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Axel Scholtz(1935-2025)

  • Actor
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
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Axel Scholtz was born on 1 March 1935 in Schweidnitz, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Swidnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Verbotene Liebe (1995) and Zwei Münchner in Hamburg (1989). He died on 21 April 2025 in Germany.
BornMarch 1, 1935
DiedApril 21, 2025(90)
BornMarch 1, 1935
DiedApril 21, 2025(90)
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Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption
9.3
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1994
Verbotene Liebe (1995)
Verbotene Liebe
5.2
TV Series
  • Pfarrer(as Axel Scholz)
Uschi Glas and Elmar Wepper in Zwei Münchner in Hamburg (1989)
Zwei Münchner in Hamburg
6.3
TV Series
  • Motorradhändler Lederer
Beatrice Bergner, Hans Heinz Moser, Axel Pape, and Michael Zittel in Die Wache (1994)
Die Wache
6.0
TV Series
  • Penner Sambrowski
  • Franz
  • Herbert Wankel

Credits

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Actor

  • Igor Jeftic and Dieter Fischer in The Rosenheim Cops (2002)
    The Rosenheim Cops
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Edmund Gruber
    • Karl Sonnleitner
    • Herbert Moser ...
    • 2003–2022
  • WaPo Bodensee (2017)
    WaPo Bodensee
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Eugen Schlesinger
    • 2020
  • Racko - Ein Hund für alle Fälle (2019)
    Racko - Ein Hund für alle Fälle
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Alois Wiesner
    • 2019
  • Dahoam is Dahoam (2007)
    Dahoam is Dahoam
    4.7
    TV Series
    • Gustav Reichel
    • 2015
  • Liebe am Fjord (2010)
    Liebe am Fjord
    4.3
    TV Series
    • Ingmar
    • 2013
  • Notruf Hafenkante (2007)
    Notruf Hafenkante
    5.8
    TV Series
    • 2013
  • München 7 (2004)
    München 7
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Schlüter
    • 2013
  • Hubert ohne Staller (2011)
    Hubert ohne Staller
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Helmut Krause
    • 2012
  • Under Suspicion (2002)
    Under Suspicion
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Laborleiter
    • 2012
  • Men in the City 2 (2011)
    Men in the City 2
    6.2
    • Holger
    • 2011
  • Peter Steiners Theaterstadl (1986)
    Peter Steiners Theaterstadl
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Zitzler, Adi
    • Huber-Bauer
    • Pfarrer
    • 1998–2010
  • Der Bergdoktor (2008)
    Der Bergdoktor
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Pfarrer
    • 2008–2009
  • Dieter Pfaff and Katharina Schüttler in Bloch (2002)
    Bloch
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Küster
    • 2008
  • Michael Fitz and Ellen ten Damme in Das Leuchten der Sterne (2007)
    Das Leuchten der Sterne
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Nachbar
    • 2007
  • Das Beste aus meinem Leben (2006)
    Das Beste aus meinem Leben
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Älterer Mann
    • 2006

Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Troublemakers (1994)
    Troublemakers
    6.0
    • Bankangestellter / Richter (German)
    • 1994
  • Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
    The Shawshank Redemption
    9.3
    • Ernie (German)
    • 1994
  • Big Man (1988)
    Big Man
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Cab Driver (German)
    • 1988
  • Bare Knuckles (1977)
    Bare Knuckles
    5.4
    • Cedric (German)
    • 1977

Personal details

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    • Official Site
  • Alternative name
    • Axel Scholz
  • Height
    • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
  • Born
    • March 1, 1935
    • Schweidnitz, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Swidnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
  • Died
    • April 21, 2025
    • Germany
  • Other works
    Dubbing voice of Lori Nelson in the new German post-synchronized version of Anthony Mann's 1951 Bend of the River (1952) (Meuterei am Schlangenfluß).

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