Björn Schalla
Björn Schalla (born December 26, 1974 in Salzgitter ) is a German dubbing actor , dialog book author and dubbing director .
Life
Schalla started playing the piano at the age of seven. His piano teacher arranged a casting for Schalla, which was successful. He then spoke the role of Jamie King , played by Greg Morton, in the series Agentin mit Herz . In 1988 he had a role in the television film The Crow Tree .
In the mid-1990s he occasionally worked at Softgold , which sold LucasArts computer games . He also worked for the music broadcaster MTV as a voice-over voice in the music magazine MTV Masters . He also spoke the green dragon Tabaluga in the children's quiz show Tabaluga tivi for several years from 1997 .
As a voice actor he lent his voice to Seann William Scott in the film series American Pie , Casey Affleck in Ocean's Eleven and its sequels, George Stults in A Heavenly Family , Michael Rosenbaum in Smallville , Charlie Hunnam in Sons of Anarchy , Joseph Morgan in Vampire Diaries and Travis Fimmel in Vikings . Since the early 2000s he has also been writing dialogue books and directing dialogue .
He lives and works in Berlin.
Dialogue director & dialogue book (selection)
Feature films
For these films, Schalla directed the dialogue and also wrote the dialogue book for some:
- 2006: Black Snake Moan
- 2006: Alpha Dog (dialogue director)
- 2008: Babylon AD
- 2008: Cloverfield
- 2008: John Rambo
- 2009: Star Trek (dialogue director, with Kim Hasper )
- 2009: Notorious BIG (dialogue director)
- 2010: True Grit (dialogue director)
- 2011: Super 8
- 2012: Prometheus - Dark Characters (dialogue director)
- 2013: Star Trek Into Darkness (dialogue director)
- 2013: Thor - The Dark Kingdom (dialogue director)
- 2014: The Return of the First Avenger (dialogue director)
- 2014: Guardians of the Galaxy (dialogue director)
- 2015: Jurassic World (dialogue director)
- 2015: Ant-Man (dialogue director)
- 2015: Star Wars: The Awakening of Power (together with Klaus Bickert also the dialogue book)
- 2016: 10 Cloverfield Lane
- 2016: The First Avenger: Civil War (dialogue director)
- 2016: Star Trek Beyond (dialogue director)
- 2016: Doctor Strange (dialogue director, together with Robin Kahnmeyer )
- 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- 2017: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- 2017: Spider-Man: Homecoming
- 2017: Thor: Decision Day
- 2017: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- 2018: Black Panther
- 2018: Solo: A Star Wars Story
- 2018: Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom (dialogue director)
- 2018: Ant-Man and the Wasp
- 2018: Venom (dialogue director)
- 2018: Spider-Man: A New Universe (dialogue director)
- 2018: Mortal Engines: War of the Cities
- 2019: Head Full of Honey (dialogue director)
- 2019: Captain Marvel
- 2019: Avengers: Endgame (dialogue director)
- 2019: Spider-Man: Far From Home
- 2019: Terminator: Dark Fate
- 2019: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Series
- 2001–2002: Dragon Ball Z (anime series, dialogue book)
- 2003: Cowboy Bebop (anime series)
- since 2014: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (TV series)
- 2017: Marvel's Inhumans (dialogue director, together with Robin Kahnmeyer)
- 2018-2019: Marvel's Cloak & Dagger (TV series, dialogue director for two episodes)
- since 2019: The Mandalorian
- 2020: The Rising of the Shield Hero (Anime Series)
Synchronized work (selection)
Movies
- 1996: Jeremy Davies in Twister
- 1999: John Simm in Human Traffic
- 2000: Josh Hartnett in Here on Earth
- 2000: Mathieu Simonet in Chabrol's Sweet Poison
- 2000: Donnie Yen in Highlander: Endgame
- 2000: Jay Mohr in The Principle of Happiness
- 2000: Manny Pérez in Dinner Rush
- 2000: Jamie Draven in Billy Elliot - I Will Dance
- 2001: Chris Rock in Pootie Tang
- 2001: Michael Irby in The Last Fortress
- 2001: Charlie Hofheimer in Black Hawk Down
- 2001: Troy Garity in Bandits!
- 2002: Joaquin Phoenix in Army Go Home!
- 2002: Fred Savage in The Rules of the Game
- 2002: Nick Stahl in Taboo - The Game to Death
- 2002: Johnny Messner in Super Sweet and Super Sexy
- 2002: Anthony Daniels in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- 2002: Jay Mohr in Pluto Nash - In the fight against the moon mafia
- 2002: Morris Chestnut in Like Mike
- 2002: Christian Bale in Laurel Canyon
- 2002: Wee Man in Jackass: The Movie
- 2002: Christian Coulson in The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity
- 2002: Sean Patrick Thomas in Halloween: Resurrection
- 2003: Thad Luckinbill in Full Marriage
- 2003: Nick Stahl in Terminator 3 - Rebellion of the Machines
- 2003: Kris Marshall in Love Actually
- 2003: DL Hughley in Scary Movie 3
- 2003: Thomas Guiry in Mystic River
- 2003: Marco Leonardi in Sometime in Mexico
- 2003: Shawn Yue in Infernal Affairs II
- 2003: Donald Faison in Animal Mission
- 2004: as Bardock in Dragon Ball Z Special: Son-Goku's father - Das Bardock Special
- 2004: Justin Long in full on the nuts
- 2004: Michael Pitt in The Village
- 2004: Matthew Lillard in Trouble Without a Paddle
- 2004: Stuart Townsend in Head in the Clouds
- 2004: DL Hughley in Soul Plane
- 2004: Stephen Chow in Kung Fu Hustle
- 2004: Michael Weston in Garden State
- 2004: Eric Christian Olsen in Final Call - If he hangs up, she has to die
- 2004: William Lee Scott in Butterfly Effect
- 2004: Eugene Byrd in Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
- 2005: as Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
- 2005: Mike Vogel in Where Love Falls ...
- 2005: Waylon Payne in Walk the Line
- 2005: Paul Kaye at Match Point
- 2005: Chris Carmack in Lovewrecked
- 2005: Brian Geraghty in Jarhead - Welcome to the dirt
- 2005: Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Elvis
- 2005: André 3000 in Be Cool - Everyone is looking for the next big hit
- 2005: Razaaq Adoti in Doom - The Movie
- 2005: Brendan Fletcher in Alone in the Dark
- 2006: André 3000 in Idlewild
- 2006: as Elwyn the crow in Piggy Wilbur and his friends
- 2006: Marlon Wayans in Little Man
- 2006: Wee Man in Jackass: Number Two
- 2006: Daryl Mitchell in Inside Man
- 2006: Hans Matheson in Half Light
- 2006: Giovanni Ribisi in Dead Girl
- 2006: Michael Raymond-James in Black Snake Moan
- 2006: Alex Solowitz in Alpha Dog - Deadly Friendships
- 2006: Dax Shepard in Jail
- 2007: Sung Kang in Die Hard 4.0
- 2008: Matthew Marsden in John Rambo
- 2008: Michael Stahl-David in Cloverfield
- 2008: as Blake in Bolt - A dog for all occasions
- 2009: Chris Hemsworth in Star Trek
- 2009: Vivek Oberoi in Luck by Chance - love, happiness and other coincidences
- 2009: Jonathan Sadowski in Friday the 13th
- 2010: Lukas Haas in Inception
- 2010: TI in Takers - The Final Job
- 2010: Neil Hopkins in Skyline
- 2010: Nelson Franklin in Scott Pilgrim against the rest of the world
- 2010: Andrew Fiscella in A Nightmare on Elm Street
- 2010: TJ Miller in men's trip
- 2010: Logan Marshall-Green in Devil - Elevator to Hell
- 2010: Omari Hardwick in The A-Team - The Movie
- 2011: Ne-Yo in World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles
- 2011: Carsten Bjørnlund in The Thing
- 2011: Chris Pratt in The Perfect Ex
- 2011: Mario Lopez in Honey 2 - Don't skip a move
- 2012: Kevin Hart in Almost Married
- 2012: Jordan Prentice in Mirror Mirror - The Really True Story of Snow White
- 2012: Chris Tucker in Silver Linings
- 2012: Logan Marshall-Green in Prometheus - Dark Characters
- 2012: Wolé Parks in Premium Rush
- 2012: David Oyelowo in Lincoln
- 2013: Yūya Yagira in The Unforgiven
- 2013: Josh Duhamel in Safe Haven - Like a Light in the Night
- 2013: Mos Def in Can a Song Save Your Life?
- 2014: Falk Hentschel in Transcendence
- 2014: as a cricket in The Penguins from Madagascar
- 2014: Corey Hawkins in Non-Stop
- 2014: Aloe Blacc in Get on Up
- 2015: Jake Johnson in Jurassic World
- 2015: Kevin Hart in Die Trauzeugen AG
- 2015: Todd Williams in San Andreas
- 2015: Tony Bellew in Creed - Rocky's Legacy
- 2016: Travis Fimmel in Warcraft: The Beginning
- 2016: M. Night Shyamalan in Split
- 2017: as Acnologia in Fairy Tail: The Movie - Dragon Cry
- 2017: as Riku in No Game No Life Zero
- 2017: Michael Pitt in Ghost in the Shell
- 2017: Jake Johnson in The Mummy
- 2018: TJ Miller in Ready Player One
- 2019: Oscar Isaac in Spider-Man: A New Universe
- 2019: Lil Rel Howery in Good Boys
- 2019: JJ Abrams in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Series
- 1987–1988: as Packy Lambert in Fury - The Adventures of a Horse
- 1987–1988: as Josh Fox in The Cases of Harry Fox
- 1989–1993: Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zachary "Zack" Morris in California High School
- 1990–1995: Fred Savage as Kevin Arnold in Wonderful Years
- 1992–1997: as Wheeler in Captain Planet
- 1993–1995: as Robbie Sinclair in Die Dinos
- 1994–1997: Sasha Mitchell as Cody in A Strong Family
- 1997–1998: as Tabaluga in Tabaluga (1st season)
- 1997-2002: Thomas Gibson as Greg in Dharma & Greg
- 2000: as Cheetor in Transformers: Beast Machines
- 2002: as Van Fanel in The Vision of Escaflowne
- 2003: as Dartz in Yu-Gi-Oh!
- 2003–2007: George Stults as Kevin Kinkirk in A Heavenly Family
- 2003–2010: Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor in Smallville
- 2003–2004, 2006, 2010: Zachary Levi as Kipp Steadman in Office Girl
- 2003–2011: Robert Maschio as The Todd in Scrubs
- 2004–2005: Chris Carmack as Luke Ward in OC, California
- 2005: as Zim in Invader Zim
- 2007–2009: Jay Mohr as Rick Payne in Ghost Whisperer - Voices from Beyond
- 2007, 2010–2011: Justin Kirk as Andy Botwin in Weeds - Small Deals Among Neighbors
- 2008: Chris Carmack as Tim in Desperate Housewives
- 2008: as Cham Syndulla in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (1st / 3rd season)
- 2009: as a private in The Penguins from Madagascar
- 2009–2010: as Yasutora Sado in Bleach
- 2010–2013: as Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino in Jersey Shore
- 2010–2014: Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky in Boardwalk Empire
- 2011–2014, 2016: Joseph Morgan as Klaus in the Vampire Diaries
- 2013–2016: Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok in Vikings
- 2014–2018: Joseph Morgan as Klaus in The Originals
- 2014: as Sora in No Game No Life
- 2016: as Cham Syndulla in Star Wars Rebels
- 2016: as Lindow Amamya in God Eater
- 2020: as Naofumi Iwatani in The Rising of the Shield Hero
Video games
- 2002: Cloud in Kingdom Hearts (PlayStation 2)
- 2011: Ji Firepaw in World of Warcraft : Mists of Pandaria
- 2014: Crusader (male) in Diablo III : Reaper of Souls
- 2014: Gideon in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- 2020: V (Male) in Cyberpunk 2077
Radio plays
- 2008: Lady Bedfort : Lady Bedfort and the golden fields , Hörplanet, as Jimmy
- 2008: Lady Bedfort : Lady Bedfort and the Curse of Loveham Hall , Hearing Planet, as Oliver Loveham
- 2009: Ghostbusters John Sinclair : Zombies in Manhattan , Lübbe Audio , as Gonzales
Awards
- 2010 German price for dubbing in the category “outstanding dubbing directing” for Notorious BIG
Web links
- Björn Schalla in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ The media godparents: Björn Schalla - Interview with the voice of Seann William Scott, Casey Affleck, Travis Fimmel. December 7, 2018, accessed June 1, 2019 .
- ^ DBZ-Synchro: Interview with Björn Schalla. pdbz.de, archived from the original on January 6, 2007 ; Retrieved March 19, 2014 . (Copy from AnimaniA magazine , Weird Visions Media, Issue 41, Sept / Oct 2001)
- ↑ In conversation with Björn Schalla. Experiment Stille, February 13, 2009, accessed March 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Florian Medl: "Shield Hero": An overview of all German speakers | Anime2You. In: anime2you.de. June 27, 2020, accessed July 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Fairy Tail: The Movie - Dragon Cry (Anime). Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
- ↑ hoerspielland.de - the fan portal for radio plays> radio play facts> ghost hunter John Sinclair> 50. zombies in Manhattan. Retrieved June 1, 2019 .
- ↑ German price for dubbing. Federal Association of German Synchronous Producers, accessed on March 30, 2010 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schalla, Björn |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German voice actor and dialogue director |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzgitter |