Marcus Off
Marcus Off (born June 29, 1958 in Überlingen ) is a German actor and voice actor .
life and career
He grew up in Lindau and Altensteig and made in Munich his high school . He attended the HB Studio Actor Training Institute in New York .
He lent his voice to Joe Flanigan in Stargate Atlantis , Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean I – III, Simon Baker in The Mentalist , Karl Urban in The Lord of the Rings and Steve Coogan in Around the World in 80 Days and The Alibi . He was best known for his appearance in various German-language soap operas and television series such as Lindenstrasse .
After Marcus Off was the German voice of Johnny Depp for the first three parts of the Pirates of the Caribbean series , he was no longer used for the fourth part, Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides , due to differences of opinion regarding it of the fee with the producing studio Disney came. Disney rejected Off's claim for further participation on the basis of § 32a UrhG - “bestseller paragraph”. Off demanded more than the previously paid 9,306.14 euros for the film synchronization of the first three parts of the million dollar success. On May 10, 2012, Off achieved an interim success before the Federal Court of Justice . On June 1, 2016, the Berlin Court of Appeal ruled that Off was entitled to ten times his original fee, proving his claim to subsequent reimbursement after eight years. In April 2017, the judgment became final.
Filmography (selection)
- 1986–1987, 1994–1998, 2002–2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019: Lindenstraße (TV series)
- 1990: It is not easy to be a god
- 1995: Kidnapping from Lindenstrasse (TV movie)
- 1996: All My Daughters (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1998: The Guard (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1998: OP calls Dr. Bruckner (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1998: St. Angela (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1999: Stadtklinik (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1999: The high art of the affair (TV film)
- 1999, 2001: Marienhof (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1999, 2003: SOKO Munich (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2000: Heartbeat - The North Medical Team (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2007: The Rosenheim Cops (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2007: Lamento
- 2009: Your commission, Father Castell (TV series, 1 episode)
Synchronization (selection)
- 1995: Othello as Lodovico
- 2005: Kingdom of Heaven as a priest
- 2008: Frost / Nixon as David Frost
- 2009: The Damned United as Brian Clough
- 2010: Unthinkable as Steven Arthur Younger
- 2013: The Adventurer - The Curse of Midas as a charity
- 2015: On the Green Edge as William Boldwood
- 2016: Nocturnal Animals as Carlos Holt
- 2017: Happy as Craig Fisher when in doubt
- 2017: Love to visit as Austen
- 2018: Apostle as Malcom Howe
- 2020: The fantastic journey of Dr. Dolittle as Dr. Blair Tiredfly
- 2000: Before night falls as Lt. Victor / Bon Bon
- 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean - Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
- 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
- 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
- 2011: The Rum Diary as Paul Kemp
- 2004: Around the World in 80 Days as Phileas Fogg
- 2006: Alibi - Your dirty little secret is safe with us as Ray Elliot
- 2006: Marie Antoinette as Ambassador Mercy
- 2011: Our Idiot Brother as Dylan
- 2012: Ruby Sparks - My fabulous friend as Langdon Tharp
- 2013: The Look of Love as Paul Raymond
- 2015: Minions as Professor Flux
- 2015: Happyish as Thom Payne
- 2016: Rules don't matter as Col. Briggs
- 2017: The Dinner as Paul Lohman
- 2018: Ideal Home as Erasmus
- 2012: Birdsong as Rene Azaire
- 2013: Like in the old days as Vincent Kruger
- 2013: The Beautiful Days as Julien
- 2013: The foam of the days as a company director
- 2015: Mama against Papa - Whoever loses here wins as Vincent Leroy
- 2016: Elle - as Patrick
- 2016: happily divorced as Leroy
- 2002: In America as Johnny
- 2005: Comeback as Mike Wilson
- 2007: The Bourne Ultimatum as Simon Ross
- 2009: The Owl's Cry as Robert Forrester
- 2012: Now Is Good - Every moment counts as Mr. Scott
- 2013: The World's End as Steven Prince
- 2015: In heaven you wear high shoes as Iago
- 1995: Sex, Lies and Intrigues as Yves
- 2005: Munich as Tony
- 2006: The Snake as Vincent Mandel
- 2009: The Affair as Samuel
