Jan Spitzer
Jan Spitzer (born May 16, 1947 in Sangerhausen ) is a German actor , voice actor and singer .
Life
He received his acting training between 1965 and 1968 at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin . Even as an acting student, he played the leading role in the 1967/68 film Abschied , a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Johannes R. Becher . Other film and television roles followed.
Spitzer is also active as a theater actor. He had engagements at theaters in Altenburg , Halle , Schwerin , at the Deutsches Theater Berlin as well as at the Volkstheater in Munich and the Berliner Ensemble . Since the 1990s he has mainly worked as a voice actor and lent his voice to James Remar , Chris Cooper , Jon Voight , Ted Levine , Danny Trejo , Joaquim de Almeida , Brad Garrett and Alan Arkin , from 1995 to 2001 to the cartoon character Brain .
In 1970 his single "Who are you?" Was released on the record label AMIGA. In 1974 he sang in a duet with Beate Barwandt the song “So hold me”, which was published on the sampler Du (love songs of our time) .
From 2009 to 2011 Spitzer was a speaker at the Störtebeker Festival on the island of Rügen.
Filmography
- 1968: Farewell
- 1969: Jungfer, I like you
- 1970: Young Woman from 1914 (TV movie)
- 1971: Playful home
- 1974: Johannes Kepler
- 1975: In the land of plenty
- 1975: Broddi
- 1976: Philipp, the little one
- 1977: Farewell to peace
- 1977: Danton's Death (studio recording)
- 1977: The hare keeper
- 1978: Marx and Engels - Stations of their Lives (TV series)
- 1979: Blue Bird
- 1980: The prosecutor has the floor (TV series, episode: In board and lodging )
- 1980: grim reaper
- 1980: Tonight and tomorrow morning (diploma film)
- 1980: Our Man Is King (TV Series)
- 1981: guarantee for one year
- 1981: Two friends in Prussia (TV movie)
- 1981: From the French era
- 1983: Romeo and Juliet in the village
- 1984: crossing
- 1984: Police call 110: Im Sog (TV series)
- 1985: Magical Legacy (Carovné dedictví)
- 1985: Tango dream (speaker)
- 1987: Saxony's glory and Prussia's glory : Countess Cosel
- 1991: Polizeiruf 110: Big Band Time (TV series)
- 1999: Stefanie, just in case
- 2005: All alone
- 2007: Stubbe - Case by case : Third Love
- 2011: Nobody is an island
- 2012: Klinik am Alex (TV series)
Synchronous rollers (selection)
- 1999: (as Colonel Fitts ) in American Beauty
- 2000: (as Lt. Gerke ) in Me, Both & Them
- 2002: (as Conklin ) in The Bourne Identity
- 2002: (as John Laroche ) in adaptation
- 2003: (as Tom Smith ) in Seabiscuit - With the will to succeed
- 2005: (as Alvin Dewey ) in Capote
- 2005: (as Jimmy Pope ) in Syriana
- 2005: (as Lt. Col. Kazinski ) in Jarhead - Welcome to the dirt
- 2020: (as Mr. Laurence ) in Little Women
- 1999: (as Frank Perry ) in For the Love of Play
- 2007: (as Mac MacGuff ) in Juno
- 2008: (as CIA supervisor ) in Burn After Reading - Who Burns Their Fingers Here?
- 2009: (as Stu Kopenhafer ) in New in Town
- 2009: (as Oswald Klaven ) wanted in Best Man!
