Headshot of voice actor Ernst-Marcus Thomas

Ernst-Marcus Thomas (born 23 March 1973) is a German

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, TV host, radio DJ and

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. From 2011 until 2021, he hosted The Afternoon Show on

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in Germany. For the past 20 years, Thomas has been a host for many live programs in Germany and Switzerland, including the national entertainment show, ZDF Fernsehgarten, and the daily cooking show, ARD Buffet, which aired on Germany's national TV channel, ARD. Thomas studied drama and psychology at the

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and graduated with a Master of Arts. He also followed an education as a newspaper editor at Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, a major German daily newspaper. Through his company, Charismedia, Thomas coaches CEOs and top managers throughout Europe on public speaking. He's also a lecturer at the

Zurich University of Applied Sciences The Zürich University of Applied Sciences (German: ''Zürcher Fachhochschule'', ZFH) is a governing body composed of four separate universities. It is located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zürich and Wädenswil, is the second la ...

and the ARD.ZDF Media-Academy. In 2015, Thomas published the best-selling nonfiction book Der Perfekte Auftritt (The Perfect Performance) about the art of public speaking. In 2018/19, Thomas played a part in the action-comedy ''

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'' starring

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and

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. The movie was partly filmed in Thomas' hometown of Amsterdam. His book 'Relationship Tango. How we Subconsciously Sabotage Love' is a psychological essay, published in 2020. In July 2020 Thomas published his first foray into fiction: 'The Dead Don't Play Piano' is an Amsterdam based detective story, for which Thomas used the alias 'Kees van Kikkerland'. Kikkerland ('land of the frogs') refers to the tongue-in-cheek synonym the Dutch are using for The Netherlands. In recent years Thomas has been lending his German voice to international authors, especially from the U.S., producing their German audio books, with 30+ productions available on Audible.'https://www.audible.de/search?keywords=ernst-marcus+thomas&k=ernst-marcus+thomas&ref-override=a_hp_t1_header_search

Credits TV

* 2018: ''

'', director: Susanna Fogel. * 2013: Schimanski, director: Kaspar Heidelbach. * 2012: Süskind, dubbing actor. director: Rudolf van den Berg. * 2012: Moderation "Ernst-Marcus Thomas - Der Talk" bei Sat.1. * since 2011: Radio host at public German broadcasting company WDR4,

. * 2008:

Wege zum Glück ''Wege zum Glück'' (English: ''Ways to Happiness'') is a German telenovela. The show was starting on October 6, 2005 on ZDF and originally was planned to have 250 chapters. Later the concept was changed and the title became a label to tell diffe ...

, director: Petra Wiemers * 2008: ''ZDF-Fernsehgarten'',

ZDF ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...

. * 2006 - 2009: ''EMT Talk'', Star TV Switzerland. * 2003-2008: ''ARD-Buffet'', ARD. * 2005-2007: ''Plietsch'', NDR. * 2006: ''NDR Talkshow'', NDR. * 2006: ''ARD-Advisor: Technics'', ARD. * 2006: ''TV-Fans'', NDR. * 2004-2006: ''Das!'', NDR. * 2005: ''Harbour Stories'', NDR. * 2002-2005: ''Olis Wild World'', KI.KA. * 2001:

Die Kommissarin ''Die Kommissarin'' (German for "the inspectoress") is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from 1994 till 2006. The series, which takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is notable as being the first, and ...

, (episode: „Todeskuriere"), director: Charly Weller * 2000: Marienhof, 15 episodes, character: Dario, director: Dieter Schlotterbeck * 1998-2002: ''Philipp's Animal Hour'', KI.KA/ARD.

Books

* Theater in der Zirkuskuppel („Theater at the Circus dome“). Grin, München 2002. * Traumberuf Moderator ("Dream Job TV host"). Hinter den Kulissen der TV-Welt. Tectum, Marburg 2015. * Der perfekte Auftritt ("The Perfect Performance“). Haufe, Freiburg 2015. 3rd revised edition: 2019 * Beziehungs-Tango ("Relationship Tango. How we subconsciously sabotage love“). Hogrefe, Bern (CH) 2020 * Tote spielen kein Klavier ("The Dead Don't Play Piano“). Piper, Munich 2020

References

Sources

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Spiegel Online

External links

Book "Der perfekte Auftritt". Haufe publishing house (in German)E.M. Thomas' literary agency in Hamburg"Tote spielen kein Klavier". Piper publishing house (in German)
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