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Andreas Wisniewski was born on the July 3, 1959, in Berlin, West Germany. The 6 foot 4 inch blond German 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 where Wisniewski plays the role of Fletcher. Probably his biggest film came the following year in 1987 hit film The Living Daylights
, based on the novel by Ian Fleming. Wisniewski potrays lethal hitman Necros who over the space of the film impersonates a Cockney milkman, an American jogger, a German balloon salesman and a doctor. Probably the most dramatic scene comes towards the end when James Bond (Timothy Dalton) is fighting for his life out the back of a plane with Necros, which ultimately ends with Necros falling to his death with Bond's boot as his only hope of survival. Most people would notice him in his next big role playing one of Hans Grubers (Alan Rickman) henchman Tony in the 1988 blockbuster Die Hard
, which see's him fighting it out with John McClane (Bruce Willis) with the demise of Wisniewski's character once again. The scene of Tony's body in the lift with the phrase "I've Got 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 appear in TV Shows Superboy and Mann & Machine for one off appearances. He reappeared in the 1995 science-fiction film Death Machine
playing Weyland then in 1996 playing a non speaking role as Max's Companion in another box office smash Mission Impossible.

Wisniewski then reverted back to his German roots by starring in a string of German films. He then reappeared to the English audience in an episode of the TV series Lock Stock... based on the English gangster film by Guy Ritchie and an episode of ITV hit series Ultimate Force alongside popular soapstar Ross Kemp.

Andreas Wisniewski was credited as a part in the Bio-pic Surviving Picasso, alongside Anthony Hopkins. However the Andreas Wisniewski in the film is not the same one who appeared on the big screen with the likes of Cruise and Willis.

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