Oliver Rohrbeck

Oliver Rohrbeck born March 21 1965 in West Berlin is a German actor who works primarily as a voice actor for audio dramas dubbing and audiobooks Additionally he serves as a dialogue director and dialogue scriptwriter Rohrbeck rose to fame primarily through his voice role as the First Detective Justus Jonas in the Europa audio drama series Die drei The Three Investigators which first appeared in 1979 Among other roles Rohrbeck is the German dubbing voice for American actors Ben Stiller Chris Rock Michael Rapaport and Greg Germann He is the founder and managing director of Lauscherlounge a Leipzigbased audio drama label and live event organizer Oliver Rohrbeck grew up in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin alongside his sister Ute His mother Annelie von Kodolitsch ran a talent agency for children Rohrbeck initially attended the WaldGymnasium and later the ErichHoepnerOberschule subsequently he transferred to Erika Dannhoffs private acting school Even as a child Rohrbeck appeared in the ZDF television series Peter ist der Boss as well as in Sesame Street and took on numerous roles in dubbing and audio dramas In 1976 he participated in the TV show Die Montagsmaler alongside other child voice actors During his school years Rohrbeck performed at Berlins Schiller Theater playingamong other rolesAriel in Shakespeares The Tempest After passing his acting examinations he was engaged as a company member at Berlins Vaganten Bühne and the Tribüne theater between 1984 and 1991 Since the mid1970s Rohrbeck has participated in numerous audio drama productions In 1978 he voiced Julian Kirrin in the audio drama series Fünf Freunde The Famous Five That same year producer Heikedine Körting cast him in the lead role of Justus Jonas in Die drei Together with Andreas Fröhlich and Jens Wawrczeck he has been heard in every episode of the series released since 1979 Several live productions were also created in collaboration with the three main voice actors including Master of Chess and Der seltsame Wecker Live and Ticking In 2010 performing before an audience of over 15000 at Berlins Waldbühne the ensemble set a world record for the largest live audio drama performance In addition to Die drei Rohrbeck voiced numerous other roles in audio dramas including parts in Bibi und Tina Die Teufelskicker and various Europalabel productions such as Sindbad and Der kleine Muck Rohrbeck also gained early recognition as a voiceover artist for dubbed foreign productions As early as age seven he voiced the title role in a rerelease of Pinocchio Other notable childhood roles included Thumper in Bambi Lillebror in Karlsson on the Roof Grisu in Grisu der kleine Drache and Julian Kirrin in Fünf Freunde Later Rohrbeck went on to dub actors such as MalcolmJamal Warner in The Cosby Show and Greg Germann in Ally McBeal Since Theres Something About Mary he has been considered the established German voice of Ben Stiller He also regularly dubs Chris Rock and Michael Rapaport In the animated film franchise Despicable Me Rohrbeck voices the main character Gru as well as his brother Dru He reprised this role in the films Minions and Minions The Rise of Gru