officer.[citation needed]
Wlaschiha portrayed the Gestapo inspector Hagan Forster in the 2018 television series Das Boot, and subsequently in the second and third series.[6]
As a voice actor, Wlaschiha is heard in film dubs, audiobooks, and commercials. For some of his international work (e.g., Game of Thrones), Wlaschiha dubs himself in German.[2] He voiced Buzz Lightyear in the German dub of Lightyear.[citation needed]
Personal life
editWlaschiha also speaks French, Italian, and Russian.[citation needed]
Baritone singer Ekkehard Wlaschiha was his uncle.[7]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Ich wünsch Dir Liebe | Nachbar | Television film |
| 2000 | No One Sleeps | Stefan Hein | |
| 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | Soldier | |
| Rent a Baby | Oliver | Television film | |
| 2002 | Alibis for Sale | Stefan | Television film |
| 2003 | Fast perfekt verlobt | Nikas Kollege | Television film |
| 2004 | Pura vida Ibiza | Felix | |
| 2004 | Die Stunde der Offiziere | Hauptmann Axel von dem Bussche | Television film documentary |
| Rock Crystal | Schafhirt Philipp | ||
| 2005 | Icon | Mercedes Driver | Television film |
| Munich | News Crew at Fürstenfeldbruck | ||
| 2006 | 16 Blocks | Bus Passenger | |
| The Cloud | Hannes | ||
| 2007 | My Little Boy | Wolfgang | Short film |
| Fürchte dich nicht | Lt. Falk | Television film | |
| 2008 | Ship of No Return: The Final Voyage of the Gustloff | Bootsmann | Television film |
| Brideshead Revisited | Kurt | ||
| Krabat | Hanzo | ||
| Valkyrie | Communications Officer | ||
| 2011 | Christopher and His Kind | Gerhardt Neddermayer | Television film |
| Who's Watching Who | Thomas | Short film | |
| Stilles Tal | Olli Reschke | ||
| Anonymous | Captain of the Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Resistance | Albrecht | ||
| 2012 | Freshly Squeezed | Chris | |
| A Small Thing | Moritz Blank | Television film | |
| 2013 | Ohne Gnade! | Baboo | |
| Rush | Harald Ertl | ||
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Prince Albert | |
| 2017 | Eltern und andere Wahrheiten | Torsten Pfeffer | Television film |
| Berlin Falling | Andreas | ||
| Dobermann | Siras | Short film | |
| 2018 | I krig & kærlighed | Gerhard | |
| 2019 | Saturday Fiction | Saul Speyer | |
| 2020 | Rose Island | Wolfgang Rudy Neumann | |
| 2022 | Lightyear | Buzz Lightyear | German Dub |
| 2020 | Escape to the Sea | Karl | Television film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall | Koschi | Episode 1.1: "Stubbes Erbschaft" |
| 1996 | Max Wolkenstein | Kai | Episode 1.5: "Verbotene Liebe" |
| 1997 | Mama ist unmöglich | Rico | Episode 1.7: "Mama ahoi!" |
| 1998 | Der Fahnder | Dieter Feldberg | Episode 8.5: "Direkt ins Herz" |
| 2000 | Die Cleveren | Jochen | Episode 2.2: "Der Rosenkavalier" |
| Tatort | Lars Kante | Episode: "Das letzte Rodeo" | |
| 2000–2004 | Die Rettungsflieger | Feldwebel Torsten Biedenstedt | 14 episodes |
| 2003 | Die Sitte | Bernd Horsten | Episode 1.2: "Auf gute Nachbarschaft" |
| Unser Charly | Richy | Episode 8.2: "Charly sieht alles" | |
| Im Namen des Gesetzes | Tobias Ording | Episode 3.8: "Todesspiel" | |
| Küstenwache | Felix Kemper | Episode 6.12: "Entführung auf See" | |
| Hallo Robbie! | Horst | Episode 3.1: "In letzter Sekunde" | |
| 2004 | Ein Fall für zwei | Episode 24.2: "Mord aus Liebe" | |
| 2004, 2007, 2012 | In aller Freundschaft | Dr. Daniel Lohmann (season 7 & 9) / Julian Tessner (season 14; uncredited) | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Unter den Linden – Das Haus Gravenhorst | Hermann Pikeweit | 13 episodes |
| SOKO Wismar | Jens Holling | Episode 3.8: "Halbe Volte" | |
| Zwei Engel für Amor | Sebastian / Mann (uncredited) | 3 episodes | |
| 2007 | GSG 9 – Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben | Wetting | Episode 1.9: "Abgewiesen" |
| Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei | Nick Weiss | Episode 22.6: "Stunde der Wahrheit" | |
| 2008 | Die Gustloff | Bootsmann | |