- 2009: Ransom - How Much Is Your Life Worth As Stanislas Graff
- 2009: About love and regret as Mathieu Liévin
- 2012: Do Not Disturb as Ben Azuelos
- 2014: 137 carats - an almost perfect coup as Simon
- 2016: The Super Cops - Always Crazy! as Victor
Movies
- 1991: Princess Fantaghirò - Tomás Valík as Ivaldo
- 1992: Meet at Howards End - Samuel West as Leonard Bast
- 1992: Princess Fantaghirò II - Tomás Valík as Ivaldo
- 1994: Farinelli - Stefano Dionisi as Farinelli
- 1998: The Red Violin - Jason Flemyng as Frederick Pope
- 1998: The Opposite of Sex - Martin Donovan as Bill Truitt
- 2000: Almost Famous - Jason Lee as Jeff Bebe
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - Karl Urban as Eomer
- 2003: Abducted - Antonio Banderas as Carlos Rueda
- 2003: The Gospel of John - Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus Christ
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Karl Urban as Eomer
- 2003: The Missing - Val Kilmer as Lt. Jim Ducharme
- 2005: London - Love of Life? - Jason Statham as Bateman
- 2005: Death wedding - Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Jakob
- 2005: 2046 - Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Chow Mo Wan
- 2005: Wonderland - Val Kilmer as John Holmes
- 2005: The Eternal Gardener - Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle
- 2005: Happiness in small doses - Ralph Fiennes as Mayor Michael Ebbs
- 2006: Land of the Blind - Ralph Fiennes as Joe
- 2006: The Omen - Richard Rees as Dr. Greer
- 2006: Black Book - Thom Hoffman as Hans Akkermans
- 2006: The Hades Factor - Jonathan Higgins as Culver
- 2007: The Last Legion - Alexander Siddig as Theodorus Andronikus
- 2007: Love in the Times of Cholera - Benjamin Bratt as Dr. Juvenal Urbino
- 2007: Die For Beginners - Matthew Macfadyen as Daniel
- 2007: Unconditional - Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Sebastian
- 2007: Persepolis - Simon Abkarian as Ebi, Marjanes father
- 2008: Milk - Josh Brolin as Dan White
- 2009: In My Sister's Life - Jason Patric as Brian Fitzgerald
- 2009: The Lodger - Simon Baker as Malcolm
- 2009: Not Forgotten - Simon Baker as Jack Bishop
- 2010: This is life - Rob Huebel as Ted
- 2011: The Iron Lady - Iain Glen as Alfred Roberts
- 2011: A Cosmo & Wanda Movie: Grow Up Timmy Turner! - David Lewis as Denzel Crocker
- 2011: Rum Diary - Johnny Depp as Paul Kemp
- 2011: The Big Crash Margin Call - Simon Baker as Jared Cohen
- 2011: Morning Glory - Ty Burrell as Paul McVee
- 2012: Cosmo & Wanda - Pretty Crazy Christmas - David Lewis as Denzel Crocker
- 2012: [[Asterix & Obelix - Guillaume Gallienne On Her Majesty's behalf]] as a tea fax
- 2013: Maman and I - Guillaume Gallienne as Guillaume / Maman
- 2013: It doesn't last a year ...! - Simon Baker as Guy
- 2013: As the wind rises - Mansai Nomura as Caproni
- 2013: The Butler - Colman Domingo as Freddie Fallows
- 2016: Ride Along: Next Level Miami - Benjamin Bratt as Antonio Pope
- 2016: My time with Cézanne - Guillaume Gallienne as Paul Cézanne
- 2018: Bad Samaritan - In the sights of the killer - David Tennant as Cale Erendreich
- 2019: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Luke Perry as Wayne Maunder
- 2020: The Gentlemen - Jeremy Strong as Matthew Berger
Series
- since 2003: Cosmo & Wanda - When Elves Help - Carlos Alazraqui as Denzel Crocker
- 2004–2007: The Guardian - Simon Baker as Nick Fallin
- 2005–2009: Stargate Atlantis - Joe Flanigan as Major / Lt. Colonel John Sheppard
- 2007: Desperate Housewives - Patrick Malone as Detective Shrank
- 2008: Eli Stone - George Michael as George Michael
- 2008: Desperate Housewives - Tuc Watkins as Bob Hunter
- 2008–2009: The Tudors - Jeremy Northam as Sir Thomas More
- 2008–2009: Spooks - MI5 Target - Matthew Macfadyen as Tom Quinn
- 2009: Ashes to Ashes - Back to the 80s - Matthew Macfadyen as Gil Holis
- 2009–2015: The Mentalist - Simon Baker as Patrick Jane
- 2011: Primeval - Return of the Primeval Monsters - Alexander Siddig as Philip Burton
- 2011, 2016: Game of Thrones - Joseph Mawle as Benjen Stark
- 2013–2016: Ripper Street - Matthew Macfadyen as Det. Insp. Edmund Reid
- 2015–2016: iZombie - Steven Weber as Vaughn Du Clark
- 2015–2019: The Man in the High Castle - Rufus Sewell as SS-Obergruppenführer John Smith
- 2017: Prison Break - Waleed Zuaiter as Mohammad El Tunis (Episode 5x02)
- 2020: Dracula - Claes Bang as Count Dracula
theatre
- 1984: “Individually” (premiere), Erika Prahl , role: The young artist, director: Erika Prahl, Modernes Theater in Munich
- 1985: “Der Streit”, Pierre Carlet de Marivaux, role, Azor, director: Franz Kasperski , TIK Theater Munich
