Arne Elsholtz

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Arne Elsholtz (born August 14, 1944 in Pritzwalk ; † April 26, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German dubbing actor , dubbing director , dialogue writer and screenwriter, and actor . As the German voice of Tom Hanks , Bill Murray , Kevin Kline , Jeff Goldblum and Eric Idle , he was one of the best-known and most prominent speakers. Since the 1970s he has also been responsible for the German-language versions of numerous cinema and television productions from different genres.

Live and act

synchronization

Arne Elsholtz was born the son of actors and voice actors Peter Elsholtz (1907–1977) and Karin Vielmetter (1907–?). His sister Edith Elsholtz (1930-2004) also worked in the dubbing industry. Due to the professional connections of his father, who after the end of the Second World War mainly concentrated on dubbing directing, the opportunity to get into the profession of film dubbing was given to him at an early age . He completed his acting training with Marlise Ludwig in Berlin, and he acted for several years at the theater there. At the same time, Elsholtz developed a lively activity as a dubbing author and director as well as a dubbing actor since 1964 and was one of the best-known voices in German-speaking countries. While in the 1970s and 1980s he was mainly hired for comedic roles, including Steve Guttenberg as Carey Mahoney and Matt McCoy as Nick Lassard in the Police Academy film series and Sam Hui as King Kong in the Mad Mission film series , the Cast towards serious and reputable characters. Since Madness Without Handicap (1980) Elsholtz has been used for the dubbing of Bill Murray , with a few exceptions , since A Fish Named Wanda (1988) for Kevin Kline . In addition, Elsholtz shaped character actor Tom Hanks with his voice since the late 1980s , including in his Oscar-winning roles in Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994). Other actors to whom Elsholtz repeatedly lent his characteristic nasal voice are Jeff Goldblum and Eric Idle .

In animated productions Elsholtz could be heard as Jesse Blue in the 52 episode anime series Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (1988) . In the animated sitcom South Park he set Jimbo Kern to music , but was replaced by Gudo Hoegel from the fifth season . 1997 Elsholtz took over the role of Hades in the Disney cartoon Hercules , which he also spoke in the cartoon series Disneys Hercules based on it and the two Kingdom Hearts video games. He also gained attention as the mammoth Manfred in the computer animation hit Ice Age (2002) and in the sequels Ice Age 2 (2006), Ice Age 3 (2009) and Ice Age 4 (2012), in which he played alongside Otto Waalkes as the sloth Sid in was engaged in a leading role.

Dialogue script and direction

Since the 1970s, Arne Elsholtz has been one of the most established dubbing directors and dialogue book authors in German-speaking countries. His work ranged from crime films such as The Godfather: The Saga (1977) to science fiction productions such as Fight for the 5th Galaxy (1979), The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and The Return of the Jedi (1983) , to comedies such as Groundhog Day (1993), adventure films such as Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), cartoons such as Peterchens Mondfahrt (1990), commercially successful cinema productions such as ET - The extraterrestrial (1982) to international sitcoms such as the six seasons US production The Prince of Bel-Air (1992 to 1998), in which he also lent his voice to the butler Geoffrey ( Joseph Marcell ), and which contains 291 episodes Australian series Hey Dad! , in which he also dubbed the leading actor Robert Hughes .

Elsholtz also became known through the language versions of Monty Python comedies such as The Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983) as well as film parodies such as The Incredible Journey in a Crazy Airplane (1980) and the Naked Cannon trilogy, in which he modified some of the original English texts and added dialogues freely, with the aim of giving the German-language version more pun.

Voiceover

As an off-speaker Arne Elsholtz could be heard in numerous radio programs, documentaries and commercials. In 2001 he presented as announcer and commentator - without appearing visually - Verona Feldbusch's Sat.1 show Simply Verona! .

As an actor in front of the camera Elsholtz was rarely active, including in Robert Siodmak's east-west drama Tunnel 28 (1962) and in Bernd Fischerauer 's three-part television series In the Middle of a Life (2002) alongside Heiner Lauterbach .

background

For health reasons, it was not possible for Arne Elsholtz to dub Tom Hanks in Charlie Wilson's War in 2008 . He was represented by Joachim Tennstedt . With a changed voice, Elsholtz resumed his work in the 2009 Dan Brown film adaptation of Illuminati . After Elsholtz had spoken to Hanks in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), he was again replaced by Joachim Tennstedt in the literary adaptation Cloud Atlas (2012), in which Tom Hanks played six different characters, while Elsholtz was replaced by actors Bill Murray and Kevin Kline and Jeff Goldblum also spoke in their films dubbed in 2012 (e.g. Hyde Park on Hudson , Darling Companion and Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie ).

In 2013 Elsholtz was again used as voice actor for Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips and Saving Mr. Banks , and in 2015 Tennstedt took over again in Bridge of Spies .

Filmography

Radio plays

  • 1999: Blade Runner - Dream Androids , BR, in the role of Isidore
  • 2002: Hercules: The Original Radio Play for the Film , Walt Disney Records
  • 2007: 50 Years of Eternity , Oskar Verlag, ISBN 978-3938389263

Awards

  • 2003: Voice actor award from the city of Lippstadt

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German synchronous files. In: www.synchronkartei.de. Retrieved April 26, 2016 .
  2. ^ Arne Elsholtz - dubbing voice of Tom Hanks died , Berliner Morgenpost from April 26, 2016
  3. ↑ Prussian General 42/1973, p 9. October 20, 1973, accessed April 13, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Tennstedt speaks Tom Hanks in "Charlie Wilson's War" cinefacts.de, November 16, 2007, accessed on March 13, 2012
  5. ↑ That's why Tom Hanks lissspelt so in "Illuminati" bild.de, May 18, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Elsholtz, Arne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, dubbing actor and dubbing director
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Pritzwalk
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 2016
Place of death Berlin