Tobias Master

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Tobias Meister (2009)

Tobias Meister (born June 9, 1957 in Cologne ) is a German actor , dubbing and radio play speaker , dubbing director and dialogue book author . He is best known as the German fixed voice of American actors Brad Pitt , Kiefer Sutherland , Robert Downey Jr. , Tim Robbins , Gary Sinise , Sean Penn , Jack Black , Ice Cube and Forest Whitaker .

Live and act

Movie and TV

The son of the actor Harald Meister and the actress Ingeborg Stutz grew up in Cologne, where he was seen as a child actor in theater productions from 1962. In 1968 the family moved to Berlin . In 1972, Meister took on the role of main character Peter Mock's best friend in Peter is the Boss . This was followed by engagements in a number of feature films and television productions, including as a recurring supporting actor Paul Friese in the ZDF family series Unser Charly (1997-2008), as Dr. Erich Dinter in A Home for Animals (1986–1992) and guest roles in the crime scene series , SOKO 5113 and Detective Office Roth .

synchronization

However, Tobias Meister is primarily known for his extensive work as a dubbing and voice actor .

With a few exceptions he has been the German voice of Kiefer Sutherland since Stand by Me - The Secret of a Summer (1986) , Forest Whitaker since Die Farbe des Geldes (1986) , Tim Robbins since Top Gun (1986) , Von Mäusen and People (1992) by Gary Sinise , since Seven (1995) by Brad Pitt , since Higher Learning - The Rebels (1995) by Ice Cube , since Mars Attacks! (1996) by Jack Black and since The Game (1997) by Sean Penn . He has also lent his voice to a variety of other actors in films and television series, such as 1999 Ralph Fiennes in The End of an Affair , Peter MacNicol in Ally McBeal (1998-2002), Numb3rs - The Logic of Crime (2005-2010), Grey's Anatomy (2010–2011) and CSI: Cyber (2015–2016), Ray Romano in Everyone loves Raymond (1997–2005) and Hannah Montana (2007), Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat (2006) and Sweeney Todd (2007) and Noah Emmerich in The Truman Show (1998), The Law of Honor (2008) and The Walking Dead (2010). Since the beginning of the first comic adaptation Iron Man (2008), Tobias Meister dubbed the superhero Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr. , in all of his appearances in the Marvel films . For his performance as the voice of Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland , he received the 2008 German Synchronous Award .

Since the prequel trilogy of the Star Wars series, he has been the German voice of Jedi master Yoda and the Sith Lord Darth Maul. In the first Star Wars spin-off film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story , he speaks to the resistance fighter Saw Gerrera, played by Forest Whitaker . In the second spin-off film Solo: A Star Wars Story , he again speaks the character of Darth Maul. In the Star Wars animation series Star Wars: Clone Wars , Star Wars: The Clone Wars , Star Wars: Rebels and Star Wars: Forces of Destiny , he once again gave his characters his voice.

Since the late 1980s, Meister has also worked as a dialogue book author and dubbing director. He is among others for the German versions of the films Ghost - Message from Sam (1990), Independence Day (1996), Sleepers (1996), Galaxy Quest - Planlos durch Weltall (1999), Planet der Affen (2001) and the prequel Trilogy of the Star Wars series responsible.

In addition to his mother tongue German, he speaks English , French and Portuguese and speaks seven dialects .

Audio productions

In addition, Meister is used as a spokesperson for documentaries, for example in the 2007 ZDF productions Der 11. September 2001 - Mythos und Truth and Who shot John F. Kennedy as well as in the ZDF documentary The War Stays About reports on the German Bundeswehr 's mission in Afghanistan . His voice it provides also for commercials in Germany and Austria available and takes roles in computer games like Drakensang: The River of Time and Portal 2 , and radio plays as the lead role in Drizzt - The Dark Elf Trilogy , ghost hunter John Sinclair , Point Whitmark and The Cruise . As an interpreter of audio books , he read, among other things, the novel based on the film Fight Club (1996) by Chuck Palahniuk , Der kleine Eisbär (2002) by Hans de Beer , The Battle for Troy (2004) by Nadja-Christina Schneider and Die Rache des Kreuzfahrers ( 2005) by James Patterson . In the radio play adaptation of James Luceno's Star Wars novel Labyrinth of Evil , Meister once again lent his voice to the Jedi master Yoda. 2020 by Master as published audio book read- novel adaptation of Onward: The Whole Nine Yards in Hörverlag ( ISBN 978-3-8445-3711-6 )

Video games

In addition, Meister can also be found in the field of video games as a voice actor. In the pre-trailers of the 2010 game Mafia II , he played the role of Joe Barbaro. In the finished game, however, the role was spoken by Torsten Münchow . He had larger speaking roles in Brütal Legend , published in 2009, as protagonist Eddie Riggs, who is originally embodied and spoken by Jack Black . Also in 2010 was the game Portal 2 , in which Meister took on the role of Wheatley. Since July 2017 he has also been speaking the role of "Doomfist" in the first person shooter Overwatch by Blizzard.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Awarding of the Synchron-Oscar 2008 Tagesspiegel
  2. ↑ Video The War Remains  in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on November 18, 2010. (offline)
personal data
SURNAME Master, Tobias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne