Volker Brandt
Volker Brandt (born August 2, 1935 in Leipzig ) is a German actor , dubbing and radio play speaker .
Life
The son of a chemist grew up in Leipzig and Hanover and attended the Waldorf School . He completed his training as an actor at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich and worked with Gustaf Gründgens .
Since the US television series The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977) Brandt has been the German dubbing voice of Michael Douglas , whom he has dubbed since 1980 without exception. He also synchronized u. a. Paul Reiser in the series Crazy About You and the feature film Aliens - The Return , and Lee Horsley in Nero Wolfe and Matt Houston . He also dubbed Anthony Hopkins , Roddy McDowall , Sam Neill , Ted Danson and Christopher Walken once .
Brandt also works for radio play productions. Between 2004 and 2017 he set the role of Father Brown in the radio play series of the same name and Inspector Lestrade in Sherlock Holmes by Maritim . Since 2006 he has been with Lübbe Audio in Perry Rhodan : Star Ocean to be heard as Atlan .
As an actor, Brandt was seen as Berlin Tatort commissioner Walther from 1981 to 1985 and appeared regularly in the successful television series Die Schwarzwaldklinik and Das Traumschiff . In 2006 he took over the role of 'Father Hillman' in the play Winnetou III at the Karl May Games in Bad Segeberg .
Brandt was married twice and has four children. His son Borris Brandt , from his marriage to Linde Fulda , was Managing Director of Endemol in Germany until September 2008 .
Brandt lives with his partner Susanne Meikl in Munich, with her he was on stage for the former Broadway play Columbo: Murder on a Prescription .
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1960: Michas way to Bethlehem
- 1962: Life of Galileo
- 1966: Prince and beggar boy
- 1968: what you want
- 1969: Kaspar
- 1971: The weavers
- 1974: You are free, Dr. Korczak (movie)
- 1978: The Spider Killer
- 1980: Fabian (movie)
- 1981: crime scene - evidence
- 1981: Crime scene - cats and mice
- 1982: Tatort - Die and Let Die
- 1983: A Man My Size (Movie)
- 1983: Tatort - Fluppy's scam
- 1984: crime scene - fair game
- 1985: To Ku'damm and back
- 1985: Tatort - Order is half the battle
- 1986: The dream ship - Bali
- 1986: Pull out the plug, the water boils
- 1986: Murder at the pool
- 1987: Women's economy
- 1988: The summer of the falcon
- 1989: I report a suicide
- 1990: The millionaire heir
- 1991: Mrs. Harris and the marriage fraud
- 1992: The Photographer or the Eye of God
- 1999: Rosamunde Pilcher - Cliffs of Love
- 2005: The Black Forest Clinic - The next generation
TV Shows
- 1972: The Century of Surgeons (episode 1x13)
- 1978: Uncle Bräsig (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1979: Commissariat 9 (episode 2x10)
- 1981: St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (TV series, episode 1x39)
- 1986: Detective agency Roth (episode 1x17)
- 1986: Liebling Kreuzberg (episode 1x02)
- 1986–1988: The Black Forest Clinic (21 episodes)
- 1987: These Drombuschs (episode 3x07)
- 1987–1989: The Country Doctor (3 episodes)
- 1987–1999: One case for two (4 episodes)
- 1988: Bülowbogen practice (episode 1x14)
- 1989: The Wicherts from next door (episode 3x07)
- 1989: A home for animals (episode 4x09)
- 1989: Lukas and Son (1 episode)
- 1990: Derrick (episode 17x08)
- 1990: Hotel Paradies (episodes 1x18–1x19)
- 1992: Good times, bad times (Telenovela, 1 episode)
- 1992–1993: Happy Journey (24 episodes)
- 1993: Always Sunday (episode 1x07)
- 1994: Hello, Uncle Doc! (Episode 1x09)
- 1994–1996: Always on the job - The Emergency Doctor (13 episodes)
- 1994: Wildbach (episode 2x08)
- 1997: Stefanie, just in case (episode 3x02)
- 1998: Wolffs Revier (episode 6x04)
- 2000: The Commissioner (episode 3x06)
- 2000, 2006: SOKO 5113 (episodes 18x01, 30x08)
- 2006: Berndivent (episode 1x10)
- 2012: Add a Friend (6 episodes)
- 2012: SOKO Stuttgart (episode 3x24)
Synchronous rollers (selection)
