Torsten Münchow
Torsten Lennie Münchow (born December 15, 1965 in West Berlin ) is a German actor , dubbing actor and dubbing director .
Life
Münchow was born as the first son of the writer couple Heinz and Vera Münchow . He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Saarbrücken , at the Vocational School for Drama and Musicals in Hamburg and was a guest at the State University of New York at Purchase. He then played on many German-speaking theaters, including the Kammerspiele Hamburg under Ida Ehre , the Saarland State Theater , the State Theater Swabia , the Ernst Deutsch Theater and the Theater am Neumarkt . In 2004 and 2005 he played Norman in the comedy Ladies Night at the Fritz Rémond Theater . In 2006 and 2008 Ladies Night went on tour through Germany and was then performed in front of a sold-out theater at the comedy in the Bayerischer Hof in Munich. In 2005, together with Stefan Feiler, he founded the annual Salzach Festival in Laufen. In 2008 the Michael Hirte - Singspiel Ein Wintermärchen was performed at the Rhein-Main-Theater in Niedernhausen , for which Münchow was responsible for the script and direction. In 2009 he took on the role of flight captain Helmut in the comedy Männerhort by Kristof Magnusson at the Bayerischer Hof .
In addition to his stage work, Münchow also stands in front of the camera for film and television, for example for the movies Keep on running , Schattenspiel , The Film of Your Life , Dirty Sky by Claude-Oliver Rudolph and TV series such as Der Alte , Derrick , Tatort and Der Landarzt . Münchow gained fame among German-speaking television audiences in the mid-1990s in the role of the evil truck driver Cash Ransbeck in the television series Anna Maria - A woman goes her way with Uschi Glas in the title role. In addition, Münchow works as voice actor for Brendan Fraser , Ice-T and Antonio Banderas . Due to the high similarity of voices to Manfred Lehmann , Münchow was cast on Gérard Depardieu in Welcome to New York in 2014 . In 2004 his first children's audio book, Pfifferling und Schummelmeier, was published . He has read over 40 radio plays (including The Wondrous Lord Atherton , Sherlock Holmes , Father Brown and DANGER-Zeitzonen ) and the biography Licht und Schatten by Abi Ofarim . Since 2009 Torsten Münchow has also worked as a talk show host on the BR-alpha talk show alpha FORUM .
Münchow has three children, Benjamin and Antonia are also active as actors.
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: Kathrin becomes a soldier
- 1989: The country doctor
- 1990: Derrick - Dangerous way through the night
- 1990: Tatort - up to your neck in the dirt
- 1991: The old man - the attack
- 1991: Derrick - Open Case
- 1991: Keep on Running
- 1992: A castle on Lake Wörthersee
- 1992: Crime scene - Cains mark
- 1992: torrent
- 1992: The Old One - A Bad Ending
- 1992: Derrick - disorders in the desire for life
- 1993: Anna Maria - A woman goes her way
- 1993: Derrick - After 8 long years
- 1995: The tunnel gangsters of Berlin
- 1996: The Old One - Key to Murder
- 1997: Rosamunde Pilcher - The price of love
- 1998: Hellish Neighbors - Swingers Club
- 1998: Sylvia - In a class of its own
- 1998: TV Kaiser
- 2000: The old man - I didn't shoot
- 2002: Dirty Sky
- 2009: The state is there for people
- 2009: The violent peace
- 2010: eloquent silence
- 2010: A couch for everyone
- 2010: The movie of your life
- 2010: counter-revolution and seizure of power
- 2012: The establishment of an empire
- 2012: The nervous great power
Synchronous rollers (extract)
- 1993: The Haunted House as Pedro Tercero García
- 1994: Interview with a Vampire as Armand
- 1995: Miami Rhapsody as Antonio
- 1995: Four Rooms as Man
- 1994: Airheads as Chester "Chazz" Darvey
- 1999: The Mummy as Richard "Rick" O'Connell
- 2000: Devilish as Elliot Richards / Jefe / Mary
- 2001: The mummy returns as Richard "Rick" O'Connell
- 2002: The Quiet American as Alden Pyle
- 2004: LA Crash as District Attorney Rick Cabot
- 2004–2005: Scrubs (TV series) as Ben Sullivan
- 2008: The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor as Richard "Rick" O'Connell
- 2008: Inkheart as Mo "Silvertongue" Folchart
Movies
- 1991: Cruise off Manhattan - Philip Seymour Hoffman as Klutch
- 1995: The Gaspards - Gérard Depardieu as a postman
- 1995: Crossing Guard - It happened on the open road - David Morse as John
- 1996: Alien - The Rebirth - Raymond Cruz as Distephano
- 1996: Murderous Swap - Raymond Cruz as Joey Six
- 1996: Lone Star - Matthew McConaughey as Sheriff Buddy Deeds
- 1997: Speed 2 - Cruise Control - Jason Patric as Officer Alex Shaw
- 1997: Gridlock'd - Full on! - Tupac Shakur as Ezekiel "Spoon" Whitmore
- 1998: Patch Adams - Philip Seymour Hoffman as Mitch
- 1999: Big Daddy - Adam Sandler as Sonny Koufax
- 2000: State and Main - Philip Seymour Hoffman as Joe White
- 2002: Armitage III - Dual Matrix - Jouji Nakata as Colonel Strings
- 2003: Welcome to the Jungle - Stephen Bishop as Brian Knappmiller
- 2004: Slayers: Perfect as Joyrock (Demon)
- 2008: Transporter 3 - Timo Dierkes as Otto
- 2010: Kiss & Kill - Rob Riggle as Henry
- 2019: The Irishman - Robert Funaro as Johnny
Series
- 2003: Hellsing - Jouji Nakata as Alucard
- 2006: Hellsing Ultimate The Dawn - Alucard
- 2007: Trinity Blood as Alfred Meinz
- 2007: .hack // Sign - Isshin Chiba as Ginkan
- since 2013: Chicago Fire - Christian Stolte as Mouch
- 2006–2012: Hellsing Ultimate - Jouji Nakata as Alucard
- 2013–2014: The Legend of Korra - James Remar as Tonraq
- since 2020: One Piece as Kaido
Video games
- 2001: Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive as John Cooper
- 2003: Dynasty Warriors 4 as Lu Bu
- 2004: Samurai Warriors as Goemon Ishikawa , New Officer (male)
- 2005: Fable: The Lost Chapters as Messer-Jack
- 2005: Legend of Kay as a bodyguard
- 2006: Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge as John Cooper
- 2007: Clive Barker's Jericho as Frank Delgado
- 2010: Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers as a Brick
- 2010: Mafia II as Joe Barbaro
- 2009, 2012, 2019: Borderlands 1, 2, 3 as Brick
- 2012: Guild Wars 2 as various story characters
- 2015: Assassin's Creed Syndicate as Maxwell Roth
- 2016: Tom Clancy's The Division as Captain Roy Benitez
- 2017: League of Legends as Kayn
- 2018: Detroit: Become Human as Hank Anderson
Features
- 2016: Security announcement: Taron Phantasialand waiting area
Web links
- Torsten Münchow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Torsten Münchow in the German dubbing file
- Official website
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Münchow, Torsten |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Münchow, Torsten Lennie (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and voice actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | West Berlin |