Tuesday, August 19, 2025

RIP Torsten Michaelis

 


Torsten Michaelis died on August 17th in Berlin, Germany, he was 64. Michaelis on January 31 January 1961 in East Berlin. The brother of composer Dirk Michaelis [1961- ] and the stepson of musician Gerhard Michaelis [1933-2022]. Torsten was a German theater actor, voice actor, radio play narrator and audio book interpreter. His voice is best known for numerous dubbing performances by Wesley Snipes, Martin Lawrence, Sean Bean, Benicio del Toro and Chris Tucker. Michaelis dubbed the German of several actors for Euro-westerns including: ‘The New Zorro’ (TV) (1990-1993) [German voice of Peter Birch], “Posse” (1993) [German voice of Mario Van Peebles], ‘White Fang’ (TV) (1993-1995) [German voice of Roy Murdoch], “Gallowwalkers” (2012) [German voice of Wesley Snipes] and “Dead in Tombstone” (2013) [German voice of Anthony Michael Hall]

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