Martin Umbach
Personal Data
Languages: German (mother tongue), English (fluent), French, Italian (basics)
Residence: Munich
Place of birth: Germany
Nationality: German
Height: 1.73m (5' 8.1“)
Hair: black/grey
Eyes: brown
Musical instruments: guitar, percussion, transverse flute
Sports: horse-riding, sailing, skiing, sailbording
Driving licence: car (B)
German dubbing voice of: Russell Crowe, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Gabriel Byrne, Quentin Tarantino, Jeff Goldblum, among others
Feature | Television
2019 | Treadstone | Universal Cable Productions, Captivate | USA Network | TV series | Director: Ramin Bahrani | recurring
2018 | DreiBettZimmer | d.i.e. film GmbH | BR | TV movie | Director: Michael Hofmann
2018 | Counterpart | Anonymous Content | Starz | TV series | Director: - various -
2018 | Schneeweißchen & Rosenrot | sabotage films GmbH Berlin | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Seyhan Derin | lead
2017 | Ausweg | Zum Goldenen Lamm | short | Director: Peter Evers
2017 | Genius: EINSTEIN | Fox 21 Television | National Geographic Channel | TV series | Director: Ron Howard
2017 | Lommbock | Little Shark Entertainment | feature film | Director: Christian Zübert
2017 | Out of Control | Action Concept | feature film | Director: Richard LIn, Axel Sand
2016 | Schneeblind | FA Baden-Württemberg, kurhaus production | feature film | Director: Arto Sebastian Buhrmann
2016 | Zwei Leben. Eine Hoffnung. | UFA Fiction | Sat.1 | TV movie | Director: Richard Huber
2016 | Soko 5113 - "In The Ghetto" | UFA Fiction | ZDF | TV series | Director: Christoph Dammast
2015 | Letzte Spur Berlin - "Unantastbar" | Nova Film | ZDF | TV series | Director: Edzard Onneken
2014-2015 | Josephine Klick - allein unter Cops | UFA Fiction | Sat.1 | TV series | Director: Oliver Dommenget, Michael Kreindl
2015 | Unter Verdacht "Betongold" | Eikon Media | ZDF | TV series | Director: Ulrich Zrenner
2015 | Dusky Paradise | kimotion pictures | feature film | Director: Gregory Kirchhoff
2014 | Tatort -"Kopfgeld" | Constantin TV | ARD | TV series | Director: Christian Alvart
2014 | Heldt - "Die zersägte Jungfrau" | Sony Pictures Film und Ferseh Produktion | ZDF | TV series | Director: Philipp Osthus
2014 | Mordkommission Istanbul 11 - "Das Ende des Alp Arslan" | Ziegler Film | ARD | TV movie | Director: Thorsten Schmidt
2013 | Die Zone | Georg-Simon Hochschule, Nürnberg | short | Director: Simon Begemann
2013 | Zeitgeist | Die Medienakademie München | short | Director: Max Lackas, Oliver Marquardt
2012-2013 | Die Chefin | Network Movie | ZDF | TV series | Director: Florian Kern, Filippos Tsitos, Maris Pfeiffer, Michael Schneider | 5 episodes
2013 | The Last Cop - "Feuer und Flamme" | Twenty Four 9 Films | TV series | Director: Peter Stauch
2013 | Zimmer 205 | Neue Schönhauser Filmproduktion | feature film | Director: Rainer Matsutani
2012 | Pass gut auf ihn auf | Hager Moss Film | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Johannes Fabrick | Bernd Burgemeister Award, TV biber Award
2012 | Tessa Hennig - Elli gibt den Löffel ab | Bavariapool | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Edzard Onneken
2012 | The Boardroom | M Screen GmbH | TV series | Director: Benjamin Quabeck | pilot
2012 | Ganz der Papa | teamWorx | BR | Fernsehfilm | Director: Matthias Steurer
2011 | SOKO 5113 - "Die Venus von Pasing" | UFA | ZDF | TV series | Director: Peter Stauch
2010 | dasbloghaus.tv | BR, ARD, Kika | TV series | Director: -various-
2010 | Keiner geht verloren | Claussen+Wöbke+Putz | BR, ARD | TV movie | Director: Dirk Kummer
