Andreas Wisniewski

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Andreas Wisniewski
Andreas Wisniewski as Necros
Born	3 July 1959 Berlin, Germany
Notable roles	Necros (The Living Daylights) Tony (Die Hard)

Andreas Wisniewski was born July 3, 1959, in Berlin, Germany. The 194 cm (6 foot 4 inch) blond German spent the early part of his life dancing before turning to acting.

1 Career
2 Selected Filmography
3 Music Videos
4 Directing
5 Trivia
6 External links

[edit] Career

Wisniewski made his big screen debut in the 1986 Gothic, 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. Wisniewski portrays lethal hitman Necros who over the space 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 lift 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 TV shows Superboy, Mann & Machine and Northern Exposure where he played Arthur, the bear. He reappeared on the big screen in the 1995 science-fiction film Death Machine playing Weyland, and again in 1996 in a non speaking role as Max's companion in another box office smash Mission Impossible.

Wisniewski then reverted to his German roots by starring in a string of German films. He then reappeared to English audiences in an episode of the TV series Lock, Stock...The Series based on the English gangster film by Guy Ritchie where he played mullet wearing Heinrich who accidentally commit suicide by shooting himself in the head playing a film game, he then appeared 2 years after in an episode of ITV hit series Ultimate Force alongside popular soap opera star Ross Kemp playing Russian terrorist Glasnovic.

Andreas Wisniewski as Dr Quinn in Urban Ghost Story.

[edit] Selected Filmography

Gothic (1986) ... Fletcher
The Living Daylights (1987) ... Necros
Die Hard (1988) ... Tony
Superboy (TV series) (1992)... Android
Northern Exposure (TV series) (1992) ... Arthur
Mann & Machine (TV series (1993) ... John Stepka
The Hit List (1993) ... Lance
Death Machine (1995) ... Weyland
Mission Impossible (1996) ... Max's Companion
Supply & Demand (1997) ... John Howard
Kidnapping Mom & Dad (1998) ... Holger
The Tribe (1998) ... Lieutenant
Urban Ghost Story (1998) ... Quinn
The Waiting Time (1999) ... Ernst Raub
Lock, Stock...The Series (TV series) (2000) ... Heinrich
Ultimate Force (TV series) (2002) ... Glasnovic
Essential Music Videos: Classic '80s (2004) ... Uncredited (Segment 'Venus')

[edit] Music Videos

Wisniewski has also appeared in 2 music videos in his career. He was in the video Venus, sung by the girl group Bananarama, and also appeared as a soldier in the background of Elton John's video Nikita, where can be seen in the background as Elton John's Rolls Royce pulls up to the security gate.

[edit] Directing

In 2001 Wisniewski turned his hand to directing, he made a short film called Inpiration starring English Actors Daniel Webb and Christine Adams.

[edit] Trivia

An Andreas Wisniewski is credited as a part in the bio-pic Surviving Picasso alongside Anthony Hopkins. This Andreas Wisniewski is, in fact, a different actor.