- 1989: "Cymbelin", William Shakespeare , role: Jacimo, director: Andreas Seyferth
- 1990: "La double Innconstance", Pierre Carlet de Marivaux , role: Arlequin, director: Andreas Seyferth
- 1991: "Playing with fire", August Strindberg, role: Axel, director: Eos Schopohl
- 1993: "Die Rassen", Ferdinand Bruckner , role: Karlaner, director: Eos Schopohl, Theater Fisch und Plastik Munich
- 1994: "The Real Inspector Hound", role :, director: Andreas Günther, Prinzregententheater Munich
- 1995: "Don Juan comes out of the war", Ödön von Horváth , role: Don Juan, director: Eos Schopohl , Theater in der Reithalle Munich
- 1995: "Himmelwärts", Ödön von Horváth, role: Der Teufel, director: Andreas Günther , Prinzregententheater Munich
- 1999: "Fräulein Julie", August Strindberg , role: Jean, director: Urs Schaub , Theater Dortmund
- 1999: "Betrogen", Harold Pinter , role: Robert, director: Heinz Kreidl, Theater Dortmund
- 2000: "To the beautiful view", Ödön von Horváth, role: Strasser, director: Heinz Kreidl , Theater Dortmund
- 2000: “Drumming in the Night”, Bertolt Brecht , role: Murk, director: Uwe Hergenröder , Theater Dortmund
- 2000: "After the rain", Sergi Belbel , role: head of administration, director: Karin Bares , Theater Dortmund
- 2000: “Arsenic and lace cap”, Joseph Kesselring , role: Mortimer, director: Michael Gruner, Theater Dortmund
- 2001: "Dinner For Spinners", Francis Veber , role: Pierre Brochant, director: Harald Demmer , Theater Dortmund
- 2001: “In a year with thirteen moons”, Rainer Werner Fassbinder , role: Christoph, director: Thomas Krupa , Theater Dortmund
- 2002: "Käthchen von Heilbronn", Heinrich von Kleist , role: Graf Freiburg, director: Michael Gruner, Theater Dortmund
- 2002: "Nora", Henrik Ibsen , role: Kreogstad, director: Michael Gruner, Theater Dortmund
- 2002: "Dracula", Hermann Schmidt-Rahmer , role: Quincy Kurzweel, director: Hermann Schmidt-Rahmer, Theater Dortmund
- 2002: “Die Physiker”, Friedrich Dürrenmatt , role: Sir Isaak Newton, director: Michael Gruner, Theater Dortmund
- 2003: “Taking Sides” (The Furtwängler Case), role: Steve Arnold, director: Michael Gruner, Theater Dortmund
- 2003: "Beauty Queen von Leenane", Martin McDonagh , role: Pato, director: Philipp Preuß , Theater Dortmund
- 2004: "Tabula Rasa", Carl Sternheim , role: stand, director: Michael Gruner, Theater Dortmund
- 2005: "Imago", Ulrich Hub , role: he, director: Michael Gruner , Theater Dortmund
- 2012: “Schachnovelle”, Stefan Zweig , role: Bertram, director: Karin Bares, Kleines Theater Berlin
- 2013: "Hamlet the Easter Bunny", Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando , role: Jaruschnik, director: Susanne Lietzow , Damtschach Castle
- 2013: "The fleeing horse", Martin Walser , role: Helmut, director: Karin Bares, Kleines Theater Berlin
- 2014: “Der Sturm”, William Shakespeare , role: Antonio, Stephano, director: Susanne Lietzow, Theater Phönix Linz
- 2016: "To the beautiful view", Ödön von Horváth, role: Müller, director: Susanne Lietzow, Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Audio book
- 2012: Helmut Schmidt , Giovanni di Lorenzo : Having a cigarette with Helmut Schmidt , spoken by Hanns Zischler and Marcus Off. The Audio Verlag , Berlin 2012. 3 CD, 225 min.
Awards
- 2017: German Acting Award in the Heavy Duty category
Web links
- Website marcusoff.com
- Marcus off in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marcus Off in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon Feldmer: A man fights for his voice. In: sueddeutsche.de . August 9, 2011, accessed March 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Boris A. Plücken: KG Berlin: dubbing actor of Johnny Depp is subject to the dispute over additional payment according to § 32 a UrhG ( Memento of December 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ BGH, judgment of May 10, 2012 - I ZR 145/11 - Pirates of the Caribbean. In: openjur.de . Accessed March 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Carsten Baumgardt: Got it right: Marcus Off now receives a lot more money for his synchronization of Johnny Depp in the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films. In: filmstarts.de . June 23, 2016, accessed March 31, 2020 .
- ↑ Additional payment for Captain Sparrow's German voice ( memento of April 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Off, Marcus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film actor and voice actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Überlingen |