Dirk Meyer (voice actor)

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Dirk Meyer (born September 11, 1975 in Munich ) is a German voice actor . He is best known for his distinctive shrill voice. For example, he speaks the characters Butters Stotch ( South Park ), Usopp ( One Piece ) and Philip J. Fry ( Futurama ).

Professional career

The son of the sound cutter Jana Berthold and the businessman Horst Meyer grew up with a biological sister and two half-siblings near Munich. Thanks to his mother's professional connections, Meyer was given the opportunity to audition in a dubbing studio at the age of 11. This was followed by a continuous engagement for the television series ALF , in which Meyer Benji Gregory dubbed the role of Brian Tanner . In 1990 he was cast on Jonathan Brandis as Bastian Balthasar Bux in The Neverending Story II, his first leading role in a movie. In the early 1990s, he took over the dubbing of David Faustino as Bud Bundy in the opening season of the US sitcom A Terrible Nice Family and from the third season of Beverly Hills, 90210 the German voice of Brian Austin Green as David Silver . After completing secondary school in 1993 at the secondary school in Vaterstetten , Meyer completed private acting , language and phonetics training with Gisela Höter and Erika Zeiss. During the period from 2000 to 2004 Meyer was managing director of a recording studio before he founded his own music publisher in the same year . In 2007 he completed a correspondence course in music business administration at the London International College of Pop Music and Music Business . In addition to his starring role as Philip J. Fry in the animated series Futurama , Butters in South Park , Jake Ryan in Hannah Montana and synchronous roles in anime (such as One Piece - Usopp) - and real series such as Law & Order and Law & Order - Criminal Intent is Dirk Meyer works as a speaker in numerous commercials, audio and computer game productions such as Indiana Jones and Hardy Boys . Among other things, he read The Secret of the Yellow Daffodils by Edgar Wallace and was involved in the radio play version of Jules Verne's novel Die Propellerinsel .

Dirk Meyer is single and lives in Munich. His half-sister is the voice actress Katharina Iacobescu .

He also speaks for Lucas Bryant in the role of Nathan Wuorno from Haven.

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Films & series (selection)

Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp

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personal data
SURNAME Meyer, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH 11th September 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich