Manfred Lehmann


Manfred Lehmann is a German actor and voice actor. He is best known as the German dubbing voice of Bruce Willis and Gérard Depardieu.

Life and career

Lehmann received his acting training from Edith Hildebrandt in Berlin. His first stage experience was at the Forum-Theater Berlin in 1968/69. From 1969 to 1971, he performed at the Berliner Komödie and the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer, from 1974 to 1977 at the Schillertheater, and in 1980 at the Grips-Theater.
Manfred Lehmann appeared in various German television productions, including multiple episodes of Tatort and Ein Fall für zwei. He also appeared in international films, for example alongside Lewis Collins and Klaus Kinski in Code Name: Wild Geese and Commando Leopard. For the weekly ZDF consumer magazine WISO, Lehmann played the character "Detective Sommer".
Lehmann became known to a broad audience primarily through his work as a voice actor. He is the standard German voice for Bruce Willis and Gérard Depardieu; additionally, he dubs Dolph Lundgren, Kurt Russell, and James Woods, among others. He lent his voice to Steven Seagal once in the film The Patriot and twice to actor and comedian Bill Murray. Furthermore, he can be heard in radio and television commercials – most notably for the REWE "Award Ceremony", the hardware store chain Praktiker, Navigon, or Meda Kitchens – as well as in audio plays and documentaries. Some of these commercials have been humorously archived on YouTube.
In 2025, Lehmann successfully sued a YouTuber who used an AI-generated version of his voice.
Manfred Lehmann lives in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. His daughter Dascha Lehmann, his son-in-law Dennis Schmidt-Foß, and his granddaughter Dalia Mya Schmidt-Foß are also active as voice actors.

Filmography

Actor (Selection)

Bruce Willis
Cheech Marin
Dolph Lundgren
Gérard Depardieu
James Woods
Kurt Russell
Michael Madsen
Willem Dafoe

Audio plays and features

  • Various voices for radio commercials
  • 1977–1978: Kimba the White Lion Episodes 2, 4, 7, various roles
  • 1980: Winnetou Episodes 2, 5. Role: Yaqui
  • 2011: Michael Lissek: Saat des Sieges. Wie Gärtner die Welt retten wollen
  • 2014: Elodie Pascal: Blowback | Der Auftrag – Director: Elisabeth Pulz
  • 2014: Gruselkabinett Episodes 86, 87, 89, various roles
  • 2014: Sherlock Holmes Episodes 12, 14, various roles
  • 2014: Titania Special Episode 10: Pinocchio, Role: Farmer
  • Since 2014: C. Auguste Dupin in the series Sherlock Holmes & Co. and Die geheimnisvollen Fälle von Edgar Allen Poe und Auguste Dupin
  • 2021: Voice-over for a recruitment film for the Berlin Police
  • 2023: Intro speaker for the YouTube format ''Survival Squad''