Philipp Moog (born August 29, 1961 in

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) is a German

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and

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. He is the German voice of

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and

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Career

In 1983, having been discovered by

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, he starred in the movie

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along with

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and

Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a c ...

. From 1984 to 1986 he studied at the

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and the

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. In 1987 he was a member of

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s group '' Actor's und Director's Lab''. Since the late 1980s he mainly appeared in German TV shows, for example ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He had a recurring role in the ZDF series ''Sperling''. He also wrote two screenplays for two episodes of ''Sperling''. Since the early 1980s is a very active voice actor. He voices Ewan McGregor in every movie since

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, meaning he is the German voice of

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. He later reprised this role in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series),

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and in the German

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s ''Labyrinth des Bösen'' (based on

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) - 2007, - and ''Dark Lord'' (based on James Lucenos novel Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader) - 2008, . Moog is the recurring voice actor of Orlando Bloom, Owen Wilson and Guy Pearce, too. Since ''

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'' he voices Neil Patrick Harris in his movies and TV appearances. He used his role as Barney Stinson to read the audiobooks of the ''Bro Code'' and the ''Playbook''. In 2008, he wrote his first novel ''Lebenslänglich'' (''lifetime''). And in 2017

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published the

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s of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (German audiobook title: ''Star Wars: Episode I – Die dunkle Bedrohung'', ), Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (German audiobook title: ''Star Wars: Episode II – Angriff der Klonkrieger'', ) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (German audiobook title: ''Star Wars: Episode III – Die Rache der Sith'', ) as

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s read by Philipp Moog.

Audiobooks

* 2008: Philipp Moog: ''Lebenslänglich''. Read by the author, publisher: Patmos Verlagsgruppe, Düsseldorf, * 2012: A. D. Miller: ''Die eiskalte Jahreszeit der Liebe'', publisher:

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, * 2012 (

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: ''In 80 Tagen um die Welt'' (

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), publisher: Oetinger Media, * 2015:

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: ''Tante Poldi und die sizilianischen Löwen'', publisher: Lübbe Audio, * 2016: Mario Giordano: ''Tante Poldi und die Früchte des Herrn'', publisher: Lübbe Audio, * 2017:

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: ''Star Wars: Episode I – Die dunkle Bedrohung'' (

, * 2017:

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: ''Star Wars: Episode II – Angriff der Klonkrieger'' (

), publisher: Random House Audio, * 2017:

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: ''

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: Episode III – Die Rache der Sith'' (

), publisher:

, * 2021: Philipp Moog: ''Anderwelt''. Read by the author, publisher: Karl Rauch Verlag/

Filmography (selection)

* 1989: ''

Autumn Milk ''Autumn Milk'' (german: Herbstmilch) is a 1989 film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. It is based on the autobiography of Anna Wimschneider. The film was bestowed awards at the 39th German Film Awards in Berlin: the silver '' Filmband'' for the f ...

'' (''Herbstmilch'') * 1991: ''

Go Trabi Go ''Go Trabi Go'' is a 1991 German comedy and road movie directed by Peter Timm. It was the first major box office hit about events concerning the newly reunified Germany. Unlike other films in this period that focused on the problems following reun ...

'' * 2000: ''Eine Hand schmiert die andere'' * 2005: ''Marias letzte Reise'' (Maria's Last Journey)

Works

* 2008: ''Lebenslänglich''.

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, publisher: DuMont Verlag, * 2021: ''Anderwelt''. Novel, publisher: Karl Rauch Verlag,

External links

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