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Wilhelm von Homburg

German boxer and actor

1940 - 2004

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His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm von Homburg is the 5,088th most popular actor, the 4,835th most popular biography from Germany and the 179th most popular German Actor.

Wilhelm von Homburg, also known as Norbert Grupe, was a German professional boxer with a record of 30 wins, 11 losses, and 6 draws, and an actor known for his roles as James in *Die Hard* (1988), Vigo the Carpathian in *Ghostbusters II* (1989), and a pimp in Werner Herzog's *Stroszek* (1977). In his youth, Grupe worked as a meatpacker, butcher, longshoreman, and waiter, and was trained in boxing and professional wrestling by his father, Richard Grupe. His combative personal life and career were chronicled in the 2002 German documentary *Der Boxprinz*.

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Among actors, Wilhelm von Homburg ranks 5,087 out of 15,712. Before him are Kim Nam-gil, Alice Drummond, Go Hyun-jung, Gheorghe Mureșan, Semyon Farada, and Chandra Wilson. After him are Corinne Griffith, Tess Harper, Pierre Coffin, Kim Hee-sun, Michael McElhatton, and Amanda Bearse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Wilhelm von Homburg ranks 411. Before him are Richard Attwood, Tilo Prückner, Gene Pitney, Homa Darabi, Manuel Esquivel, and Vojislav Melić. After him are Claude Dagens, Hamzah Haz, Henri Dès, Jerry Lucas, Adam Przeworski, and Wolfgang Paul. Among people deceased in 2004, Wilhelm von Homburg ranks 243. Before him are Mahmut Atalay, Quorthon, Madeleine Robinson, Marcelo González Martín, Richard Dembo, and Fred Ramdat Misier. After him are Mochtar Lubis, Joan Aiken, Eric Sturgess, Guinn Smith, Heinrich Mark, and Jan Sterling.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm von Homburg ranks 4,835 out of 8,184. Before him are Paul Rudolf von Bilguer (1815), Johann August Ephraim Goeze (1731), Siegmar Wätzlich (1947), Wendelin Werner (1968), Gabriele Reinsch (1963), and Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928). After him are Ralph Kronig (1904), Heinrich Hax (1900), Francis Buchholz (1954), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Tomislav Marić (1973), and Hartwig Gauder (1954).

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Among Actors In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Wilhelm von Homburg ranks 179. Before him are Moritz Bleibtreu (1971), Tilo Prückner (1940), Nina Hoss (1975), Katharina Thalbach (1954), Ulrich Matthes (1959), and Marianne Hoppe (1909). After him are Charles Régnier (1914), Aleksandra Khokhlova (1897), Rosemary Murphy (1925), Lya Lys (1908), Joachim Gottschalk (1904), and Gisela Uhlen (1919).

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