Andreas Wisniewski (born July 3, 1959) is a German actor and former dancer.
Wisniewski was born in Berlin, Germany, and spent the early part of his life dancing before turning to acting. Wisniewski made his big-screen debut in Gothic (1986), a film about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, in which Wisniewski plays the role of Fletcher.
Probably his biggest film came the following year in 1987 Bond film The Living Daylights. The 6ft 4 ½ inch (194cm) Wis...
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Andreas Wisniewski (born July 3, 1959) is a German actor and former dancer.
Wisniewski was born in Berlin, Germany, and spent the early part of his life dancing before turning to acting. Wisniewski made his big-screen debut in Gothic (1986), a film about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, in which Wisniewski plays the role of Fletcher.
Probably his biggest film came the following year in 1987 Bond film The Living Daylights. The 6ft 4 ½ inch (194cm) Wisniewski portrays lethal KGB hitman Necros, who over the course of the film impersonates a Cockney milkman, an American jogger, an Austrian balloon salesman, and a doctor. His next mainstream role was as one of Hans Gruber's (Alan Rickman) henchmen, Tony, in the 1988 blockbuster Die Hard. The scene of Tony's body in the elevator with the phrase "Now I Have A Machine Gun. Ho-Ho-Ho" on his shirt proves to be one of the most famous shots from the film.
Wisniewski disappeared from the big screen only to reappear in the TV shows Superboy, Mann &...
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