- 2009: (as Bob ) in Up in the Air
- 2012: (as Ed ) in Crazy on the Outside
- 2013: (as CIA advisor ) in Path to War - Decision in the White House
- 2013: (as James McLaughlin ) in Bury My Heart at the Wounded Knee
- 2014: (as Allison's dad ) in #Zeitgeist
- 2015: (as a zipper ) in With the best of intentions
- 2015: (as O'Brien ) in Terminator: Genisys
- 2017: (as Arve Støp ) in Snowman
- 2017: (as Commissioner Gordon ) in Justice League
- 2020: (as Captain Matt McKenna ) in 21 Bridges
- 2009: (as Charles Barker ) in The Beast (series)
Movies
- 1994: Ron Perlman (as Konstantine Konali ) in Police Academy 7 - Mission to Moscow
- 1996: as booklet in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- 1996: as Muddy in Beavis and Butt-Head do it in America
- 1997: Ron Perlman in Virus Attack
- 1997: Thomas F. Duffy (as Dr. Robert Burke ) in Forgotten World: Jurassic Park
- 1999: as a sleep mouse in Alice in Wonderland
- 2001: Danny Trejo (as Isidoro Machete Cortez ) in Spy Kids
- 2002: Danny Trejo (as Little Bill ) in The Salton Sea
- 2002: Ted Levine (as Emil Zadapec ) in The Truth About Charlie
- 2003: Danny Trejo (as a machete ) in Mission 3D
- 2003: Lee Arenberg (as Pintel ) in Pirates of the Caribbean
- 2003: Olek Krupa (as Maschkow ) in The Italian Job - Hunt for Millions
- 2004: NN (as Ben London ) in Madhouse
- 2004: Ted Levine (as Col. Howard ) in The Manchurian Candidate
- 2004: NN (as Foxtrot One ) in My Wife, Her In-Laws and Me
- 2005: Delroy Lindo (as Carl ) in Sahara - Adventure in the desert
- 2006: Lee Arenberg (as Pintel ) in Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Caribbean 2
- 2006: Ted Levine (as Bob Carter ) in The Hills Have Eyes
- 2007: Lee Arenberg (as Pintel ) in Pirates of the Caribbean - Pirates of the Caribbean 3
- 2007: as Ratchet in Transformers
- 2008: Eli Danker (as Jean Yves Tatao ) in eavesdropping - My Mom's New Boyfriend
- 2009: as Ratchet in Transformers - The Revenge
- 2010: Mr. T (as Officer Earl ) in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- 2010: James Brolin (as Mr. Anderson ) in Burlesque
- 2011: as Ratchet in Transformers 3
- 2011: Franklyn Ajaye (as Lillian's father ) in bridal alert
- 2013: Andrew Bicknell ( as Mr. Anderson ) in Dhoom: 3
- 2013: Thomas Francis Murphy (as a plantation owner ) in 12 Years a Slave
- 2013: Robert Patrick (as skiptracer ) ripped off in full
- 2013: Lance Reddick (as General Caulfield ) in White House Down
- 2014: Robert Foxworth / John DiMaggio (as Ratchet / Leadfoot ) in Transformers: Age of Extinction
- 2015: Richard Carter (as Bullet Farmer ) in Mad Max: Fury Road
- 2017: Stephen Root (as Jim Hudson ) in Get Out
- 2018: Sam Elliott (as Bobby ) in A Star Is Born
- 2019: John Finn (as General Stroud ) in Ad Astra - To the Stars
- 2019: Massi Furlan (as a switchblade ) in Jumanji: The Next Level
Series
- 1988: Michael Rudder (as Advocate # 2 ) in War of the Worlds: The Resurrection
- 1990–1993: Robert O'Reilley (as Gowron ) in Spaceship Enterprise: The Next Century (4 episodes)
- 1992: Len Carlson (as allo ) in The Astro-Dinos
- 1993–1996: Robert Axelrod (as Lord Zedd ) in Power Rangers
- 1993-2001: Barry Van Dyke (as Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan ) in Diagnosis: Murder
- 1995: Gregg Berger (as Cornfed ) in Duckman
- 1995–1998: Maurice LaMarche (as Brain ) in Pinky and the Brain
- 1996–1997: Tim Curry (as Lord Dragaunus) in Mighty Ducks - Das Powerteam
- 1998: Patrick Bouchitey (as Beauchamp ) in Der Graf von Monte Christo (TV four-part)
- 1998–2006: Billy Drago (as Barbas ) in Charmed - Magic Witches
- 1999: Richard Blackburn (as Andy Robichaux ) in The Storm of the Century
