Tom Wlaschiha
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, 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 List of [Stranger Things characters|Dmitri Antonov / "Enzo"] in the fourth season of Stranger Things.
Early life and education
Wlaschiha was born in 1973 in Dohna, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany. 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.Career
Since 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.On stage Wlaschiha has performed with the Theater Junge Generation in Dresden from 1996 until 2000, with the Schauspielhaus Zürich in 2002, and with the Schauspiel Frankfurt in 2003.
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, and reprised his role in seasons 5 and 6, starting in 2015. For his performance in Game of Thrones he was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for [Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series] by the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 22nd [Screen Actors Guild Awards|2016].
From 2013 to 2015 he starred in the crime series Crossing Lines as Kommissar Sebastian Berger, a German police officer.
Wlaschiha portrayed Gestapo inspector Hagan Forster in the 2018 television series Das Boot, and subsequently in the second and third series.
As a voice actor Wlaschiha is heard in film dubs, audiobooks, and commercials. For some of his international work, Wlaschiha dubs himself in German. He voiced Buzz Lightyear in the German dub of Lightyear.
Personal life
Wlaschiha also speaks English, French, Italian, and Russian.Baritone singer Ekkehard Wlaschiha was his uncle.