Actor
Wilhelm von Homburg
15 credited titles on WatchWise
Norbert Grupe (born August 25, 1940 – March 10, 2004), better known outside Germany by his stage name Wilhelm von Homburg, was a German boxer, actor, and professional wrestler known for his villainous supporting roles in various high-profile films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Vigo the Carpathian in Ghostbusters II, the henchman James in Die Hard, and Souteneur in Werner Herzog's Stroszek.
Wilhelm von Homburg in one minute
Commercial performance
All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.
What drives the index
3.2x return · 31% of films profitable · trending down · little recent work. Weighted toward recent releases (a film counts half as much every 6 years) and toward titles they actually carried.
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