- 1999–2000: (as a cattle devil ) in Dragon Ball
- 1999-2000: David Kaye (as Megatron ) in Transformers: Beast Machines
- 1999–2002: Michael Horse (as Deputy Blackwood ) in Roswell
- 1999-2004: Anthony Simcoe (as Ka D'Argo ) in Farscape
- 2000: (as MetalSeadramon) in Digimon Adventure
- 2001–2002: Wally Wingert (as the Almighty Greatest 'Red' ) in Invader Zim
- 2002–2003: (as Lewis Halberton) in Gundam Seed
- 2002-2004: as Man-At-Arms in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- 2002–2005: John Di Maggio (as Dr. Drakken ) in Kim Possible
- 2003: Steven Berkoff (as Stilgar ) in Children of Dune
- 2003-2004: Joaquim de Almeida (as Ramon Salazar ) in 24
- 2003-2006: Ron Perlman (as Slade ) in Teen Titans
- 2003-2009: Darren Dunstan (as Splinter ) in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- 2004: (as Mr Dusty Chopsaw!) In Ned's Ultimate School Madness
- 2004–2010: John Finn (as Detective John Stillman ) in Cold Case - No Victim Is Ever Forgotten
- 2006: (as Professor Igor; pirate captain) in Kappa Mikey
- 2006–2010: Brad Garrett (as Eddy Stark ) is married ...
- since 2006: Jim Beaver (as Bobby Singer ) in Supernatural
- 2007–2009: Corey Burton (as Megatron ) in Transformers Animated
- 2007–2009: Wade Williams (as Capt. Brad Bellick ) in Prison Break
- 2008: Mark Margolis (as Hank Moody's father ) in Californication
- 2008: Punktown (audio book)
- 2008-2014: James Remar (as Harry Morgan ) in Dexter
- since 2008: Joe Mantegna (as Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi ) in Criminal Minds
- 2009: Jim Beaver (as Sheriff Charlie Mills ) in Harper's Island
- 2009: Jerry O'Donnell (as Aaron Dennis ) in Ghost Whisperer (episode 4x09)
- 2009–2012: Shaun Johnston (as Jack Bartlett ) in Heartland - Horse Paradise
- 2011: Jeffrey Combs (as Ratchet ) in Transformers: Prime
- 2013–2015: Ciarán Hinds (as Manke Rayder ) in Game of Thrones
- 2014: Jeff Kober (as Joe ) in The Walking Dead
- 2015: (as Pipothep ) in Hui Buh (audio book)
- 2016: Jeb Brown (as Wesley Cox ) in The Path
- 2016-2018: Bruce Campbell (as Ash Williams ) in Ash vs. evil Dead
- since 2017: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs as Earl
Video games
- 2006: as Xemnas and "Jafar" in Kingdom Hearts 2
- 2006: as Volteer in The Legend of Spyro: The New Beginning (The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning)
- 2007: as Lynch in Kane & Lynch - Dead Men
- 2007: as Volteer in Die Legende von Spyro: Die Ewige Nacht (The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night)
- 2008: as Volteer in The Legend of Spyro: The rise of the dragon (The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon)
- 2009: as Bane and Commissioner James 'Jim' Gordon in Batman: Arkham Asylum
- 2011: as Bane in Batman: Arkham City
- 2012: as a monk in Diablo III
- 2013: as Commissioner James 'Jim' Gordon in Batman: Arkham Origins
- 2015: as Commissioner James 'Jim' Gordon in Batman: Arkham Knight
Radio plays
- 2003: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: The original radio play for the film , Walt Disney Records .
- 2012–2014: Thrawn Trilogy ( radio play , based on the novels by Timothy Zahn ) as Dravis
Web links
- January Spitzer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jan Spitzer at filmportal.de
- Jan Spitzer in the German dubbing file
- Jan Spitzer at the Julia Krüger agency
Individual evidence
- ^ Spitzer, Jan - German Mugge. In: www.deutsche-mugge.de. Retrieved July 30, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spitzer, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and voice actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sangerhausen |