Leon Boden
Leon Boden (born July 14, 1958 in Kiel as Dietrich Georg Boden ; † April 18, 2020 ) was a German actor , director and voice actor . He was also known as the German voice of Denzel Washington and Jason Statham .
Life
Leon Boden studied acting and directing at the Salzburg Mozarteum and graduated with a diploma in singing. Since the early 1980s he has played theater at the Elisabethbühne , in Salzburg , Graz , Bremen , at the state theaters and at the Deutsches Theater Berlin . Boden's representational spectrum ranged from William Shakespeare to Kurt Tucholsky to pieces of contemporary literature . At that time he also staged two plays himself.
He worked extensively as a voice actor. He was the standard voice of Denzel Washington and Jason Statham and also voiced Will Smith , Wesley Snipes , Ted Danson , Samuel L. Jackson , Laurence Fishburne , James Belushi and Idris Elba .
At the end of the 1990s he was managing director of Alligator-Film Düsseldorf. At the same time he worked twice as a film director; however, both films flopped. From the 1990s on, Boden took on numerous roles in television films and series, thereby increasing his profile.
In the Sat.1 series Julia Leischik is looking for: Please contact me , he has been heard as voiceover since 2012.
Boden died in April 2020 at the age of 61 from complications from cancer.
theatre
actor
- 1979: My poor Marat (Elisabethbühne, Salzburg ); Amphitryon (Scene of the Youth Salzburg)
- 1985/1986: The Dragon (Schauspielhaus in Graz )
- Everyone ; King Lear ; Joel Brand; Tartuffe
- 1998: the bitch
Director
- Open two-way relationship
- All taxis are gray at night
Filmography (selection)
As a director
- 1996: Weibsbilder (also book)
- 1997: Rosenkavalier (also book) with Esther Schweins and Judy Winter
Actors in motion pictures
- 1986: Mimus Eroticus
- 1987: outskirts
- 2002: Erkan & Stefan against the forces of darkness
Actors in television productions
- 1992–1994: Friends for Life (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 1993: The trail leads to perdition (TV movie)
- 1993: Cliffs of Death (TV movie)
- 1993: Police call 110: Death in the power plant (film series)
- 1996: The bull from Tölz: Palermo is near (film series)
- 1996: Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Autobahn Police - Bombs at kilometer 92 (TV series)
- 1996: The Blind (TV Movie)
- 1996: Merciless 1 - Forced into prostitution (TV movie)
- 1997: Rosa Roth - The Voice (film series)
- 1997: Crime scene: Bienzle and the deep fall (film series)
- 1998: Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Autobahn Police - Strike (TV series)
- 1998: Wolffs Revier (episode The Little Death )
- 1999: Gasoline in the Blood (TV series)
- 1999: Merciless 2 - Extradited and Abused (TV Movie)
- 1999: Only a Dead Man is a Good Man (TV Movie)
- 1999: Latin Lover (TV movie)
- 1999: The Sin of the Angels (TV movie)
- 1999: Beer - Attack on Oktoberfest (TV movie)
- 1999: Maître Da Costa (TV series, one episode)
- 1999–2001: The Red Mile (TV series, 25 episodes)
- 2000: Two angels on patrol (TV movie)
- 2001: Der Pfundskerl (TV series, episode Alles für die Katz )
- 2001: It Must Be Love (TV Movie)
- 2001: 1000 Miles for Love (TV Movie)
- 2002: Die Westentaschenvenus (TV movie)
- 2002: Edgar Wallace - The Four Righteous (TV movie)
- 2002: Klinikum Berlin Mitte - Life in readiness (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2002–2006: Die Wache (TV series, 35 episodes)
- 2003: Four kisses and an email
- 2003: Coast Guard (TV series, episode Kidnapping at Sea )
- 2003/2005: SOKO 5113 (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2004–2007: Behind bars - Der Frauenknast (TV series, 98 episodes)
- 2004: In all friendship (episode The Graduation Exam )
- 2004: A case for two (episode Bad Cards for Grabowski )
- 2005: News from Büttenwarder (episode Die Glücksspielhölle )
- 2006: The Commissioner (episode On the Run )
- 2007: The Rosenheim Cops (episode Mord (s) phantasien )
- 2015: SOKO Stuttgart (episode The Promise )
- 2015: SOKO Wismar (episode Die Geistersiedlung )
- 2017: The Rosenheim Cops (episode Der Cocktailkönig von Rosenheim )
Computer games
- 2008: 2wo stone - The secret of the red dragon
- 2013: Deadshot - Batman Arkham Origins
- 2015: Black Ops III
Synchronous rollers (selection)
- 1989: Big Bad Man as Xavier Quinn
- 1991: Mississippi Masala as Demetrius Williams
- 1991: Ricochet as Nick Styles
- 1993: The Files as Gray Grantham
- 1993: Philadelphia as Joe Miller
- 1993: Much ado about nothing but Don Pedro of Aragon
- 1995: Crimson Tide - In deepest danger as Corvette Captain Ron Hunter
- 1995: Devil in Blue as Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins
- 1996: Courage to Truth as Nat Serling
- 1996: Rendezvous with an angel as Dudley
- 1998: State of Emergency as Anthony "Hub" Hubbard
- 1998: Demon as Det. John Hobbes
