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- Thomas Petruo was born on October 10, 1956 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Running Man (1987), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Aliens (1986). He died on April 13, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
- Deep baritone voice
- Son of Heinz Petruo.
- Father of Vanessa Petruo (No Angels).
- One of the most recognizable voices in Germany, with many movies and television projects under his belt. He also voiced Tom Wilson in the Back to the Future movies, Gary Oldman in Léon: The Professional (1994) and Steve Buscemi in Fargo (1996). In his later years, he was best known for providing the voice of Sheldon Plankton in the German dub of SpongeBob SquarePants (1999).
- He died the day his final episode as Plankton, Bottle Burglars, aired in the US.
- [in a 2018 interview] The best advice one can give is, have fun.
- [from a 2018 interview, on why he stopped acting] This has developed because of the fact that I got a disease through me. A dentist error. I've always been a lazy pain patient. Over ten years, that is a very fertile thing. These are aches and pains that can really kill you, and of course I was not able to work in that time, because I got pain during work and then stood for a quarter of an hour for the studio. Because of that, of course, everything is no longer workable, and because of that other people took my place, but then it's my turn to play. That's fine. They also do that well.
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