Reiner Schöne

Reiner Schöne
Schöne in 2010
Born	(1942-01-19) 19 January 1942 Fritzlar, Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957–present

Reiner Schöne (born 19 January 1942) is a German actor, known for such roles as Dukhat in the Babylon 5 series, Shinnok in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Esoqq in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Allegiance", Kolitar in the television series Sliders and The Eiger Sanction as Karl Freytag, and as Optimus Prime in the German dub of the live-action Transformers film series.

Partial filmography

• Wir lassen uns scheiden (1968) - Körner
• 12 Uhr mittags kommt der Boß (1969) - Barmixer Lundas
• Return of Sabata (1971) - Clyde / Lieutenant
• Zwei himmlische Dickschädel (1974) - Vilmos
• The Eiger Sanction (1975) - Karl Freytag
• Change (1975) - Blasius Okopenki
• Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr (1976) - Horobin
• Der Winter, der ein Sommer war (1976, TV miniseries) - Hoym, Bandit
• Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand (1979) - Franz von Sickingen
• Return to Treasure Island (1986, TV series) - Van Der Brecken
• La rebelión de los colgados (1986)
• Amerika (1987, TV miniseries) - Major Helmut Gurtman
• The Gunfighters (1987, TV film) - Dutch Everett
• The Handmaid's Tale (1990) - Luke
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Allegiance (1990, TV series episode) - Esoqq
• MacGyver: The Wall (1990, TV series episode) - Helmut Weiss
• Nobody's Children (1994) - Sorin Dornescu
• Crash Dive (1997) - Richter
• Babylon 5: Atonement (1997, TV series episode) - Dukhat
• Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) - Shinnok
• Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998, TV film based on the TV series) - Dukhat
• Sliders (1998, TV series) - Kolitar
• Bombs Under Berlin (1999, TV film) - Killer
• Wasted in Babylon (1999) - Roman
• Otto – Der Katastrofenfilm (2000) - Kapitän Lackner
• Ice Planet (2001) - Senator Jeremy Uvan
• Null Uhr 12 (2001) - Kommissar
• Pretend You Don't See Her (2002, TV film) - Jimmy Greco
• Detective Lovelorn und die Rache des Pharao (2002) - Pharaoh Thutmosis
• Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 (2004) - Senator Bean
• Snowman's Land (2010) - Berger
• Teufelskicker (2010) - Opa Rudi
• Priest (2011) - Minister
• The Fourth State (2012) - Sokolow
• The Child (2012) - Frederik Losensky
• Der Minister (2013) - Doctoral advisor
• A Heavy Heart (2015) - Specht

Voice Acting, Dubbing

• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) - Commander Rourke (German version)
• Spider-Man (2002) - Norman Osborn / Green Goblin (German version)
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) - Darth Vader (German version)
• Transformers (2007) - Optimus Prime (German version)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - Optimus Prime (German version)
• Iron Man 2 (2010) - Ivan Vanko / Whiplash (German version)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) - Optimus Prime (German version)
• Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) - Optimus Prime (German version)
• Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) - Optimus Prime (German version)
• Bumblebee (2018) - Optimus Prime (German version)

External links

• Reiner Schöne at IMDb