Oliver Stritzel (born 9 March 1957) is a German actor.
Career Born in Berlin, Stritzel appeared in the 1981 film Das Boot and the same year began a stage career, appearing with the in Berlin and later with the Bonn City Theatre. As an actor, he has appeared in many crime dramas; his recurring role of Kalle Küppers on the long-running television series Polizeiruf 110 brought him fame and an Adolf Grimme Prize in 1996. In 2016 he played Cornel Brinkley in Der Schatz im Silbersee at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg.
Stritzel has also had an extensive career as a voice and dub actor.
Selected roles
Acting Das Boot (1981) – Schwalle (1982) – Krause Bolero (1983) Moving Targets (1984) – Zorro Tango im Bauch (1985) – Sepp Schleuse 17 (1985) Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen (1987) – bar customer Beule (1988) – Fred Frenzel Race for Glory (1989) – Klaus Kroetter Blutspur in den Osten (1995) – Hunzinger Polizeiruf 110 (1995–2004) – Kalle Küppers Lea (1996) – Doctor Unser fremdes Kind (1998) – Horst Schneider (2001) (2002, TV film) – Detta (2004) Downfall (2004) – Johannes Hentschel (2005) – Officer Voight (2006) (2007) – Eugen Goldschmidt Wechselspiel (2013) – Joseph Hauswaldt
Television animation Hellsing (Alexander Anderson (Nachi Nozawa))
Original video animation Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (Rude (Taiten Kusunoki))
Theatrical animation A Bug's Life (Dim (Brad Garrett)) Hercules (Nessus the Centaur (Jim Cummings)) Home on the Range (Rico (Charles Dennis)) Ice Age: The Meltdown (The Lone Gunslinger (Will Arnett)) Kung Fu Panda 3 (Kai (J.K. Simmons)) The Little Mermaid (Flotsam and Jetsam (Paddi Edwards)) Mulan (Shan Yu (Miguel Ferrer)) Steamboy (Technician) Treasure Planet (Scroop (Michael Wincott)) Tayo the Little Bus (Poco (Kevin Aichelle)) Wreck-It Ralph (General Hologram (Dennis Haysbert)) Zootopia (Chief Bogo (Idris Elba))
Live action dubbing Flawless (Rusty Zimmerman (Philip Seymour Hoffman)) Flubber (Smith (Clancy Brown)) Lost (Kelvin Joe Inman (Clancy Brown)) Magnolia (Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman)) Punch-Drunk Love (Dean Trumbell (Philip Seymour Hoffman)) Spawn (Spawn (Michael Jai White)) Street Fighter (M. Bison (Raúl Juliá)) The Talented Mr. Ripley (Freddie Miles (Philip Seymour Hoffman)) V for Vendetta (V (Hugo Weaving))
Voice filmography Asterix Conquers America – Fulliautomatix (uncredited) (German dub)
References
External links
Oliver Stritzel, voice agency listing