Martin Keßler (actor)
Martin Keßler (born March 13, 1960 in Oberhausen ) is a German actor and voice actor . His voice is best known for his work as a regular voice actor for Nicolas Cage and Vin Diesel .
Career
Keßler was born in Oberhausen in 1960 and grew up in Duisburg and Düsseldorf , where he played theater as a teenager. He moved to Berlin and completed private acting training there. After a few years at the theater, he played a. a. Keßler began working as a voice actor in A Midsummer Night's Dream or The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , which soon became his professional focus. In 1994 he was cast by a producer as the voice for Nicolas Cage in the film Snowstorm in Paradise . Since then, Keßler has been its German party voice.
Since 1997 Keßler has also worked as a dialogue book author and dialogue director. In the meantime, Keßler also speaks in audio books and video games. His voice also appears in radio and TV spots, for example for the brands Snickers , Mixery and Red Bull Cola .
synchronization
He had his first major roles as a voice actor from 1988 as Danny Dallas ( Ted Wass ) in the sitcom The Freaky , as special agent Jim Rhodes ( Stephen Brooks ) in the crime series FBI , as private detective Paul Drake ( William Hopper ) in the lawyer series Perry Mason , as Father Mulcahy ( William Christopher ) in M * A * S * H and as Frankie Santana ( Eddie Velez ) in Das A-Team .
Since the film Snowstorm in Paradise (1994), Martin Keßler has been the regular spokesman for Nicolas Cage (including in Con Air ; The Rock - Rock of Decision ; Only 60 Seconds ; The Legacy of the Knights Templar ; Face / Off - In the body of the enemy or Lord of War - Merchant of Death ). In the film Leaving Las Vegas , however, he does not dub Nicolas Cage, but Julian Sands as Yuri .
In the western series The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. he spoke the lead role of Brisco County Jr. ( Bruce Campbell ), in the X-Files - The FBI's Creepy Cases , he lent his voice to FBI agent Jeffrey Spender ( Chris Owens ) and in Emergency Room he dubbed Dr. Romano ( Paul McCrane ).
He wrote the German dialogues and directed the dialogues for the series Outer Limits - The Unknown Dimension , The Shield , Deadwood and American Odyssey . Also in the television series Sons of Anarchy , where he also speaks the actor David Labrava as Happy Lowman .
For Vin Diesel , Keßler has been a regular speaker since Pitch Black - Planet der Finsternis or The Fast and the Furious . In James Bond 007: The World Is Not Enough he lent Robert Carlyle his voice as Renard , in Galaxy Quest he can be heard for Tim Allen . He also dubbed Temuera Morrison as Jango Fett and his clone soldiers in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clone Warriors and the Clone Warriors in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , Star Wars: The Clone Wars , and in the series Star Wars: Clone Wars , Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels .
For the film Troy , director Wolfgang Petersen decided that Brad Pitt would be spoken by Keßler instead of regular speaker Tobias Meister . He spoke to Pitt in the 1994 film Legends of Passion .
In the anime film Dragon Ball Z - The Legendary Super Saiyan , Keßler spoke the character of Paragus in 2003 .
Radio plays
Martin Keßler each had a speaking role as veterinarian Robert Eichhorn in the radio drama series Bibi and Tina (episodes 1, 2 and 6), in the series Faith: The Van Helsing Chronicles as Nathan Pierce and as Cherub in Wolfgang Hohlbein's Der Greif . He also had various roles in Ghostbusters John Sinclair (Edition 2000) . He can also be heard as Bashar in Dodos Reisen (the fourth part of the radio play series Dodo by Ivar Leon Menger ) and since the episode Pilgrim 2000 of the radio play series Mark Brandis as Lieutenant Pablo Torrente . In addition, he speaks the audio book series Die Chroniken des Raben by James Barclay and is part of the audio book series Die Elfen by Bernhard Hennen . He can also be heard in the radio play adaptations of James Luceno's Star Wars novels Labyrinth of Evil and Dark Lord - The Rise of Darth Vader ( Dark Lord ) (director: Oliver Döring ). In the third season of Monster 1983 by Ivar Leon Menger (2017), Martin Keßler plays the role of Sergeant Fox .
