Kristoffer Tabori
Kristoffer Tabori (born August 4, 1952 in Malibu , California as Christopher Donald Siegel ) is an American actor , dubbing and audio book speaker and director .
Life
Christopher Donald Siegel was born in 1952 as the only child from the marriage of actress Viveca Lindfors and director Don Siegel . He has two half-siblings from two previous marriages of his mother. After his parents divorced, his mother married the writer and screenwriter George Tabori in 1954 . Like his half-sister Lena Tabori , he took his family name. After the couple separated in 1972, largely due to George Tabori's increasing theater work in Europe, Lindfors stayed in New York City with her three children .
At the age of six, Kristoffer Tabori made his acting debut at the side of his mother in Morris Engel's romance Weddings and Babies . Occasionally he also worked with his father, for example as an elevator passenger in Coogan's Big Bluff or as a hippie guy in Dirty Harry . Shortly before his mother's death in 1995, he played her son in her last film, Last Summer in the Hamptons .
Kristoffer Tabori completed his education at the New York High School for the Performing Arts and with various acting teachers. From 1966 he appeared in the theater. As a 17-year-old, he received the Theater World Award for his role in How Much How Much? was one of the youngest recipients of this award.
From the 1970s onwards he worked more in film and television productions. From the mid-1980s he also took over directing the first television productions. Occasionally he appeared as a director under the pseudonym KT Donaldson . From the 2000s, Tabori was often active as an audio book speaker and voice actor for video games, the latter in particular for the games from the Star Wars universe produced by LucasArts .
Tabori is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Directors Guild of Canada .
He lives in British Columbia , Canada . From 1985 to 1989 he was married to the British actress Judy Geeson . The marriage remained childless and ended in divorce.
Filmography (selection)
actor
- 1958: Weddings and Babies
- 1968: Coogan's Bluff (Coogan's Bluff)
- 1969: Sweet Charity
- 1969: John and Mary (John and Mary)
- 1970: Neither Are We Enemies (TV movie)
- 1970: Pigeons
- 1971: Making It
- 1971: Dirty Harry
- 1972: The Glass House (TV movie)
- 1972: Journey Through Rosebud
- 1972: Family Flight (TV movie)
- 1973: Terror on the Beach (TV movie)
- 1974: The Lady's Not for Burning (TV movie)
- 1978: Girlfriends
- 1980: Brave New World (TV movie)
- 1982: Chicago Story (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 1983: Rappaccini's Daughter (TV movie)
- 1985: Braker (TV movie)
- 1987: Home (TV movie)
- 1987: Strong Medicine (TV movie)
- 1987: London Embassy (miniseries, 6 episodes)
- 1988: The Hound of the Baskervilles ( The Hound of the Baskervilles , TV movie)
- 1988: King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage (TV movie)
- 1988: Once in a Life Time (TV movie)
- 1989: 21 Jump Street - Crime Scene Classroom ( 21 Jump Street , TV series, 1 episode)
- 1990: Cluedo (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 1992: In the Arms of a Killer (TV movie)
- 1993: Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (TV movie)
- 1994: Deep Down
- 1995: Last Summer in the Hamptons
- 1996: Wildly Available
Director
- 1984: Guilty or Innocent (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1990: ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1991: Doogie Howser, MD (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1991: Law & Order (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1993: Picket Fences ( Picket Fences , TV series, 1 episode)
- 1995: Fudge (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1996: Bloody Desire (Dead of Night)
- 1996–1997: Big Easy - Streets of Sin ( The Big Easy , TV series, 6 episodes)
- 1997: Chicago Hope (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1998: Magic Jersey (TV movie)
- 1999: Jack & Jill (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2000-2001: Judging Amy ( Judging Amy , television series, 3 episodes)
- 2004: Pursued - A headhunter knows no mercy (Pursued)
- 2006: The Accidental Witness (TV movie)
- 2007: Falcon Beach (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2007: Meteor ( Anna's Storm , TV movie)
- 2009: Fireball (TV movie)
- 2009: High Plains Invaders (TV movie)
- 2012: Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man (TV movie)
- 2013: Tom Dick & Harriet (TV movie)
- 2013: The Carpenter's Miracle (TV movie)
- 2013: Guess Who's Coming to Christmas (TV movie)
- 2014: My Gal Sunday (TV movie)
- 2014: Ring by Spring (TV movie)
- 2015: Portrait of Love (TV movie)
- 2015: Just the Way You Are (TV movie)
- 2015: Love on the Air (TV movie)
- 2015: Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery (TV movie)
- 2015: Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the Snow (TV movie)