- 1972–1977: as Inspector Steve Keller in The Streets of San Francisco
- 1978: as Dr. Mark Bellows in Coma
- 1979: as Richard Adams in The China Syndrome
- 1983: as Judge Steven R. Hardin in A Judge Sees Red
- 1984: as Jack T. Colton in The Hunt for the Green Diamond
- 1985: as Jack T. Colton in Hunting for the Jewel of the Nile
- 1985: as Zach on A Chorus Line
- 1987: as Dan Gallagher in A Fatal Affair
- 1987: as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street
- 1989: as Nick in Black Rain
- 1989: as Oliver Rose in Der Rosenkrieg
- 1992: as Det. Nick Curran in Basic Instinct
- 1992: as Ed Leland in Like a Light in a Dark Night
- 1993: as William Foster in Falling Down - A Normal Day
- 1994: as Tom Sanders in unveiling
- 1995: as President Andrew Shepherd in Hello Mr. President
- 1996: as Charles Remington in The Mind and Darkness
- 1997: as Nicholas Van Orton in The Game
- 1997-2002: as Dan Gallagher in Ally McBeal (excerpt from A Fatal Affair )
- 1998: as Steven Taylor in A Perfect Murder
- 1998–2006, 2017–2020: as Detective Gavin Hatch in Will & Grace (Season 4, A Fateful Affair )
- 1999: as narrator in One Day in September
- 2000: as Robert Wakefield in Traffic - Power of the Cartel
- 2000: as Grady Tripp in The WonderBoys
- 2001: as Mr. Burmeister in One Night at McCool’s
- 2001: as Dr. Nathan R. Conrad in Don't say a word
- 2003: as Alex Gromberg in It stays in the family
- 2003: as Steve Tobias in An Unequal Couple
- 2006: as Mr. Thompson in Me, You and the Other
- 2006: as Pete Garrison in The Sentinel - Who Can You Trust?
- 2007: as Charlie in King of California
- 2009: as Mark Hunter in Against Any Doubt
- 2009: as Ben Kalmen in Solitary Man
- 2009: as Uncle Wayne in The Womanizer - The Night of Ex-Girlfriends
- 2010: as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street: Money never sleeps
- 2011: as Coblenz in Haywire
- 2013: as Billy Gerson in Last Vegas
- 2013: as Liberace in Liberace - Too much of a good thing is wonderful
- 2014: as John Madec in The Reach: In the Line of Fire
- 2014: as Oren Little in That Borders Love
- 2015: as Dr. Hank Pym in Ant-Man
- 2017: as Eric Lasch in Unlocked
- 2018: as Dr. Hank Pym in Ant-Man and the Wasp
- since 2018: as Sandy Kominsky in The Kominsky Method
- 1980: as Bony in The Taxi Driver
- 1986: as Marcel Blanc in Mélo
- 2004: as Pierre-Marie Rouvières in Mathilde - A great love
Radio plays (selection)
- 1980: The three ??? : as Gerald Cramer in ... and the strange alarm clock (12)
- 1980: The three ??? : as Mr. Joe Hammond in ... und das Bergmonster (14)
- 1980: The three ??? : as Commissioner Nostigon in ... and the ghost island (18)
- 1981: The three ??? : as Mihai Eftimin in ... and the flaming trail (20)
- 1982: TKKG : as a gypsy in The Treasure in the Dragon Cave (19)
- 1983: The three ??? : as Hoang Van Dong in ... and the scarred face (31 - Listed as Chen Lung Chung)
- 1983: The three ??? : as Gerry Malz in ... and the ant man (32)
- 2002: John Sinclair Classics : as Doc in The Beginning (1)
- 2004–2011: Sherlock Holmes : as Inspector Lestrade (5–6, 8, 10–13, 16–17, 19, 23–24, 28–29, 34, 40–43, 57, 63)
- 2004–2017: Father Brown : as Father Brown in all episodes
- 2013: Dorian Hunter : as Lucero in Retribution / Treason (22)
- 2013: Dorian Hunter : as Lucero in Death of a Friend (23)
- 2016: The three ??? : as Mr. Nostigan in Silent Night, gloomy night (advent calendar)
Web links
- Volker Brandt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Volker Brandt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Volker Brandt in the German dubbing file
- Profile on the agency's website Stimmrechte.de
- Volker Brandt on Hörspielland.de
- Video interview on the agency website media-paten.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ The three ???: ... and the scarred face. Retrieved September 17, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandt, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, voice actor and radio play speaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |