Matthias Kupfer
Description
Matthias Kupfer is a German actor, voice actor, dialogue director, and author based in Munich. Born in 1963 in Kehl, he completed his acting studies at the Theaterakademie Ulm in 1989, launching a multifaceted career that spans theater, film, and television, with a significant focus on voice work for international productions. His voice is characterized as a baritone.
Kupfer has lent his voice to a wide array of characters in anime and animated series. In the 2019 animated film Ni no Kuni, he voiced the character Bauer Larden. His other notable anime roles are extensive and include characters in long-running and popular series such as One Piece, where he has voiced multiple roles including Killer, Magellan, and Urouge. He also provided the German voice for Dr. Umezawa in Baki, Ivan Glaziev in Gangsta., Iren Schwarzkopf in Saga of Tanya the Evil, Armstrong in Pluto, and Kagemasa Toda in Record of Ragnarok. Further credits include roles in Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, where he voiced Zeshin, and in series like Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, and The Promised Neverland.
Beyond his work as a voice actor, Kupfer is frequently engaged behind the scenes in dubbing production. He works as a dialogue director and author, writing German dialogue books for foreign films and series. For instance, he served as the ADR director for the German version of Ni no Kuni. His ongoing projects in this field include directing the German dubbed version of the long-running series Law & Order. He has also directed dubbing for films such as California Christmas, Polar, and Flora & Ulysses, and has written German scripts for series like Gyeongseong Creature and New Amsterdam.
In addition to his voice work, Kupfer maintains an active career as an on-screen actor, having appeared in over 140 film and television productions. His television credits include roles in German series such as Tatort, Der Alte, Die Rosenheim-Cops, and the ARD film Die Getriebenen, in which he portrayed Markus Söder. He is also a stage actor, with over 80 theater productions to his name, and made his debut as a theater director in 2013. Throughout his career, he has been part of award-winning projects, including the film Tödlicher Rausch, which received a TV Producers' Prize.
Kupfer has lent his voice to a wide array of characters in anime and animated series. In the 2019 animated film Ni no Kuni, he voiced the character Bauer Larden. His other notable anime roles are extensive and include characters in long-running and popular series such as One Piece, where he has voiced multiple roles including Killer, Magellan, and Urouge. He also provided the German voice for Dr. Umezawa in Baki, Ivan Glaziev in Gangsta., Iren Schwarzkopf in Saga of Tanya the Evil, Armstrong in Pluto, and Kagemasa Toda in Record of Ragnarok. Further credits include roles in Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, where he voiced Zeshin, and in series like Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, and The Promised Neverland.
Beyond his work as a voice actor, Kupfer is frequently engaged behind the scenes in dubbing production. He works as a dialogue director and author, writing German dialogue books for foreign films and series. For instance, he served as the ADR director for the German version of Ni no Kuni. His ongoing projects in this field include directing the German dubbed version of the long-running series Law & Order. He has also directed dubbing for films such as California Christmas, Polar, and Flora & Ulysses, and has written German scripts for series like Gyeongseong Creature and New Amsterdam.
In addition to his voice work, Kupfer maintains an active career as an on-screen actor, having appeared in over 140 film and television productions. His television credits include roles in German series such as Tatort, Der Alte, Die Rosenheim-Cops, and the ARD film Die Getriebenen, in which he portrayed Markus Söder. He is also a stage actor, with over 80 theater productions to his name, and made his debut as a theater director in 2013. Throughout his career, he has been part of award-winning projects, including the film Tödlicher Rausch, which received a TV Producers' Prize.
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- GermanAnime overview: Ni no Kuni