Santiago Ziesmer

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Santiago Ziesmer within the ear canoes -Verleihung 2010 in Berlin

Santiago Ziesmer (born July 25, 1953 in Madrid , Spain ) is a German actor , dubbing and radio play speaker , singer and web video producer of Spanish origin. He has been involved in television productions and commercial radio play recordings since early youth, and has appeared as a theater actor on numerous state and private theaters in Germany and other European countries since 1973. His voice is best known for the dubbing of comedic characters like Jaleel White as Steve Urkel in the US sitcom All Under One Roof and cartoon characters like SpongeBob SquarePants in the children's and youth series of the same name. Since Barton Fink (1991), Ziesmer has often been used as the German-language dubbing voice for Steve Buscemi . He lives in Berlin .

Youth and education

The son of a German mother and a Spanish father was born in Madrid as the youngest of three children. In 1954 the family moved to West Berlin . There Ziesmer sang in the state and cathedral choir and was trained in standard dance. Discovered in 1963 by director Herbert Ballmann , who was looking for child actors in Berlin schools, Ziesmer took over at the age of ten in the Zenit film production Alle Loks Whistle for Jan, alongside Margot Trooger, his first leading TV role as a paralyzed boy. In the mid-1960s, Peter Trabold hired him for the fairy tale films produced by Südwestfunk The False Prince and Said's Fates , in 1968 he played the role of the boy in a feverish dream in Klaus Kirschner's Mein Kapitän ist tot from the ZDF series Das kleine Fernsehspiel . Through connections to Kurt Vethake , he was also used in commercial children's and youth radio play productions from 1967, including in Die Schatzinsel , Die Kinder des Kapitän Grant and Die Brüder Löwenherz . During this time he used the name Jago Ziesmer. After obtaining the secondary school leaving certificate at the Otto von Guericke secondary school in Berlin-Wilmersdorf in 1970, Ziesmer first completed an apprenticeship as a hairdresser, which he completed with a journeyman's examination. From 1972 he trained as an actor at the Hanny Herter drama studio in Berlin and passed the stage maturity test in 1975 before the Joint Commission.

Berliner Kammerspiele and Hansa Theater

From 1973 to 1987, Santiago Ziesmer worked at the Berliner Kammerspiele in the Theater der Jugend. His repertoire of roles there included title characters in classics of children's literature such as Kalle Blomquist , Huckleberry Finn , The Little Muck , The Neverending Story and Aladin, as well as characters from literary dramas, including Leon in the comedy Weh dem Who Lies! by Franz Grillparzer (1976), the idiot in Max Frisch's drama Andorra (1980) and starred in the Audience of Peter Handke (1985) and in the theater adaptation of the Oscar-Wilde -narrative The Canterville Ghost . From 1976 to 2002 Ziesmer also appeared as a guest actor at the Hansa-Theater in folk plays with a Berlin dialect, including Don Pietro in Don Camillo and Peppone (1993), as detective Harry in Keen Dilemma without Emma (1999) and as Konrad in Eine Woman with Two Men (2002).

Festival

During the Salzburg Festival in 1978, Ziesmer was on stage as Cherubin in Beaumarchai's comedy The Great Day or Figaro's Wedding next to Klaus Maria Brandauer , as part of the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel as the children's book character Pinocchio . Due to the popular audience there, he was engaged for four other productions in the following year, including Katharina Knie by Carl Zuckmayer and Der Räuber Hotzenplotz after Otfried Preußler . On the occasion of the Calderón Festival in the old court in Bamberg , he played Dauphin Karl in George Bernard Shaw's drama The Holy Johanna and was a guest at the Berliner Jedermann Festival from 1989 to 1992 as a thin cousin in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church . In 2005 he took up this role again after a thirteen year hiatus in the Berlin Cathedral .

Further stage stations and tours

Further stations of his acting work included the Kammerspiele of the Schauspielhaus Bochum , the Grenzlandtheater Aachen and the comedy in the Marquardt in Stuttgart. At the Berlin tribune he portrayed Mandelstam in Carl Sternheim's Die Hose barber shop and acted as conférencier through the revue Our Republic , which presented music from several decades. At the open-air theater at the Citadel he played the title role in Charley's aunt .

In 2002 Ziesmer appeared in Franz Wittenbrink's recital men at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm and toured with the ensemble throughout Germany. In 2006 he acted on the same stage alongside Edith Hancke in Mutter Gräbert macht Theater under the direction of Klaus Sonnenschein , followed in 2007 by Dieter Hallervordens comedy Die Nervensäge in the cabaret theater Die Wühlmäuse . Santiago Ziesmer has been acting since the premiere of the theatrical version of arsenic and lace cap , staged by director Ottokar Runze , on February 24, 2011 at the Schlossparktheater in Berlin-Steglitz in the role of Dr. Hermann Einstein with.

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Movie

In the area of ​​film dubbing, Ziesmer is known to a wide audience primarily as the voice of comedic or bizarre characters from real and cartoon productions. For example, he dubbed the role of the little Roman in the cartoon “Asterix the Gauls” (1967), who has to pretend to be a Gauls in order to discover the secret of their strength. During the 1980s he increasingly dubbed actors in John Hughes ' teen films , including Matthew Broderick in Ferris Makes Blue (1986) and Anthony Michael Hall in The Breakfast Club (1985) and LISA - The Bright Madness (1985). In 1985 Peter Bogdanovich selected him as the German voice for Eric Stoltz in the role of a patient suffering from facial dysplasia in The Mask , in 1999 Pedro Almodóvar decided to cast Antonia San Juan as a transvestite in Alles über Meine Mutter . Since Barton Fink (1991), Santiago Ziesmer has often been hired for the dubbing of the American actor Steve Buscemi , including in Escape from LA (1996), Con Air (1997) and Armageddon (1998). He also voiced the likes of Bruno Kirby in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) and Jim Carroll (1995), Sean Astin in Boy Soldiers (1991), Rob Schneider in Judge Dredd (1995), Alan Cumming in James Bond 007 - Goldeneye (1995), short actors such as Warwick Davis in Gullivers Reisen (1996) and Verne Troyer in The Cabinet of Doctor Parnassus (2008) as well as characters in cartoon productions such as Lefou in Beauty and the Beast (1991), Gazzim in Aladdin (1992) and the gingerbread man in all of the Shrek films to date . One of Ziesmer's most recent works is the dubbing of the usury figure in Faust by Russian director Alexander Sokurow ; the film was awarded the Golden Lion in Venice in 2011.

Santiago Ziesmer (center) at an autograph session in Berlin with US actor Peter Paige (right) and voice actor Oliver Feld (left) in 2008.

In the series In a Land Before Our Time he worked a. a. in the German-language versions of parts 7 ( The mysterious magic stone; Rinkus) and 11 ( The secret of the little dinosaurs ; Skitter).

series

Ziesmer's most striking appearances in television series include the synchronization of Curtis Armstrong as Herbert Quentin Viola in The Model and the Snoop (1986-1989), Jaleel White as Steve Urkel in All Under One Roof (from 1995), Seth Green as Oz in Buffy - The Vampire Slayer (from 1999), Scott Lowell as Theodore "Ted" Schmidt in Queer as Folk (2000–2005) and Katt Williams as Bobby Shaw in What's Up, Dad? (2000-2005).

In the cartoon genre he has been known since 2002 as the German voice of the characters SpongeBob SquarePants and the piglet in all productions about the bear Winnie the Pooh since 1988 . He took on other main series roles as a trick in the first dubbed version of the Disney series DuckTales - Neues aus Duckburg (1987), which was then marketed as a radio play, as Ren in The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991), as Shrimp in Arielle, the Mermaid (1992-1994), as Wakko in Animaniacs (1994-1999), as Penguin Ping in Urmel aus dem Eis (1996-1997), as Ping Pong in Jim Knopf (1999-2001), as Dale Gribble in King of the Hill (since 2002) and as Ashley in The School of Little Vampires (from 2006). In Japanese anime , Ziesmer dubbed Vegeta in the first 35 episodes of Dragonball Z (2002), Gil in Dragonball GT (2006) and Dr. Vellian Crowler in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (2006-2008). In 2016 he speaks Monokuma in the German dubbing of Danganronpa - The Animation , and in 2017 the parrot Inko in Toradora! . He also speaks a baby reviewer on The Thundermans . He also speaks Mr. Cuthens in Sally Bollywood . He also voiced Karlsson in the animated series Karlsson from the Roof.

Television productions

Parallel to his work in the theater came Ziesmer after completing his formal training in other film and television productions, including as young Mozart in the film strip in silver winning documentary feature film Mozart - records of a youth under the direction of Klaus Kirschner (1975) and as a disfigured soldier in Sonntagskinder by Michael Verhoeven (1980). He took on guest roles in Three Ladies from the Grill (1985), Neck Over Head (1986), Praxis Bülowbogen (1987) and Schloss Einstein (2002). In 1989 Ziesmer played the recurring role of stable boy Ludger in Rivalen der Rennbahn (1989), from 1998 to 2000 he played another permanent supporting role in the RTL production Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast , in which he played Professor Gregor Wünsche. In 2015 he dubbed Billy the Leprechaun in the film Between Heaven and Here . In October 2019, the Eric Dean Hordes film Goblin was released. Ziesmer plays Cecilia Pillado's husband in it .

Computer games

Among other things, Ziesmer spoke in the game Drakensang: Am Fluss der Zeit various characters such as the tailor Marcusi, the crazy beekeeper and the Bosnickel of the dwarf binge Norgamaschzrom. Ziesmer also lent the voice of the narrator to the game Brick Force . In The Book of Unwritten Tales he speaks to Jorge, a grouchy trader. In the sequel The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 he speaks the same character and a pirate parrot. In Assassin's Creed Unity , he speaks to Aloys La Touche, a tax auditor. He also speaks the narrator in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in Zombies in Spaceland.

Radio plays

After numerous productions in children and adolescents (e.g. Kalle Blomquist), Ziesmer is also present in various radio play series to the present day, including as Mole Schaufel Spreizfuß in the radio play series Xanti (1989), as Captain Tolle in Die Playmos (since 2007) and as Inspector Miller in Lady Bedfort (since 2007). In the radio play classic Die Drei ??? he took on the role of Adam Campbell in Horror at Campbell Castle , in The Legend of the Jugglers that of Elliot Littlehorn and in the special episode House of Horrors - House of Fear that of the bearded Marylin. He also played in several episodes of Benjamin Blümchen , including as a pharmacist in the special episode Benjamin Blümchen as a pharmacist and as Mr. Meier in the episode Benjamin Blümchen as a lighthouse keeper .

Audiobooks (selection)

music

Ziesmer was hired as the dubbing voice of SpongeBob SquarePants for the music CD BOBmusik - The Yellow Album , which was released in March 2011 and includes 14 cover versions of well-known pop songs. The album entered the German Media Control Charts at number 17 and reached twelfth place, the single Lecker Lecker , a cover version of Shakira's number one hit Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) , reached number 43. In Austria, the album was at the top of the charts, in Switzerland at number 42. In November 2011, BOBmusik followed - the yellow winter album , which, however, contained the list of titles from its predecessor, with the exception of two new songs. Based on the concept of the debut album, the third studio production SpongeBob - The Blue Album was released in March 2012 with 15 new tracks . In Germany it reached number 28, in Austria number 4 and in Switzerland number 59. In February 2015, another work followed under the title Das SuperBob Album .

In 2019 Ziesmer could be heard in the intro of the album "Wir sind die Guten" by the Thuringian band Traumfresser based on SpongeBob .

Synchronous rollers (selection)

Steve Buscemi

Tom Kenny

Alec Mapa

John Fiedler

Jaleel White

  • 1989–1998: as Steve Urkel in All Under One Roof
  • 2000-2015: as Kenny Greene in CSI: Vegas (season 14, light hand luggage )
  • since 2003: as Martin Thomas in Navy CIS (season 9, episode 13)
  • 2004-2008: as Kevin Givens in Boston Legal (season 3, episode 20)
  • 2004–2012: as porter in Dr. House (Season 8, Episode 1)
  • 2006: as an artist agent in Dreamgirls
  • 2006-2014: as Tony in Psych (2 episodes)
  • 2009-2016: as Mickey Franks in Castle (season 7, episode 22)

Tony Cox

Conrad Vernon

Danny Woodburn

Anthony Michael Hall

Verne Troyer

Ian James Corlett

Filmography (selection)

Video games (selection)

Occurrence on the Internet

On November 29, 2017, Ziesmer uploaded his first video on his YouTube channel named after him . The channel has over 44,000 subscribers and the most-watched video on the channel, in which Ziesmer reacts to the rapper Spongebozz , has been viewed over 619,000 times.

Ziesmer is also active on Instagram . Over 24,000 people follow him there.

Web links

Commons : Santiago Ziesmer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Santiago Ziesmer. Accessed April 7, 2020 (German).
  2. ^ Don Camillo & Peppone Berlin drama school
  3. ↑ Double murder with a snout . In: Berliner Zeitung , April 28, 1999
  4. ↑ A woman with two men in the Hansa Theater. In: BZ , January 16, 2002
  5. ^ Santiago Ziesmer Jedermann Festival
  6. ^ Resumption of "Men": A recital tells of secret longings and missed opportunities . In: Berliner Zeitung , February 22, 2002
  7. ↑ DIETER HALLERVORDEN - The pain in the ass . ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) The voles, 2007 schedule
  8. ↑ The Berlin Part of Sokurov's Faust ( German ) openPR.de. September 21, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  9. ↑ www.synchronkartei.de
  10. ↑ www.synchronkartei.de
  11. ↑ Prize winner of the German Film Academy
  12. ↑ Release Info. Goblin. In: imdb.com. Internet Movie Database, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  13. ↑ The speakers of The Book of Unwritten Tales pcgames.de, accessed on October 20, 2014
  14. ↑ Media Control press release accessed on March 26, 2011
  15. ↑ chartsurfer.de accessed on April 23, 2016
  16. ↑ Chart source The blue album . chartsurfer.de, accessed on July 27, 2012
  17. ↑ Popshot: Review of Das SuperBob Album , article from March 14, 2015, accessed on March 21, 2015.
  18. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Bikini-Bottom-Calling/dp/B081LJ85VB
  19. ↑ Santiago Ziesmer (@santiagoziesmer_official) • Instagram photos and videos. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Ziesmer, Santiago
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ziesmer, Iago
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid