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Benno Fürmann

ベンノ・フユルマン　/　べんの・ふゆるまん

Voice actor from Germany

January 17, 1972 (age 54)　・　Kreuzberg, Germany

voice actor
film actor
television actor

My Take

Fürmann fascinates me as a genuine shape-shifter. The Kreuzberg-born German actor carried the brutal real-life mountaineering drama The North Face as Toni Kurz, work that demands physical commitment most stars avoid, yet he is also the German voice of Puss in Boots in Shrek. Tragedy and comedy, body and voice, he moves between them without fuss. Born in 1972, he reads to me as the kind of performer who would rather disappear into the role than into fame. I respect that range enormously, and honestly I want to hear his Puss in Boots; charm in a dubbing booth is its own underrated skill.

Overview

Benjamin "Benno" Fürmann (German: [ˈbɛ.no ˈfyːɐ̯ˌman] ; born 17 January 1972) is a German film and television actor. He played lead roles in the 2008 film The North Face (where he played Toni Kurz), and Jerichow. He appeared in In Darkness, and was the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise's German dubbing.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Benno Fürmann
Name (Japanese): ベンノ・フユルマン
Reading: べんの・ふゆるまん
Born: January 17, 1972 (age 54)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Rat
Origin: Kreuzberg, Germany
Blood type: Private
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Occupation: voice actor / film actor / television actor / speaker / actor

2. Background

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

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