Jim Boeven (born 11 November 1967) is a German born film, television and voice actor. After establishing himself as a star in his native Germany, he moved to Los Angeles in 2007.

Early life

Boeven was born in

Menden Menden (, official name: ''Menden (Sauerland)''; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Mennen'') is a city in the district Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the north end of the Sauerland near the Ruhr (rive ...

, Germany. He studied acting from 1991 to 1993 at

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and the Actors Center in Los Angeles, and then at the Hollywood Acting Workshop in

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Career

He began his career in

and quickly became a series regular in the series ''Alle lieben Julia'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He has had a prolific European TV career, appearing in 450 episodes that have aired in 24 countries as either a lead/star recurring and/or guest star. He appeared in his first American feature, ''

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'', in 1993. Since then, he's appeared in a multitude of feature films and TV, both in Hollywood and internationally. He appeared in the Colin Farrell and Bruce Willis film ''

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'' (2002), and in the Bollywood production '' Colours of Passion (2008)'', directed by

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. He was cast by Paul Schrader and Bret Easton Ellis for their film '' The Canyons'' (2013), and was a guest star in the

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-produced TV series '' CSI: Cyber'' (2015) and the

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nominated comedy ''

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'' (2015). Boeven began his voiceover career in 1996 and has more than 350 credits, most recently for the international releases of the

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film '' Fury'' (2014)'','' the

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film '' Bridge of Spies'' (2015)'','' and '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016). He is also known for providing the voice of König in '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (2022) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023).''

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
* 1967 births Living people German emigrants to the United States German male film actors German male television actors People from Menden (Sauerland) Male actors from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-screen-actor-stub