- 2002: Wolfgang Hohlbein : Der Greif (audio CDs)
- 1999: Reinhard Kuhnert : Towards the future together - Director: Reinhard Kuhnert / Hilmar Bachor (radio play - WDR )
Audio books
- Bible of the Dead by Tom Knox (ie Sean Thomas), Hoffmann and Campe, 6 CDs, abridged, 388 min. 2012, ISBN 978-3-455-30751-1 .
- The truth of the blood by Jean-Christophe Grangé , Lübbe Audio Cologne, 6 CDs abbreviated, 382 min., 2013, ISBN 978-3-7857-4790-2 .
- Missing. New York by Don Winslow, playing time: 6 hours and 42 minutes, 6 CDs Unabridged edition. 2014, ISBN 978-3-8398-1357-7 .
- Mine are you by Luke Delaney, playing time: 6 hours and 39 minutes, 6 CDs Unabridged edition. 2014, ISBN 978-3-7857-4962-3 .
- Germany by Don Winslow, playing time: 7 hours, 6 CDs Unabridged edition. 2016, ISBN 978-3-8398-1488-8 .
- How does democracy actually work #FragFloid by LeFloid , playing time: 3 hours and 40 minutes, 3 CDs. 2017, ISBN 978-3-8398-4158-7 .
Video game synchronization
Martin Keßler also lends his voice for video games:
| Role name | Video game |
|---|---|
| Mannimarco | Elder Scrolls Online |
| Sam Fisher | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell |
| Milo Burik | Wheelman feat. Vin Diesel |
| Cain | Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 |
| Legacy of Kain - Defiance | |
| Dark elf | Sacred |
| David | Silver |
| Sheriff Truart | Dark Project 2: The Metal Age |
| Jericho | Driver San Francisco |
| Quinto | Star Trek: Elite Force 2 |
| Romulan soldiers | |
| The dead Kel | Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning |
| Frederic-104 | Halo 2: Anniversary - " Halo: The Master Chief Collection " |
| Halo 5: Guardians | |
| Soldier: 76 | Overwatch |
| Victor Vran | Victor Vran |
music
Martin Keßler spoke for the following songs for the music project E Nomine :
| title | album | year |
|---|---|---|
| Heaven Hell | The testament | 1999 |
| Ave Maria | ||
| From the beyond | darkness | 2002 |
| Carpe Noctem | The Prophecy - Special Edition | 2003 |
| Magnum opus | The best of ... God's contribution and the devil's work | 2004 |
He also spoke on the following titles by the band Diary of Dreams :
| title | album | year |
|---|---|---|
| Into X | Ego: X | 2011 |
| Element 1: Zeitgeist | ||
| Element 2: illusion | ||
| Element 3: stagnation | ||
| Element 4: fear | ||
| Element 5: resignation | ||
| Out of X |
Various recordings of Keßler's voice can also be found (as well as a sample by Charles Rettinghaus ) in the 2001 club hit Snuff Machinery by SITD ; These were not recorded by Keßler and Rettinghaus especially for the single, but are samples of the German dubbing of Cage's film 8mm - Eight Millimeters (1999).
Web links
- Martin Kessler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Martin Keßler in the German dubbing file
- Interview with Martin Keßler on SynchroWorld.de
- Martin Keßler's voice has many faces . Article on derwesten.de from January 2, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Outer Limits at synchronkartei.de
- ↑ Report from Casting-Network.de, PDF file (137 kB)
- ↑ German synchronous files. In: www.synchronkartei.de. Retrieved April 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Die Elfen on Follow Reich.de ( Memento from July 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ List of speakers Monster 1983 Website Official list of speakers for Monster 1983 . Retrieved February 20, 2019.
- ^ Review by Driver San Francisco on InsideGames.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kessler, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and voice actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberhausen |