Name
Joachim Kemmer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-09-12
Deathday
2000-04-27 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Biography
Joachim Kemmer (September 12, 1939 - April 27, 2000) was a German actor, voice actor, singer, and cabaret performer. Born in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, he grew up in Berlin and studied acting at the Fritz Kirchhoff School. He later performed in theaters across Germany and Austria, including the Theater an der Wien, the Theater in der Josefstadt, and the Salzburg Festival.
Kemmer appeared in numerous German films and television productions. His notable screen credits include The Vampire Happening (1971), Meier (1986), Otto - Der neue Film (1987), and Dominik Graf’s crime thriller Die Katze (1988), in which he appeared alongside Götz George. He also made guest appearances in popular German television series such as Derrick, Der Alte, Tatort, and Liebling Kreuzberg.
He was particularly renowned for his extensive voice acting career, becoming one of Germany’s most recognizable dubbing artists. He provided German voices for international actors including Humphrey Bogart, Al Pacino, Richard Pryor, Anthony Hopkins, Harvey Keitel, and Willem Dafoe.
Kemmer also voiced numerous characters in German-language versions of animated films, including Sebastian in The Little Mermaid (1989), Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast (1991), Jafar in Aladdin (1992), Rafiki in The Lion King (1994), Governor Ratcliffe in Pocahontas (1995), and Rasputin in Anastasia (1997).
In addition to his film and voice work, he performed in musical theater, notably portraying Gus, Bustopher Jones, and Growltiger in the German-language production of Cats.
Kemmer died in Vienna, Austria, on April 27, 2000, at the age of 60.
Known For
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- 1966 Hocuspocus
- 1995 The Sunset Boys as Johannes Christof
- 1996 Die Katze von Kensington as Chiefinspector Higgins
- 1971 The Vampire Happening as Martin
- 1996 Das Karussell des Todes as Inspector Higgins
- 1996 Der Blinde as Inspector Higgins
- 1986 Meier as Kretschmer
- 1987 Santa Fe as Binder
- 1986 Welcome in Vienna as Lt. Binder
- 1988 The Cat as Voss
- 1997 An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World as Madina
- 1997 The Fearless Four as Tortellini (voice)
- 1988 Trouble im Penthouse as Hubert Hunold
- 1989 Jede Menge Schmidt as Culver Schmidt
- 1973 Mein Onkel Benjamin as Vicomte Victor de Pont-Cassé
- 1990 Das Geheimnis des gelben Geparden as Dr. Mallet
- 1998 Blutiger Ernst as Arthur Gerwander
- 1995 Mord an der roten Rita as Schaller
- 1977 Erben ist menschlich as Dr. Philipp
- 1981 Der nächste, bitte
- 1976 Sladek oder Die schwarze Armee as Verteidiger
- 1977 Anpassung an eine zerstörte Illusion as Herr Grässel
- 1987 Otto – The New Movie as Schmieriak
- 1990 The Gamblers as Strobeck
- 1998 Silvias Bauch - Zwei Männer und (k)ein Baby as Hendrik
- 1982 Ich werde warten as Jochen Best
- 1997 Happy Divorced as Hr. Sommer
- 1998 Der Rosenmörder as Kommissar
- 1996 Die Putzfraueninsel as Herr Minister
- 1995 Verliebte Feinde as Frank
- 1989 Schatten der Wüste as Chris
- 1997 Winter Child as Georg
- 1976 Verdunkelung as Linke
- 1985 Steig aus deinem Luftballon as Schutting
- 2015 Offene Zweierbeziehung
- 1977 Slaves as Man with Ebenholz (voice) (uncredited)
- 1972 Vacation Temptations as Gaius Julius Neppermaus
- 1981 Das Traumschiff ( 1 episode ) as Balduin Glöckner
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Johannes Berger
- 1985 Ein Heim für Tiere ( 1 episode ) as Herr Aurich
- 1986 Ein heikler Fall ( 1 episode )
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Kurt Sasse
- 1981 A Case For Two ( 1 episode ) as Kriminalkommissar
- 1992 Freunde fürs Leben ( 1 episode ) as Vertreter
- 1994 Ärzte ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Matchball ( 13 episodes ) as Archibald Bronski
- 1993 Adelheid und ihre Mörder ( 1 episode ) as Oswald Sartorius
- 2000 Die Motorrad-Cops: Hart am Limit ( 1 episode ) as Hoffmann
- 1971 Polizeiruf 110 ( 1 episode ) as Miguel
- 1984 Berliner Weiße mit Schuß ( 1 episode ) as Bertram Pohle
- 1986 Liebling Kreuzberg ( 2 episodes )
- 1974 Die Montagsmaler ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Blank Meier Jensen ( 21 episodes ) as Robert Blank
- 1981 A Case For Two ( 1 episode ) as Rudolf Berger
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Heinz Joesges
- 1990 Edgar, Hüter der Moral ( 5 episodes ) as Edgar
- 1976 Direktion City ( 1 episode ) as Erich Palmberg
- 1976 Wege ins Leben ( 13 episodes ) as Kurt Ewers
- 1981 Das Traumschiff ( 1 episode ) as Eberhard Meyhopf
- 1989 Radiofieber ( 4 episodes ) as Sterzel
