Andreas Fröhlich

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Andreas Fröhlich (2007)

Andreas Fröhlich (born July 11, 1965 in West Berlin ) is a German reciter , actor , dubbing , radio play and voiceover speaker . He also worked as a dubbing director and dialogue book author from 1995 to 2019 . Cheerful became known primarily for his role of the third detective Bob Andrews in 1979 appearing Europe - radio drama series The three ??? . As an interpreter of audio books , especially in the genres of fantasy as well as children's and youth literature , he gained increasing popularity in the early 2000s. Several of his productions are featured on the audio book best list. In 2010 he received the German Audio Book Prize for his reading Doppler by the Norwegian writer Erlend Loe . Andreas Fröhlich is the German voice of John Cusack and Edward Norton . In the category “Outstanding Dubbing Script” he was awarded the German Dubbing Prize for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2003 . Fröhlich describes himself as a radio player .

Live and act

Radio plays

Jens Wawrczeck, Oliver Rohrbeck and Andreas Fröhlich (from left to right, 2011)

Andreas Fröhlich attended the Wald-Gymnasium in Berlin and began training as an actor after graduating from school, but did not finish it. At the age of seven he was discovered in the children's choir of the Sender Free Berlin and quickly established himself as a children's voice in the radio play editorial team there. After his first radio play roles under the direction of Kurt Vethake and Ulli Herzog , he was featured in the radio play series Die Drei ??? in 1978. involved. Since then, Fröhlich can be heard alongside Oliver Rohrbeck as Justus Jonas and Jens Wawrczeck as Peter Shaw in all previous episodes of the radio play classic that has advanced to cult status in the role of the third detective Bob Andrews . Under the program title Master of Chess , Fröhlich and his colleagues went on a nationwide tour in 2002 and 2003, during which a series of radio plays was staged live. In October 2004, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the series, the first episode The Super Parrot appeared in the sold-out Color Line Arena in Hamburg . A new stage version with the title The Three Question Marks and The Strange Alarm Clock - live and ticking took the trio again to various venues in Germany thirty years after the debut episode appeared in autumn 2009. The audience honored the ensemble with a standing ovation. In August 2010 they beat their own world record as the largest live radio play in the Berlin Waldbühne with more than 15,000 spectators. Based on their duet parody shown during the tour, Fröhlich and Wawrczeck then published a cover version of the 1973 hit song , just words by Dalida and Friedrich Schütter . Andreas Fröhlich could also be seen live on German stages in 2006 and 2008 with other productions in which the three speakers worked together, including the readings Three Stories , Three Tales and Three Fairy Tales published by Lauscherlounge Records . A cameo , he graduated in the radio drama spoof The Holiday gang as first .

In addition, Fröhlich worked in the radio play versions of Henning Mankell's novels The Return of the Dance Teacher (2003) and Before Frost (2003) as well as Bram Stoker's work Dracula (2004) and John Polidori's short story The Vampyr (2004). For his portrayal of the advertising expert Marcus Wennmann suffering from burnout syndrome in the radio play helden: tot , Fröhlich was awarded the 2007 ear canal for "Best Speaker in a Leading Role" and was nominated for the German Audio Book Prize 2008 as "Best Interpreter".

Since 2008, Andreas Fröhlich has acted as the narrator in the new edition of the European radio play series Hui Buh as well as in the crime series Wallander of the Hörverlag in Munich.