2010 | Ein Fall für Zwei | Odeon Film | ZDF | TV series | Director: Tom Zenker
2009 | SOKO Köln | ZDF | TV series | Director: Sascha Thiel
2009 | SOKO Kitzbühel | ORF, ZDF | TV series | Director: Florian Richter
2008 | Das Echo der Schuld | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Marcus O. Rosenmüller | 2 episodes
2007 | Happy Hour | short | Director: Tobias Düsing
2004 | Antibodies | Kinowelt | feature film | Director: Christian Alvart
2004 | Tatort - "Bienzle und der Tod im Weinberg" | ARD | TV series | Director: Jochen Nitsch
2003 | Der letzte Zeuge - "Die Jungs aus Dahlem" | ZDF | TV series | Director: Bernhard Stephan
2002 | Donna Leon - "In Sachen Signora Brunetti" | ARD | TV series | Director: Sigi Rothemund
2002 | Inspektor Rolle - "Staatsgeheimnis" | Sat.1 | TV series | Director: Jörg Grünler
2001 | Tatort - "Mördergrube" | ARD | TV series | Director: Christiane Balthasaar
2000 | Die Katzenfrau | ARD | TV movie | Director: Martin Enlen
1999 | Tatort - "Das Glockenbachgeheimnis" | ARD | TV series | Director: Martin Enlen
1998 | Assignment Berlin | ProSieben | TV movie | Director: Tony Randel
1997 | Joy Fieldings Mörderischer Sommer | ProSieben | TV movie | Director: Sigi Rothemund
1995 | Roula | Starlight | feature film | Director: Martin Enlen
1995 | Kinder der Nacht | ARD | TV movie | Director: Nina Grosse
1995 | Risiko Null | ARD | TV movie | Director: Roland Suso Richter
1994 | Der letzte Kosmonaut | ARD | TV movie | Director: Nico Hofmann
1993 | The House of the Spirits | Constantin Film | Miramax | feature film | Director: Bille August
1991 | Der Tod kam als Freund | ZDF | TV movie | Director: Nico Hofmann
1990 | The Neverending Story II - The Next Chapter | Warner Bros. | feature film | Director: George Miller
1989 | Das Spinnennetz | feature film | Director: Bernhard Wicki
1987 | Witness in the War Zone | Skouras Pictures | feature film | Director: Nathaniel Gutmann
1985 | Paradigma | feature film | Director: Krzystof Zanussi
1982 | L'As des as | feature film | Director: Gerard Oury
Stage
Audio
Martin was drawn to the performing arts through a highschool production of Max Frisch’s “Nun singen sie wieder”. His role as the cultured and yet deeply evil SS officer Herbert was so contradictory to his own values and beliefs that he experienced a spiritual crisis – and yet it gave him the greatest of joys to BE that other person. This made him give up on the idea to become a jazz musician and he studied acting. In 1978 he was hired to be a member of a smalltown repertoire theater for three years before he went freelance. He has been working in theatre, television, movies and radio ever since. Soon he started to work in international productions opposite actors like Jean-Paul Belmondo, Christopher Walken, Jeremy Irons and Klaus Maria Brandauer. German audiences saw him in highly acclaimed pictures like ROULA (dir. Martin Enlen) and ANTIBODIES (dir. Christian Alvart). Martin is also known for his voice work. He borrows his German voice for George Clooney, Russell Crowe, Javier Bardem, Kenneth Branagh, Geoffrey Rush and many others. His love for literature is met when he records audio books. Over the years he wrote many stage plays, movie scripts and novels. Together with Michael Seyfried he conceived and wrote the 13-volumes astrological crime series SPIEL DER STERNE, published at Rowohlt Verlag. In Los Angeles he is currently negotiating a TV production of the series for the American market.
Contact
Spielkind GmbH
Kastanienalle 79
10435 Berlin
T: +49 (0) 30-25 93 88-0 F: +49 (0) 30-25 93 88-77