- 2016: Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery (TV movie)
- 2016: Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe (Movie made for TV)
- 2016: The Irresistible Blueberry Farm (TV movie)
- 2016: Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder (TV movie)
- 2017: Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts (Movie made for TV)
- 2017: The Art of Us (TV movie)
Voice actor
- 1987: GI Joe: The Movie
- 1991: The Miracles of Jesus (short film)
- 1992: Jonah (short film)
- 2005-2007: Avatar - The Last Airbender ( Avatar: The Last Airbender , TV series, 3 episodes)
Theater (selection)
actor
- 1966: The Merchant of Venice (Berkshire Theater Festival)
- 1968–1969: A Cry of Players ( Vivian Beaumont Theater )
- 1969: The Penny Wars (Royale Theater)
- 1969: King Henry V (ANTA Playhouse)
- 1969: Dream of a Blacklisted Actor (Lucille Lortel Theater)
- 1970: How Much How Much? (Provincetown Playhouse)
- 1974: The Wager (Eastside Playhouse)
- 1975–1976: Habeas Corpus ( Martin Beck Theater )
- 1977: Scribes (Marymount Manhattan Theater)
- 1978: Hamlet (Arena Stage)
- 1980: The Trouble with Europe (Marymount Manhattan Theater)
- 1986: The Common Pursuit (Promenade Theater)
Video games (selection)
Voice actor
- 2002: New Legends
- 2003: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- 2003: Gladius
- 2003: Battlestar Galactica
- 2004: EverQuest II
- 2004: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- 2005: Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard
- 2006: Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
- 2008: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- 2008: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
- 2008: Tom Clancy's EndWar
- 2010: Alpha Protocol
- 2011: Star Wars: The Old Republic
- 2012: Ninja Gaiden 3
- 2012: Dishonored: The Mask of Wrath
- 2013: Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel
- 2014: Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan
- 2015: Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire
Audiobooks (selection)
speaker
- 2004: Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way
- 2004: Max Brand : Beyond the Outposts
- 2005: Haynes Johnson: The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism
- 2006: Noël Coward : Private Lives: An Intimate Comedy
- 2007: Jack Finney : The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- 2009: Richard Yates : The Easter Parade: A Novel
- 2009: Ariel Dorfman : Death and the Maiden
- 2009: Kent Meyers: Twisted Tree: A Novel
- 2010: Richard Yates: A Good School: A Novel
- 2010: AJ Scudiere: Vengeance
- 2011: King James Version Audio Bible: The Book of Numbers
- 2011: King James Version Audio Bible: The Books of Jeremiah and Lamentations
- 2011: King James Version Audio Bible: The Book of Proverbs
- 2011: The Book of Mark: King James Version Audio Bible
- 2012: Brian Garfield: The Last Hard Man
- 2013: Harold Burson: Report from Nuremberg: The International War Crimes Trial
- 2014: Terry Bisson: Bears Discover Fire, and Other Stories
- 2015: John Michael Greer: Decline and Fall: The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America
- 2017: Jonathan Maberry, George A. Romero : Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology
- 2019: Jonathan Gienapp: The Second Creation: Fixing the American Constitution in the Founding Era
- 2020: Arthur Make : The Shining Pyramid & The Three Impostors
- 2020: Peter Phillips: Giants: The Global Power Elite
- 2020: Dylan Howard, Andy Tillett: The Last Charles Manson Tapes: Evil Lives Beyond the Grave
Awards (selection)
- 1970: Theater World Award for his role in How Much How Much?
- 1991: Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Directing - Special Class for the ABC Afterschool Specials episode The Perfect Date
- 2003: Audie Award in the fiction category , unabridged for the audio book Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides , read by Kristoffer Tabori
Web links
- Official website ktabori.com (English)
- Kristoffer Tabori in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kristoffer Tabori in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Kristoffer Tabori in the Internet Off-Broadway Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kristoffer Tabori. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
- ^ Theater World Award Recipients . In: theatreworldawards.org, accessed March 27, 2018.
- ↑ Fun Facts . In: theatreworldawards.org, accessed March 27, 2018.
- ↑ a b Kristoffer Tabori Biography . In: ktabori.com, accessed on September 10, 2019.
- ↑ 2003 Audie Awards . In: audiopub.org, accessed March 30, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tabori, Kristoffer |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Siegel, Christopher Donald (maiden name); Donaldson, KT (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor, voice actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malibu , California , United States |