Thomas Petruo

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Thomas Paul Karl Petruo (born October 10, 1956 in West Berlin ; † April 13, 2018 in Berlin-Neukölln ) was a German radio host , actor , voice actor , and radio play and audio book speaker .

Life

Petruo's mother was a well-known stage actress; she did not play the theater until Petruo was 14, because she wanted to look after her children. Petruo herself worked at the theater as an assistant for the direction or props. When the family lived in Berlin again, Petruo went to drama school because he was enthusiastic about the activity of his father, Heinz Petruo , who was an actor and voice actor. Since 1983 he has worked as a stage lighting designer for theater stages.

Activities as a speaker

Petruo was in the dubbing studio for the first time in 1962. Together with his father, he moderated the RIAS 2 meeting point and dubbed more than 1000 films and series, including the role of Biff Tannen in the film trilogy Back to the Future , Nick Van Owen in Forgotten World: Jurassic Park and Sheldon J. Plankton in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants . Together with Manuel Vaessen , he dubbed the actor James Read in the role of George Hazard in the series Torches in the Storm , his father was the dubbing director. Petruo has often been cast on well-known singers; so he dubbed Steven Tyler (guest appearances in Two and a Half Men ), Mick Jagger ( The Rutles and Freejack - hostage of the future ) or Alice Cooper in some commercials twice . One of his best known works is from 1994 when he lent his voice to Gary Oldman in Léon - The Professional .

He also dubbed cadet Kyle Blankes in Police Academy and waiter Robbie Gold in Dirty Dancing . He also spoke in some anime, among others in the movies to Detective Conan the role of Yusaku Kudō or Garlic Jr. in the anime series Dragon Ball Z .

He was often heard in advertising, for example for the Playstation 3 brand . As a radio play and audio book speaker, Petruo was also not unknown; He spoke in some episodes of the radio play series Sherlock Holmes von Romantruhe , Geisterjäger John Sinclair , Perry Rhodan or in some radio plays based on Edgar Wallace von Hörplanet , he also set Crime Machine and Gangland by the British author Howard Linskey , as well as the book So Was von tot by Chris Spar.

As an actor

As an actor, he worked in various films, including The Neverending Story 3 , Duell - Enemy at the Gates and television series such as Wolffs Revier or Balko .

Private

Petruo was agnostic . His daughter is the singer , actress and voice actress Vanessa Petruo , who became known through the band No Angels . He died on April 13, 2018 after a short, serious illness in the Vivantes Neukölln Clinic in the Berlin district of the same name .

Filmography (selection)

Synchronous rollers (selection)

Gary Oldman

Ice-T

  • 1991: New Jack City as Scotty Appleton
  • 1997: Mean Guns as Vincent Moon

Mykelti Williamson

  • 1994: Forrest Gump as Bubby Blue
  • 1997: Place of Truth as Marcus Weans
  • 1999: Vinegar and Molasses - Black America awakens as Papa Delany

Peter Greene

Steve Buscemi

  • 1994: Airheads as Rex
  • 2000: The Animal Factory as AR Hosspack

Movies

Series

Radio plays (selection)

Audio books

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AmazingVoiceShow: Spongebob SquarePants - Thomas Petruo / Plankton Interview (German dubbing voice). May 13, 2018, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ German synchronous index | Series | Torches in the storm. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ admin: Home. In: Thomas Petruo. Retrieved May 30, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Audiobooks & Original Audio Shows - Get More from Audible . ( audible.com [accessed May 30, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Vanessa Petruo: Thomas Petruo . Message from daughter Vanessa Petruo about Petruo's death on his Facebook account, April 20, 2018, accessed on April 21, 2018.
  6. ^ Point Whitmark 34 - The one-eyed dolls. Point-Whitmark.de, archived from the original on January 18, 2015 ; accessed on April 21, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Audio books spoken by Thomas Petruo . In Audible. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Petruo, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petruo, Thomas Paul Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, voice actor and presenter
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH West Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 2018
Place of death Berlin-Neukölln