Audio books

At the beginning of the 2000s, Fröhlich also established itself on the audio book market . Since then he has shifted his main focus to this area. He mainly interprets fantasy as well as children's and youth literature . His best-known readings in these genres to date include Christopher Paolini's four-part Eragon and Kai Meyer's Arcadia series , the wave runner , cloud folk and storm kings trilogy . The latter is the source of the novel Dschinnland , for which Fröhlich was awarded the Ohrkanus 2008 in the category “Best Reading (Children / Young People)”. In addition to other fantasy productions such as Im Bann der Masken by Isabel Allende (2004), Die Malfuria-Trilogie by Christoph Marzi (2007), The Secrets of Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott (2008) and The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (2009) Fröhlich also works from other literary genres. In 2007 he read the Gospel of John from the BasisBibel for the German Bible Society . In 2009 he published his handpicked edition with the previously published titles Netzkarte by Sten Nadolny , Naiv.super and Doppler by Erlend Loe and Tunnel: Abgrund das Licht der Eunkis by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams and Tunnel or Der Tag, als Mutter von mir went von Fréderic Klein. Fröhlich is often used for works that tell from a first-person perspective .

For his interpretation of Walter Moer's novel Der Schrecksenmeister , Fröhlich was nominated in the category “Best Interpreter” for the German Audio Book Prize 2009, for his reading Doppler by Erlend Loe in 2010 he won the same category.

The co-production Kuckuck, Krake, Kakerlake based on Bibi Dumon Tak also attracted attention and was awarded the German Audiobook Prize 2011 as the best children's audio book, the German Record Critics' Prize 2011 and the Children's Audio Book of the Year 2010 on the audio book best list . Other titles he performed there include One such as Alaska by John Green , in the evening at 10 by Kate de Goldi and Unhinging the Moon by Gregory Hughes.

With The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books , Fröhlich was hired in 2011 to set another Zamonie novel by Walter Moers. In 2012 he interpreted, among other things, the adventure novel Die Schatzinsel by Robert L. Stevenson , which also appeared on the audio book best list in May of the same year and was nominated for the Hörkulino 2013, the audience award of the German book trade. In 2013 he recorded the full reading of Tad Williams ' novel The Secret of the Great Swords , which was published in four parts by Der Hörverlag .

For the culinary word-music series Listening to Countries - Discovering Cultures at Silberfuchs-Verlag Fröhlich recorded two non-fiction audio books - Listening to Australia in 2010 and Listening to Brazil in 2013 . In 2016 he set Jean-Claude Grumberg's children's book A New Home for the Cellar Violinists on the subject of refugees, which was awarded 2nd place on the hr2 audio book best list.

synchronization

Andreas Fröhlich (2011)

At the age of eight, Andreas Fröhlich made his debut as a voice actor in Der Tiger ist los . In 1976, at the age of eleven, he took on the role of the animal child Dash in the first dubbed version of the animated series Kimba, the white lion . Engagements for child and youth roles followed, including the role of the obsessed boy Damien in the film adaptation of The Omen (1976) and that of the young Noodle in the first dubbed version of Once Upon a Time in America (1984). After a series of alternating assignments in the 1980s, Fröhlich replaced Hans-Georg Panczak in 1989 for Richard Thomas in the US series The Waltons , whose further broadcast was delayed until 1994. In the early 1990s, Fröhlich was also cast in all eight seasons of the sitcom Full House with leading actor John Stamos . 1994 followed with the synchronization of Scott Wolf in the US production Party of Five another long-term engagement. In the hit series Ally McBeal , Fröhlich appeared for James LeGros from the end of the 1990s , in 2001 for David Anthony Higgins in Malcolm in the middle and from 2002 for Richard Coyle in Coupling - Wer mit Whom? .

Since Zwielicht (1996), Andreas Fröhlich has been, with a few exceptions, the German festive voice of Edward Norton , including in Fight Club (1999), Faith is everything! (2000), The Law of Honor (2008) and Birdman (2014) and since Con Air (1997) by John Cusack , including in High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001) and 2012 (2009). He has also dubbed Ethan Hawke since The Dead Poets Club (1989) , including in Gattaca (1997), Hamlet (2000) and Deadly Decision (2007). Andreas Fröhlich received special attention by dubbing Andy Serkis as Gollum / Sméagol in The Lord of the Rings . He was responsible for the German-language version of Peter Jackson's film trilogy as a dubbing director and a dialogue book author. For The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , he received the 2003 German Dubbing Award in the “Outstanding Dubbing Script” category. His other works as a director and author since 1995 include the German language versions of Ein Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), The Beach (2000), King Kong (2005) and Der Sternwanderer (2007). At the end of the 2000s, Andreas Fröhlich withdrew from this field of activity. In the Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey (2012) he dubbed the character Gollum , but his sister Katrin Fröhlich directed the dialogue . In 2015, he took over the German voice of artificial intelligence "Ultron" in Marvel's The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron.

Theater, film and television

In addition to his employment in the dubbing and radio play business, Fröhlich acted as an actor at the Franconian Theater Schloss Maßbach in the late 1980s , including in the role of Bleichenwang in Shakespeare's Was ihr wollt , as Kalle in Carl Zuckmayer's Captain von Köpenick , as Basilio in Figaro's wedding and as Andres in Georg Büchner's Woyzeck . After his first appearances in children's programs such as Sesamstraße , Lemmi und die Schmöker and Das feuerrote Spielmobil from the mid-1970s, Andreas Fröhlich also took on sporadic guest roles in film and television until 1990, including as a drunken party guest in the episode "Krach im Haus" TV series I'm Marrying a Family (1986), in The Wicherts from Next Door (1986) or A Case for Two (1990). In 2007, Fröhlich made a cameo as a scrap yard customer in the film The Three ??? - The secret of the ghost island .

advertising

In advertising, Fröhlich gave his voice to the fast-food chain Burger King , the energy company Shell , the shoe chain Deichmann , the perfume and fashion brand Bruno Banani , the car manufacturer Audi , the food manufacturers Kühne and Dr. Oetker , the mobile network operators O₂ and Hutchison Drei Austria and the mail order company Amazon .

Private life

Andreas Fröhlich lives in Berlin and is in a relationship with the actress Anna Carlsson . They have a daughter together. He is the older brother of the voice actress and actress Katrin Fröhlich .

Filmography

Andreas Fröhlich 2007

Speaking roles

Radio plays

Synchronous rollers (selection)

Edward Norton
John Cusack
Ethan Hawke
further roles

Audio books

Tours

  • Germany: The three ??? - Master of Chess - Live & Unplugged (2002, 2003)
  • Germany: The three ??? - ... and the Super Parrot 2004 - Live (2004)
  • Germany: The three ??? - ... and the strange alarm clock - Live and Ticking (2009, 2010)
  • Germany: The three ??? - Phonophobia - Symphony of Fear (2014, 2015)
  • Germany: The three ??? - ... and the dark Taipan - Live (2019)

Discography

Singles

Awards

As a contributor to the radio play series Die Drei ??? Fröhlich has been awarded numerous prizes, including more than one hundred gold and platinum records for over 35 million records sold since 1979.

Synchronous

  • 2003: German price for dubbing in the category “Outstanding dubbing script” for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • 2005: The Silhouette in the category "Dubbing Actor Film" for John Cusack in Identity
  • 2005: The silhouette in the category "Dubbing Actor Series" for Richard Coyle in Coupling - Who with whom?
  • 2005: The silhouette in the categories "Dialogue Book and Dialogue Direction Film" for The Lord of the Rings Part 3
  • 2006: The Silhouette in the category “Dialogue Director Film” for King Kong
  • 2007: The silhouette in the category "Dubbing Actor Film" for Andy Serkis as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings
  • 2008: The Silhouette in the “Dialogue Book Film” category for Der Sternwanderer

Audio book and radio play

  • 2005: Radio Play Award in the category “Best Speaker in a Leading Role” for Bob Andrews in The Three Question Marks
  • 2007: Ohrkanus in the category “Best Speaker” in a leading role for helden.tot
  • 2008: Ohrkanus in the category “Best Reading” (children / adolescents) for Germany by Kai Meyer
  • 2010: German audio book award in the “Best Interpreter” category for Doppler by Erlend Loe
  • 2010: Guinness certificate for the largest live radio play
  • 2010: Children's audio book of the year in the audio book best list for the co-production Kuckuck, Krake, Kakerroke
  • 2011: German audio book award for the co-production Kuckuck, Krake, Kakerlake
  • 2011: Prize of the German Record Critics for the co-production Kuckuck, Krake, Kakerlake
  • 2013: Ohrkanus in the category "Best Speaker" as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in "Masters of Fear"
  • 2016: hr2 audio book best list 2nd place for a new home for the cellar violinists
  • 2018: German audio book award in the “Best Interpreter” category for Princess Insomnia & the nightmarish Nachtmahr by Walter Moers

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Bärmann, Jörg Radtke, Uwe Tölle: The three ??? 30 years of radio play cult , p. 64, Falkemedia , Kiel , 2009
  2. ↑ Nele Justus and Kai Behrmann: "Three question marks" anniversary: ​​The largest children's room in the world. In: stern.de. October 4, 2004, accessed March 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Jens Radulovic: "Drei ???" put exclamation marks. ( Memento from November 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Neue Braunschweiger from October 28, 2009
  4. ^ The three question marks live - "We'll take over any case" Hamburger Abendblatt from November 1st, 2009
  5. ↑ Three question marks beat their own world record, the Hamburger Abendblatt of August 22, 2010
  6. ↑ Fröhlich and Wawrczeck: words, only words ( Memento from August 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Press release heldentot
  8. ↑ Radio play portal : Winner of the Ohrkanus 2008 ( Memento from April 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Nominations for the German Audiobook Prize 2003 to 2010 (PDF; 121 kB) ( Memento from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), deutscher-hoerbuchpreis.de
  10. ^ Winner of the German Audio Book Prize 2010 Finanznachrichten from February 8, 2010
  11. ^ The winners: The German Audiobook Prize 2011 In: deutscher-hoerbuchpreis.de , accessed on January 22, 2020.
  12. ↑ Annual Awards of the German Record Critics 2011 German Record Critics, accessed on September 10, 2011
  13. ↑ Kuckuck, Krake, Kakerlake is children's audio book of the year 2010 Audiobooks magazine on October 28, 2010, accessed on September 10, 2011
  14. ↑ Audio book best list November 2008 ( Memento from November 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on March 9, 2012 (PDF; 44 kB)
  15. ↑ Audio book best list from May 2011 ( Memento from October 3, 2011 in the web archive archive.today ) hr-online.de, April 30, 2011, accessed on March 9, 2012
  16. ↑ Audio book best list January 2012 ( Memento from April 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) hr-online.de, December 27, 2011, accessed on March 9, 2012
  17. ↑ Audio book best list hoerjuwel.de, accessed on September 18, 2012
  18. ↑ Hörkulino: Shortlist 2013 ( Memento from November 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on January 3, 2013
  19. ↑ German Prize for Dubbing: Winner 2003 ( Memento from February 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  20. ↑ Audible : Andreas Fröhlich in an exclusive video interview. Vimeo , July 19, 2012, accessed July 22, 2012 .
  21. ^ Irena Güttel: Portrait: The Voices. In: stern.de. October 8, 2003, accessed March 1, 2019 .
  22. ↑ The slightly different interview: Andreas Fröhlich In: dreifragezeichen.de , accessed on January 22, 2020.
  23. ↑ Cult around the three question marks in FAZ.NET , October 30, 2009, accessed on November 1, 2011
  24. ^ Sony Music - The Newcomer Company ( Memento from October 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) musikmarkt.de , October 21, 2011, accessed on November 1, 2011
  25. ↑ Kati Schaefer: Winner of the Ohrkanus radio play and audio book award ceremony 2013. (No longer available online.) In: ohrkanus.de. Ohrkanus audio book and radio play award , April 28, 2013, archived from the original on May 19, 2014 ; Retrieved April 29, 2013 .

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SURNAME Happy, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German radio play and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH West Berlin