Joachim Kemmer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1939
- Died
- April 27, 2000 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Offene Zweierbeziehung
Movie
Die Motorrad-Cops: Hart am Limit
TV · as Hoffmann · 1 ep
Blutiger Ernst
Movie · as Arthur Gerwander
Silvias Bauch - Zwei Männer und (k)ein Baby
Movie · as Hendrik
Der Rosenmörder
Movie · as Kommissar
An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World
Movie · as Madina
The Fearless Four
Movie · as Tortellini (voice)
Happy Divorced
Movie · as Hr. Sommer
Winter Child
Movie · as Georg
Die Katze von Kensington
Movie · as Chiefinspector Higgins
Das Karussell des Todes
Movie · as Inspector Higgins
Der Blinde
Movie · as Inspector Higgins
Die Putzfraueninsel
Movie · as Herr Minister
The Sunset Boys
Movie · as Johannes Christof
Mord an der roten Rita
Movie · as Schaller
Verliebte Feinde
Movie · as Frank
Ärzte
TV · 1 ep
Matchball
TV · as Archibald Bronski · 13 eps
Adelheid und ihre Mörder
TV · as Oswald Sartorius · 1 ep
Freunde fürs Leben
TV · as Vertreter · 1 ep
Blank Meier Jensen
TV · as Robert Blank · 21 eps
Das Geheimnis des gelben Geparden
Movie · as Dr. Mallet
The Gamblers
Movie · as Strobeck
Edgar, Hüter der Moral
TV · as Edgar · 5 eps
Jede Menge Schmidt
Movie · as Culver Schmidt
Schatten der Wüste
Movie · as Chris
Radiofieber
TV · as Sterzel · 4 eps
The Cat
Movie · as Voss
Trouble im Penthouse
Movie · as Hubert Hunold
Santa Fe
Movie · as Binder
Otto – The New Movie
Movie · as Schmieriak
Meier
Movie · as Kretschmer
Welcome in Vienna
Movie · as Lt. Binder
Ein heikler Fall
TV · 1 ep
Liebling Kreuzberg
TV · 2 eps
Steig aus deinem Luftballon
Movie · as Schutting
Ein Heim für Tiere
TV · as Herr Aurich · 1 ep
Berliner Weiße mit Schuß
TV · as Bertram Pohle · 1 ep
Ich werde warten
Movie · as Jochen Best
Nina
Movie · as Paul Hyrkan
Der nächste, bitte
Movie
Das Traumschiff
TV · as Balduin Glöckner, Eberhard Meyhopf · 1 ep
A Case For Two
TV · as Kriminalkommissar, Rudolf Berger · 1 ep
Erben ist menschlich
Movie · as Dr. Philipp
Anpassung an eine zerstörte Illusion
Movie · as Herr Grässel
Slaves
Movie · as Man with Ebenholz (voice) (uncredited)
The Old Fox
TV · as Kurt Sasse · 1 ep
Sladek oder Die schwarze Armee
Movie · as Verteidiger
Verdunkelung
Movie · as Linke
Direktion City
TV · as Erich Palmberg · 1 ep
Wege ins Leben
TV · as Kurt Ewers · 13 eps
Derrick
TV · as Johannes Berger · 1 ep
Die Montagsmaler
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mein Onkel Benjamin
Movie · as Vicomte Victor de Pont-Cassé
Vacation Temptations
Movie · as Gaius Julius Neppermaus
The Vampire Happening
Movie · as Martin
Polizeiruf 110
TV · as Miguel · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Heinz Joesges · 1 ep
Hocuspocus
Movie