Gert Günther Hoffmann

Gert Günther Hoffmann was a German actor, voice actor, voice director and adapted scripts for dubbing. He and his colleague Arnold Marquis were often referred to as the Kings of German voice actors, a title he resisted for his whole life.

Biography
Hoffmann completed an apprenticeship as a businessman, then moved to the Berliner Rundfunk (Berlin Radio) as an announcer. After attending drama school, he was engaged at various theatres in Berlin, including the Rennaissance-Theater (Renaissance Theatre), Berliner Theater (Berlin Theatre) and Hebbel-Theater (Hebbel Theatre). Hoffmann was unable to land major roles in theatre and film. He therefore shifted his professional focus to dubbing films.

He most frequently lent his voice to Sean Connery, William Shatner, Michel Piccoli, Lex Barker, Paul Newman and Rock Hudson.

A move from West Berlin to Munich in 1970 gave his career as an actor a new boost. In the following years, he landed major parts on TV. Gert Günther Hoffmann died in 1997 after a long illness at the age of 68. He was buried in the cemetery in Oberhaching.

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