Joachim Kerzel
German actor (1941–2026)
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- Joachim Kerzel (10 December 1941 – 20 July 2026) was a German actor who specialised in dubbing.
- Kerzel was best-known for his voice acting and dubbing.
- For decades, he was the main dubber for Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, and Anthony Hopkins.
- On television, Kerzel voiced Robert Wagner on Hart to Hart and It Takes a Thief , among other roles.
- For his dubbing of Nicholson in the film About Schmidt , he was awarded the Germany Synchronisation Prize (Deutscher Preis für Synchron) in 2003.
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WikipediaJoachim Kerzel (10 December 1941 – 20 July 2026) was a German actor who specialised in dubbing.
Kerzel was born in Zabrze on 10 December 1941, grew up in post-war Augsburg, and studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover.
Kerzel was best-known for his voice acting and dubbing. He is considered to be one of Germany's most renowned voice actors of his generation, known for dubbing many internationally acclaimed actors in German. For decades, he was the main dubber for Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, and Anthony Hopkins. Among other actors he voiced multiple times were Dennis Hopper, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, and Jean Reno. On television, Kerzel voiced Robert Wagner on Hart to Hart and It Takes a Thief, among other roles. Overall, the German Database for Synchronization lists over 1400 dubbing and voice roles between the 1960s and 2025 for Kerzel.
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