Frank Glaubrecht

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Frank Glaubrecht (born July 15, 1943 in Berlin ) is a German actor , dubbing actor and dubbing director . In addition, he works as a radio play speaker and audio book interpreter . Glaubrecht is one of the most prominent speakers in German-speaking countries. His voice is best known through numerous synchronizations by the actors Pierce Brosnan , Kevin Costner and Al Pacino .

Live and act

Frank Glaubrecht was born the son of a lawyer and the actress Ruth Nimbach . Temporarily living in Sweden , where Glaubrecht also started school, he began working for the radio at the age of twelve . He completed his acting training at Else Bongers' drama school in Berlin. In 1959 he made his debut in the role of Jürgen Borchert in the Oscar- nominated anti-war film Die Brücke by Bernhard Wicki . He took on other roles as Thomas Seibold in the 13-part family series The Brides of My Sons (1965) alongside Ilse Werner and Ronald Nitschke , as Peter in the also 13-part ZDF series Anker auf und Leinen los! (1968) alongside Christa Siems and Heinz Engelmann and in the German-Italian adventure films Secret Code: Wildgänse (1984) and Der Commander (1988).

synchronization

Glaubrecht has worked extensively in film dubbing since 1976 and is known to a wide audience. He is considered the German voice of Pierce Brosnan, Kevin Costner, Al Pacino and Christopher Walken . His first series lead roles in the late 1970s included Paul Michael Glaser in Starsky & Hutch (1978), followed by Robert Urich in Vegas (1980) and Spenser (1985), Jared Martin in Dallas (1981), Pierce Brosnan in Remington Steele (1985 ) and Gerald McRaney in Simon & Simon (1986). In the 1990s and 2000s he took over the series dubbing of Bob Morane in the cartoon production of the same name, Michael Nouri in OC, California and Peter Weller in 24 and Odyssey 5 . He has also lent his voice to recurring film actors such as David Bowie , Paul Hogan , Jeremy Irons , Bill Nighy and Sam Shepard . In the Star Wars films Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back , Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi , Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and in the Star Wars Rebels series , he is also the voice of Billy Dee Williams ( Lando Calrissian ) heard. He voiced the actor Scott H. Reiniger aka Roger in the 1978 film Dawn of the Dead . In 2018 he dubbed the role of Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again .

Glaubrecht directs dialogue for television series such as Alias ​​- Die Agentin and Desperate Housewives as well as for cinema productions such as Ripley's Game . He also works as a translator and writer for English-language and Portuguese films. In addition to German , English and Portuguese , Glaubrecht speaks French , Italian , Swedish and Greek .

Audio productions

In parallel to his work in the dubbing studio, Glaubrecht has also been working as a reciter on the audio book market since the early 2000s. In particular, he interprets crime novels by the Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason , including Nordermoor (2004), Engelsstimme (2004) , Sons of Man (2005), Cold Zone (2006), Breath of Death (2006), Frostnacht (2007) and Death Roses (2008). A selection of other works set to music by Glaubrecht include The Adversary (1996) by Wolfgang Hohlbein , The Second Memory (2001) and The Pillars of Power (2007) by Ken Follett , Dances with the Wolf (2007) by Michael Blake and The Evangelium according to Matthew , which he read for the German Bible Society .

Glaubrecht's voice is also known through the radio play series Geisterjäger John Sinclair , distributed by Bastei-Lübbe , in which he played the role of the main character of the same name in all episodes since 2000 up to episode 100. His successor was Dietmar Wunder , who also played John Sinclair in Sinclair Classics - Follow speaks. Glaubrecht took on guest roles in the series Sherlock Holmes (2004) and Meister des Schreckens (2004) published by Maritim Verlag , in the Jason Dark series Psycho Cop (2007) and in the new edition of the radio play series Hui Buh (2008) produced by Europe . From 2012 to 2014 Glaubrecht spoke an old role again and again Lando Calrissian in the setting of the Thrawn trilogy .

Besides being a synchronous and radio speaker Frank Glaubrecht regularly as a voice-over used for documentaries, including several episodes of the ZDF -Informationsreihe Terra X . He also lent his voice to the music project E Nomine .

Others

When they arrive, passengers at Cologne / Bonn Airport are greeted with the announcement Welcome to Bonn - Cologne / Bonn by Glaubrecht's voice, based on his synchronization of the former Bond actor Pierce Brosnan and the related quote My name is Bond - James Bond . Comedian Bastian Pastewka integrated this fact into his eponymous television series Pastewka . He also answered a related question in the Sat.1 advice program Genial besides .

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personal data
SURNAME Believe it or not, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German voice actor and actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , Germany