Tom Wlaschiha

Thomas Wlaschiha (born 1973) 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 Dmitri Antonov / "Enzo" in the fourth season of Stranger Things.

Early life and education Wlaschiha was born 20 June 1973 in Dohna, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany. At the age of 17, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, he traveled to the United States as an exchange student, where he remained for a year studying English and performing in theater productions.

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 (Young 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 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series by the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 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 (e.g., Game of Thrones), Wlaschiha dubs himself in German.

Acting credits Film

Television

Theatre Year Play Role Venue 1993 Saved Fred Schauspiel Leipzig Year unknown Volpore Voltore 1999 Drei Schwestern Tusenbach tjg, Dresden Bluthochzeit The Bridegroom 2000 Faust ist tot Donny TiF, Dresden 2001 Tartuffe (Molière) Valère Mecklenburg State Theatre, Schwerin Engel der Tankstelle Marshall Volksbühne, Berlin 2003 Heinrich IV Mortimer Schauspielhaus Zürich Klinik Markus 2005 Maria Magdalena (Hebbel) Secretary Schauspiel Frankfurt 2006 231 East 47th Street Andy Warhol Sophiensæle, Berlin 2007 Das ist mein Bett (Franckh) Phillip Wechselbad, Dresden Der Freigeist (Schmitt) Denis Diderot 2008 Frühling (Léhar) Ewald Volksbühne, Berlin 2009 Salome Maraboth Staatstheater Stuttgart 2025 The Land of the Living Thomas Royal National Theatre