- 1999: Hurricane as Rubin Carter / Hurricane
- 1999: The Bone Hunter as Lincoln Rhyme
- 2000: Against all rules as coach Herman Boone
- 2001: Training Day as Detective Alonzo Harris
- 2002: Antwone Fisher as Dr. Jerome Davenport
- 2002: John Q as John Quincy Archibald
- 2003: Out of Time - His opponent is time as Matthias Lee Whitlock
- 2004: The Manchurian Candidate as Ben Marco
- 2004: Man on Fire as John W. Creasy
- 2006: Déjà Vu - race against time as agent Doug Carlin
- 2006: Inside Man as Detective Keith Frazier
- 2007: American Gangster as Frank Lucas
- 2009: The kidnapping of the Pelham 123 subway as Walter Garber
- 2010: The Book of Eli as Eli
- 2010: Unstoppable as Frank
- 2011: The Great Debaters as Melvin B. Tolson
- 2012: Flight as Whip Whitaker
- 2012: Safe House as Tobin Frost
- 2013: 2 Guns as Robert "Bobby" Trench
- 2014: The Equalizer as Robert McCall
- 2016: Fences as Troy Maxson
- 2016: The Magnificent Seven as Sam Chisolm
- 2018: The Equalizer 2 as Robert McCall
- 2002: Transporter as Frank Martin
- 2005: Transporter - The Mission as Frank Martin
- 2006: Crank as Chev Chelios
- 2007: Served as Special Agent John Crawford
- 2008: Bank job as Terry Leather
- 2008: Transporter 3 as Frank Martin
- 2009: Crank 2: High Voltage as Chev Chelios
- 2010: 13 as Jasper Bagges
- 2011: Blitz - Cop Killer vs. Killer Cop as Detective Sergeant Tom Brant
- 2011: Killer Elite as Danny
- 2011: The Mechanic as Arthur Bishop
- 2012: Safe as Luke Wright
- 2013: Fast & Furious 6 as Deckard Shaw
- 2013: Homefront as Phil Broker
- 2013: Parker as Parker
- 2013: Redemption as Joey Smith
- 2015: Fast & Furious 7 as Deckard Shaw
- 2015: Spy - Susan Cooper Undercover as Rick Ford
- 2015: Wild Card as Nick Wild
- 2016: The Mechanic 2: Resurrection as Arthur Bishop
- 2017: Fast & Furious 8 as Deckard Shaw
- 2018: Meg as Jones Taylor
- 2019: Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw as Deckard Shaw
- 1991: Boyz n the Hood - guys in the neighborhood as Jason “Furious” Styles
- 1992: Beyond the White Line as Russell Stevens, Jr./ John Hull / Narrator
- 1995: Bad Company as Nelson Crowe / Narrator
- 1998: With your back to the wall as Socrates Fortlow
- 2007: TMNT - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as narrator
- 2009–2012: CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators as Dr. Raymond Langston
- 2010: CSI: Miami as Dr. Raymond Langston
- 2010: CSI: NY as Dr. Raymond Langston
- 2013–2015: Hannibal as Jack Crawford
- 2015: Standoff as Sade
- 2017-2020: Black-ish as Earl "Pops" Johnson
- 2009–2013: Fringe, FBI Borderline Cases as Agent Phillip Broyles
- 2009: Lost as Matthew Abaddon
- 2012: Better by a class than Charles Alberts
- 2014: The Blacklist as The Cowboy
- 2015: John Wick as Charon
- 2016: Castle as Keith Kaufman
- 2017: John Wick: Chapter 2 as Charon
- 2019: John Wick: Chapter 3 as Charon
- 1995 Bad Boys as Detective Mike Lowrey
- 1996: Independence Day - Will Smith as Captain Steven "Steve" Hiller
- 1996: Life - A Six-Pack as Paul
Movies
- 1984: Tir à vue - Michel Jonasz as Daniel Galo
- 1991: Dr. Kildare: His first case - Truman Bradley as Hamilton
- 2001: Monkeybone - Giancarlo Esposito as Hypnos
- 2006: Night of the Living Dead - Duane Jones as Ben
- 2007: Meet the Robinsons - Stephen Anderson as The Melon Man / Adult Goob
- 2008: Iron Man - Faran Tahir as Raza
- 2009: Star Trek - Faran Tahir as Captain Robau
- 2012: Alex Cross - Tyler Perry as Alex Cross
- 2014: Gone Girl - Tyler Perry as Tanner Bolt
- 2015: Maze Runner - The Chosen in the Burning Desert - Giancarlo Esposito as Jorge
- 2018: Maze Runner - The Chosen in the Death Zone - Giancarlo Esposito as Jorge
Series
- 1994: Starship Enterprise - The Next Century - Jonathan Del Arco as Hugh
- 2001-2002: Ally McBeal - Taye Diggs as Jackson Duper
- 2004: The Justice League - JK Simmons as Mantis
- 2008–2009: Private Practice - Taye Diggs as Dr. Sam Bennett (1st voice)
- 2008–2020: Navy CIS - Rocky Carroll as Director Leon Vance (also Navy CIS: LA and Navy CIS: New Orleans )
- 2013–2020: Ray Donovan - Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan
- 2014–2019: The Affair - Dominic West as Noah Solloway
- 2015: Backstrom - Faran Tahir as Dr. Alan Kobrine
- 2015–2020: Brooklyn Nine – Nine - Andre Braugher as Captain Ray Holt
- 2020: Star Trek: Picard - Jonathan Del Arco as Hugh
Web links
- Leon floor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Leon Boden at filmportal.de
- Leon Boden in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Actor Leon Boden died unexpectedly at the age of 61. In: t-online.de. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Boden, Leon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boden, Dietrich Georg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and voice actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 2020 |