Eckart Dux

Eckart Dux ( born December 19, 1926 in Berlin ) is a German actor, synchronous and radio speaker.

Life

The son of an insurance inspector general completed his acting training with Else Bongers in Berlin and made ​​her debut in 1948 at the city's Renaissance Theatre. After engagements led him to numerous stages in Berlin, including the grandstand, the Castle Park Theater, the Theater am Kurfürstendamm and to other venues in Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. As a young actor and later as a character actor, he assumed numerous roles in film and television.

Since 1949 Dux is also extensively engaged in the synchronization and thus the present longest active German -speaking voice actors. In the 1950s and 1960s he was regularly the German voice of Audie Murphy. In addition, he dubbed recurring Anthony Perkins ( and Others in Psycho), Van Johnson, '23 Steps to Abyss '', Steve Martin ( and Others in Solo for 2, LA Story, or father of the bride), Fred Astaire ( inter alia, in Easter Walk and Royal Wedding ), the main actor George Peppard in the action series the A-Team and Jerry Stiller on the sitcom the King of Queens. After Joachim Hoeppner died in 2006, he took over the synchronization of Ian McKellen ( Gandalf ) in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy.

In addition, Eckart Dux has worked as a radio speaker, as Flitze Feuerzahn in the same radio drama series from Europe ( 1984-1987 ), as Grandpa by Conni in the radio plays the children's book series My friend Conni, as the narrator in the Maritim productions Edgar Wallace (from 2004) and Sherlock Holmes (from 2004) and Dark Side in the audiobook series Park ( 2009) by Ivar Leon Menger. Guest roles he took, among others, in several episodes of the detective series The Three Investigators and A Case for TKKG.

Eckart Dux was married to actress Gisela Peltzer. His current wife is the editor Marlies Dux. He lives in Sass castle.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 2006: synchronous listener Price The silhouette in the category " dubbing actors Series " for Jerry Stiller in The King of Queens
  • 2008: German Price for synchronous for his outstanding body of work in the synchronous work
  • 2013: ear canoes audiobook and Hörspielpreis Honorary Award for lifetime achievement
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