| Spoons | |||
| Unschuldig | Endres | Episode 1.9: "Große Fische" | |
| Die Patin – Kein Weg zurück | Lew | ||
| 2009 | Wilsberg | Stefan Wehnert | Episode 1.26: "Der Mann am Fenster" |
| Eine für alle – Frauen können's besser | Sebastian Vollenbrinck | 19 episodes | |
| Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell | Thomas Welz | Episode 2.2: "Der Schatz des Kaufmanns" | |
| 2010 | Der letzte Bulle | Markus Breckwoldt | Episode 1.2: "Überlebenstraining" |
| The Deep | Arkady | 4 episodes | |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures | Lt. Koenig | Episodes 4.9 and 4.10: "Lost in Time" | |
| 2011 | Stuttgart Homicide | Benedikt Fahl | Episode 3.9: "Lavendeltod" |
| 2012 | Leipzig Homicide | Episode 11.12: "Junggesellinnenabschied" | |
| 2012; 2015–2016 | Game of Thrones | Jaqen H'ghar | Recurring (season 2), main role (seasons 5–6); 17 episodes |
| 2013–2015 | Crossing Lines | Sebastian Berger | 34 episodes |
| 2013 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Schwartz | Episode 13.4: "The Labours of Hercules" |
| 2014 | Borgia | Philip of Habsburg | Episode 3.13: "1506" |
| 2015 | Tatort | Thorsten Rausch | Episode: "Borowski und die Kinder von Gaarden" |
| 2017 | Maigret | Carl Andersen | Episode 2.1: "Maigret's Night at the Crossroads" |
| Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach | Kommissar Weinhauer | Episode 2.2: "Anatomie" | |
| Dengler | Marius Brauer | Episode 1.3: "Die schützende Hand" | |
| 2018 | Das Boot | Hagen Forster | 19 episodes |
| 2019 | Thanks for the Memories | Justin Beckmann | 2 episodes |
| Jack Ryan | Max Schenkel | 4 episodes[8] | |
| 2022 | Stranger Things | Dmitri "Enzo" Antonov | Recurring (season 4); 8 episodes |
| 2022 | Dangerous Liaisons | Henri de Montrachet | Recurring; 3 episodes |
| 2023 | Mrs. Davis | Hans Ziegler | Recurring; 5 episodes |
Theatre
edit| Year | Play | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Saved | Fred | Schauspiel Leipzig |
| Year Unknown | Volpore | Voltore | Schauspiel Leipzig |
| 1999 | Drei Schwestern | Tusenbach | tjg, Dresden |
| 1999 | Bluthochzeit | The Bridegroom | tjg, Dresden |
| 2000 | Faust ist tot | Donny | TiF, Dresden |
| 2001 | Tartuffe (Molière) | Valère | Mecklenburg State Theatre, Schwerin |
| 2001 | Engel der Tankstelle | Marshall | Volksbühne, Berlin |
| 2003 | Heinrich IV | Mortimer | Schauspielhaus Zürich |
| 2003 | Klinik | Markus | Schauspielhaus Zürich |
| 2005 | Maria Magdalena (Hebbel) | Secretary | Schauspiel Frankfurt |
| 2006 | 231 East 47th Street | Andy Warhol | Sophiensæle, Berlin |
| 2007 | Das ist mein Bett (Franckh) | Phillip | Wechselbad, Dresden |
| 2007 | Der Freigeist (Schmitt) | Denis Diderot | Wechselbad, Dresden |
| 2008 | Frühling (Léhar) | Ewald | Volksbühne, Berlin |
| 2009 | Salome | Maraboth | Staatstheater Stuttgart |
References
edit- ^ Robinson, Joanna (8 March 2015). "A Season 2 Game of Thrones Favorite Will Make a Surprise Return This Year". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Game of Thrones – Das Lied von Eis und Feuer" (in German). Deutsche Synchronkartei. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ Zander, Peter (22 August 2012). "Tom Wlaschiha und die großen Rollen" [Tom Wlaschiha And the Great Roles] (in German). Berliner Morgenpost. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ "Tom Wlaschiha – Arbeitstier mit Reisedefizit". Monsters and Critics. September 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ Hibberd, James (3 August 2011). "'Game of Thrones' casts assassin Jaqen". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Hale, Mike (16 June 2019). "Review: Rebooting 'Das Boot' on Land And Sea". New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "Deutscher "Game of Thrones"-Star trauert um seinen Onkel". TAG24 (in German). 23 February 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Die deutsche Stimme von Buzz Lightyear". stern.de (in German). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.