Andreas Wisniewski

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Andreas Wisniewski
Wisniewski as Necros
Born	July 3, 1959 (1959-07-03) (age 48) Berlin, Germany

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 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 KGB 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. Wisniewski will hit the screens in the UK again in 2008 after a 6 year break when he stars in Mark Tonderai's cat & mouse thriller Hush.

Wisniewski has also appeared in 2 music videos. 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.

In 2001 Wisniewski turned his hand to directing, making the short film Inspiration starring English Actors Danny Webb and Christine Adams. 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.