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Enn Reitel

Acting Born Jun 21, 1950 Forfar, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Enn Reitel (born 21 June 1950) is a Scottish actor who specialises in voice work in video games, movies and TV shows.

Reitel's family arrived in Scotland as refugees from Estonia and Germany. He trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1982 Reitel starred in The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim, a sitcom on BBC Two written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Reitel played Jim Dixon, based on the character created by Kingsley Amis.

He appeared on stage in Me and My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre in 1986. On television he worked as an impressionist on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image and starred in the ITV sitcom Mog as a burglar who spent his days in a psychiatric hospital, pretending to be insane.

He played the lead role in the UK TV comedy series The Optimist which ran from 1983 for two series. The programme was almost entirely silent. In each episode 'The Optimist' wandered through life doing his best to look on the bright side. He was usually thwarted in his endeavours by the people he encountered. He also appeared in the first series of the UK comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

In 2001 he appeared in a short film called Coconuts with Michael Palin, in which they did a demonstration on how coconuts can be used in place of horses. This film can be seen on the second disk of the collector's edition of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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Known for

Grey's Anatomy

as Gerhardt Strauss

Family Guy

as (voice)

American Dad!

as English Spy (voice)
Film

A Brighter Summer Day

as Deraegis (voice)

Cosmos

as Henry Norris Russell (voice)

Cosmos

2014
Film

The Prestige

as Workman 1
Film

Spider-Man 3

as Assistant Director

Full filmography

  • Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Gerhardt Strauss
  • Family Guy (1999) as (voice)
  • American Dad! (2005) as English Spy (voice)
  • Boston Legal (2004) as Father Kevin Maher
  • Archer (2009) as (voice)
  • Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008) as Deraegis (voice)
  • The Bill (1984)
  • Corpse Bride (2005) as Maggot / Town Crier (voice)
  • Cosmos (2014) as Henry Norris Russell (voice)
  • Cosmos (2014)
  • The Prestige (2006) as Workman 1
  • Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (2002) as Additional Voices (voice)
  • DOTA: Dragon's Blood (2021) as Overseer / Major Domo (voice)
  • DOTA: Dragon's Blood (2021) as Shopkeeper (voice)
  • Dead Silence (2007) as Billy (voice)
  • The Adventures of Tintin (2011) as Nestor / Mr. Crabtree (voice)
  • The Judge (2014) as Mourner
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988) as Himself
  • Spitting Image (1984)
  • TripTank (2014) as Japanese Deputy (voice)
  • One Foot in the Grave (1990)
  • The Gentle Touch (1980) as TDC Power
  • The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976) as Assistant Director
  • The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992) as Mr. Bouncer / Robin / Sparrows (voice)