Frank-Otto Schenk
Frank-Otto Schenk (born October 10, 1943 in Kuckerneese ; † March 10, 2020 ; also Frank Schenk or FO Schenk ) was a German actor , dubbing actor and dubbing director .
Life
Schenk completed his training as an actor at the "Ernst Busch" drama school in Berlin. He then played at the Rostock Volkstheater between 1965 and 1973 and at the Berlin Theater im Palast (TiP) from 1985 to 1988 . He was best known as the German voice of Dr. Frasier Crane ( Kelsey Grammer ) from the series Frasier and as the German party voice of Eugene Levy (inter alia in the American Pie film series), Commander Chakotay ( Robert Beltran ) in spaceship Voyager and Harry Pearce ( Peter Firth ) in Spooks - Im Visier des MI5 .
Schenk died on March 10, 2020 at the age of 76.
Filmography
- 1966/1971: The lost angel
- 1968/1987: The Russians arrive
- 1972: The legend of Paul and Paula
- 1972: Dear People (TV Series)
- 1973: Eva and Adam (TV four-part series)
- 1974: Your Own Skin (TV movie)
- 1975: The Seefee (TV movie)
- 1975: My blue bird flies
- 1975: Icarus
- 1976: So many songs, so many words
- 1976: Detours to happiness (TV)
- 1979: Addio, piccola mia
- 1979: Karlchen, hold out
- 1980: Archives of Death (TV)
- 1981: Nobility in decline (TV)
- 1982: Alexander the Little
- 1984: Front Without Mercy (TV)
- 1984: half of life
- 1986: Meeting point at the airport
- 1988: Police Call 110: The Man in the Tree (TV series)
- 1988: Polizeiruf 110: Quiet as the Night (TV series)
- 1988: Polizeiruf 110: Liquid weapon (TV series)
- 1989: Police call 110: Stolen happiness (TV series)
- 2002: Einstein Castle (TV series, two episodes)
- 2010: Orpheus
- 2011: The journey
- 2014: Forbidden love
- 2014: Crime scene: The mole
- 2017: A strong team: death and love
- 2019: SOKO Wismar (TV series, episode The beautiful Klaus )
Synchronous rollers (selection)
- 1999: American Pie as Noah Levenstein
- 2002: Like Mike as Frank Bernard
- 2003: Dumb and Dumber as Director Collins
- 2005: Cool & Fool - My Big-Snouted Partner as Andy Fiddler
- 2009: American Pie Presents: The Book of Love as Mr. Noah Levenstein
- 2002: Monsieur Batignole as Edmond Batignole
- 2004: The children of Monsieur Mathieu as Clément Mathieu
- 2008: Paris, Paris - Monsieur Pigoil on his way to happiness as Pigoil
- 2011: Fathers and other disasters as Gustave
- 2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Dean Charles Stanforth
- 2012: Cloud Atlas as Captain Molyneux / Vyvyan Ayrs / Timothy Cavendish / Korean Musician / Prescient 2
- 2016: Legend of Tarzan as Prime Minister
- 2017: Paddington 2 as Mr. Gruber
- 1994: North as Arthur Belt
- 1996: High School High as Richard Clark
- 1995–2004: Frasier as Dr. Frasier Crane
- 2006: X-Men: The Last Stand as Dr. Hank McCoy / Beast
- 1999: Echoes as Frank McCarthy
- 2006: A perfect day as Darren
- 2007: Transformers as Ron Witwicky
- 2009: Transformers as Ron Witwicky
- 2011: Transformers 3 as Ron Witwicky
- 2012–2017: Veep - The Vice President as Ben Cafferty
- 1993: The Coneheads as Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
- 1999: Kill Mrs. Tingle! as Director Potter
- 2009: A Summer in New York - The Visitor as Prof. Walter Vale
- 2012: Liberal Arts as Prof. Peter Hoberg
- 1996: Storm in the pastures as a judge
- 2014: Whole sugar as Stephen Fry
- 1995: Bye Bye, Love as a neighbor
- 2008: Only about her corpse as a sculptor / angel
Movies
- 1993: Mrs. Doubtfire - The Prickly Nanny - Paul Guilfoyle as Head Chef
- 1993: Bodyguard - Robert Wuhl as Oscars host
- 1998: Rush Hour - Tom Wilkinson as Thomas Griffin / Juntao
- 1998: Transferred - Manhattan Murder - Dabney Coleman as Lt. Kevin stumble
- 2000: Digimon - The Movie - Neil Kaplan as Hawkmon / Halsemon
- 2000: It started in September - JK Simmons as Dr. Tom Grandy
- 2000: Scary Movie - Kurt Fuller as Sheriff
- 2005: Brokeback Mountain - Randy Quaid as Joe Aguirre
- 2006: The Pink Panther - Steve Martin as Inspector Jacques Clouseau
- 2008: Love Vegas - Dennis Miller as Judge RD Whopper
- 2009: Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 - Bernard White as Dave's doctor
- 2010: Letters to Julia - Oliver Platt as editor Bobby
- 2011: The Gruffalo Child - Tom Wilkinson as a fox
- 2011: Happy New Year - John Lithgow as Ingrid's Boss
- 2012: Asterix & Obelix - On Her Majesty's behalf - Fabrice Luchini as Caesar
- 2013: JOBS - The Steve Jobs Success Story - JK Simmons as Arthur Rock
- 2013: American Hustle - Anthony Zerbe as Senator Horton Mitchell
- 2017: Coco - more alive than life! - Alfonso Arau as Papá Julio
Series
- 1996–2002: Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager - Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay
- 2004–2005: Desperate Housewives - Sam Lloyd as Dr. Albert Goldfine
- 2009–2011: Breaking Bad - Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo Fring
- 2013–2017: House of Cards - Reed Birney as Donald Blythe
- 2013–2017: Father Brown - Mark Williams as Father Brown
- 2014–2015: Homeland - Tracy Letts as Senator Andrew Lockhart
- 2017: Better Call Saul - Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo Fring
Radio plays
- 1982: Valentin Rasputin : Matjora (voice) - Director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
- 1990: Paul Hengge : A Mandatory Mandate - Director: Robert Matejka (radio play - RIAS Berlin)
- 2012: MR James : Horror Cabinet - Episode 71: Der Eschenbaum , Titania Medien, ISBN 978-3-7857-4720-9 ( radio play )
Web links
- Frank-Otto Schenk in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Frank-Otto Schenk in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schenk, Frank-Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schenk, Frank; Schenk, FO |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater and film actor as well as voice actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuckerneese |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 2020 |