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Martin May(I)

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  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
  • Writer
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Das Boot (1981)
Martin May was born on 21 April 1961 in Coburg, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Das Boot (1981), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009). He has been married to Marianne Wellershoff since 2008. They have two children. He was previously married to Kathinka Schirk.
BornApril 21, 1961
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      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Das Boot (1981)
    Das Boot
    8.3
    • Ullman
    • 1981
    Noomi Rapace in The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
    The Girl Who Played with Fire
    7.1
    • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
    • 2009
    Noomi Rapace in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
    7.3
    • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
    • 2009
    Der Flieger (1986)
    Der Flieger
    6.7
    • Bernd Klinger
    • 1986

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Geisterjäger John Sinclair: Edition 2000 (2000)
      Geisterjäger John Sinclair: Edition 2000
      6.2
      Podcast Series
      • Suko (voice)
      • 2000–2025
    • Die drei ??? (1979)
      Die drei ???
      8.7
      Podcast Series
      • Constantin Krueger (voice)
      • 2025
    • Großstadtrevier (1986)
      Großstadtrevier
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Ben Miller
      • Karl von Saalfeld
      • 2002–2024
    • Ashfall (2024)
      Ashfall
      Podcast Series
      • Richard
      • 2024
    • SOKO Stuttgart (2009)
      SOKO Stuttgart
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Wolfgang Aichner
      • 2019
    • Tim Troeger, Laura Detter, Moritz Jahn, Nina Kaiser, and Mira Lieb in The Peppercorns (1999)
      The Peppercorns
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Kaspar Dörfler
      • 2018
    • Nüchtern
      Short
      • Onkel Karl
      • 2017
    • Murder in the North (2012)
      Murder in the North
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Till Tiedemann
      • 2016
    • Die Insassen (2015)
      Die Insassen
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Arzt
      • 2015
    • Der John-Sinclair-Podcast (2015)
      Der John-Sinclair-Podcast
      Podcast Series
      • Suko (voice)
      • 2015
    • Katie Fforde (2010)
      Katie Fforde
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Mike Nettleton
      • Walter McKien
      • 2010–2014
    • Star Wars: Die Thrawn-Trilogie (2012)
      Star Wars: Die Thrawn-Trilogie
      Podcast Series
      • Aves (voice)
      • 2012–2014
    • Lindenstraße (1985)
      Lindenstraße
      4.7
      TV Series
      • Andreas Blanke
      • 2014
    • Das Tor zur Welt (2014)
      Das Tor zur Welt
      Short
      • Der verdächtig aussehende Mann
      • 2014
    • Wilsberg (1995)
      Wilsberg
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Dr. Björn Kempe
      • 2013

    Voice Actor - Dubbing

    • Every Minute Counts (2024)
      Every Minute Counts
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Pépin
      • Pepin (German, German)
      • 2024
    • All Your Faces (2023)
      All Your Faces
      7.5
      • Thomas (German)
      • 2023
    • Arianna Becheroni in Bang Bang Baby (2022)
      Bang Bang Baby
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Giannicolò Forcetta (German)
      • 2022
    • Yellowstone (2018)
      Yellowstone
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Kyle Mitchell (German)
      • 2021
    • Mickey Rourke and Thomas Ian Nicholas in Adverse (2020)
      Adverse
      4.2
      • Jake (German)
      • 2020
    • The Great War of Archimedes (2019)
      The Great War of Archimedes
      6.7
      • Yoshio Fujioka (German)
      • 2019
    • Andrea Bræin Hovig and Tarjei Sandvik Moe in An Affair (2018)
      An Affair
      5.4
      • Lars (German)
      • 2018
    • Corbin Bernsen and Oksana Orlan in The Russian Bride (2018)
      The Russian Bride
      5.2
      • Buchanan (German)
      • 2018
    • Bruce Willis and Cole Hauser in Acts of Violence (2018)
      Acts of Violence
      5.3
      • VA Therapist (German)
      • 2018
    • 91 Days (2016)
      91 Days
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Ronaldo (German)
      • 2016
    • Stefano Accorsi, Guido Caprino, Alessandro Roja, Miriam Leone, Domenico Diele, and Tea Falco in 1992: Berlusconi Rising (2015)
      1992: Berlusconi Rising
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Gherardo Colombo (German)
      • 2015
    • 19-2 (2014)
      19-2
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Jean-Pierre Harvey
      • Nick's Father (German, German)
      • 2014–2015
    • M.A.D: Mad About Dance (2013)
      M.A.D: Mad About Dance
      5.0
      • Additional Voices (German, 2016 DMT GmbH Hamburg Synchro)
      • 2013
    • Red Line (2013)
      Red Line
      4.9
      • Jared (German)
      • 2013
    • Noomi Rapace in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
      The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
      7.3
      • Sonny Nieminen (German)
      • 2009

    Writer

    • Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997)
      Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast
      4.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1997–1998
    • Wolkenkratzer
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1995
    • Büro, Büro (1982)
      Büro, Büro
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1991

    Videos1

    Das Boot: Blu-Ray
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    Das Boot: Blu-Ray

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • April 21, 1961
      • Coburg, Germany
    • Spouses
        Marianne Wellershoff2008 - present (2 children)
    • Other works
      Reads Rebecca Gablé's "Die Siedler von Catan" (2003) and "Das Lächeln der Fortuna (2004) audiobooks.

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