Enn Reitel

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Enn Reitel
Born	(1950-06-21) 21 June 1950 (age 71) Forfar, Angus, Scotland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present

Enn Reitel is a Scottish actor who specializes in voice work. He is known for his voice-over work in video games, movies and TV shows. He is also known for providing additional voices for The Getaway: Black Monday, The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, The Secret World and Star Wars: The Old Republic – Rise of the Hutt Cartel.

Early life[]

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.

Career[]

Acting[]

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.^[1] This film can be seen on the second disk of the collector's edition of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

He played the lead role in the 2007 film Trust Me, a comedy about a pair of con men.

Reitel was the second choice to play Del Boy Trotter in Only Fools and Horses (behind Jim Broadbent aka Roy Slater in the series), but was busy with other projects (the role ultimately went to David Jason).^[2][3]

He also played two roles in different episodes of long-running sitcom One Foot in the Grave. In the first Christmas special, he played "Mr. Starkey", a down and out who holds Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) and his neighbour Pippa's father, Reverend Croker (Geoffrey Chater) at gunpoint to wait for Armageddon on Christmas Day. In the second episode of series 3, "Dreamland", he played a tramp who took a fancy to Victor's shoes, but drew the line at his Noel Edmonds-esque sweater.

Voiceovers[]

Reitel does voiceovers for The X Factor. He played the Town Crier and The Maggot in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and played Auric Goldfinger in the 2004 video game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. It is his voice that provides the vocals on Lemon Jelly's "Nice Weather For Ducks" in 2002. He narrated the in-game promo spot for the Praying Mantis PMC in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. He also does Lorenzo Belli's voice from Capcom's survival horror game Haunting Ground. He was also the voice of Billy the ventriloquist dummy in James Wan's movie Dead Silence. He also provided voice performance for the audiobook of the sixth book in Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series, The Time Paradox. Reitel also provided the voice for Delvin Mallory in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and the Wizard Zabodon in The Big Knights. He also provided the voice of Ost Ordura in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Telltale Series. He also played Male Altmer and Dunmer in The Elder Scrolls Online. He also provided voices of The Time Keeper in Skylanders: Swap Force, Laufey in Hulk and the Agents of SMASH, Master Ding in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Sebastian Oliver in Adr1ft, Olgan in Baten Kaitos Origins, Bootstrap Bill Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, A Male Pedestrian in Infamous, Deraegis in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Five Leaf Clover Guy, Japanese Deputy, Robertson, Boss Guraji and Fox in TripTank, Edwin Jarvis in Marvel Heroes, An English Spy in American Dad!, Billy in Dead Silence and The Dreamer in The Secret World. In May 2014, Reitel replaced Ade Edmondson as the voice of the Animal in the Peperami adverts.

Filmography[]

Film[]

• – Various
• Bedrooms – Walter
• Bob's Weekend – Voice of Man on Television
• - Additional voices
• – Windsor Silcox
• Corpse Bride – Maggot, Town Crier
• Dead Silence – Billy
• Foodfight! – Kung Tofu, Fracois Fromage
• - Liam
• – Voice over artist
• Just Another Secret (1989) – Dietrich
• Labyrinth – Goblin (uncredited)
• – NATO general
• – Cleaner
• Postman Pat: The Movie – PC Arthur Selby, Reverend Timms, Pat Wannabe 2, Raed
• – Emperor Peng Lee
• – Narrator
• – Narrator
• - Additional voices
• The Adventures of Tintin – Nestor, Mr. Crabtree
• – Father Jude Best
• – Jan Voorhees
• The Full Monty – Narrator (uncredited)
• The Judge – Mourner
• The Merchant of Venice – Launcelot Gobbo
• The Prestige – Workman 1
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause – (uncredited)
• – Otter
• The Wind in the Willows – Otter, Rabbit, Policeman, Gaoler
• Throne of Elves – Blacksmith
• – Secret policeman
• Trust Me – Joe

Shorts[]

• Couples and Robbers – Keith
• Day After Yesterday – The Dad
• Doppelganger – Dowdsley
• Ogri – Sweeney
• Splitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show - Additional voices
• The Band Parts – Harry

Documentaries[]

• Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey – Albert Einstein, hyde Park Gent
• Heroes of Comedy
• – Assistant
• – Maggot (uncredited)
• – Himself
• – PG Tips Chimp
• – Narrator

TV Specials[]

• Comic Relief – Himself

TV series[]

• 2DTV – Prime Minister Tony Blair, Jack Straw, John Prescott, Michael Jackson, Anthony McPartlin, Jeremy Clarkson, Michael Howard, Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsay, Prince Harry, Tom Cruise, Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Pope John Paul II, Johnny Vegas, Will Young, Tim Henman, Justin Hawkins, Jack Osbourne, Phil Spencer, David Dimbleby, Peter Andre, Frank Skinner, Des Lynham, Robbie Williams, Gareth Gates, Uri Geller, David Blunkett, Charles Kennedy, Dick Cheney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prince Philip, Prince Edward, Prince William, Osama Bin Laden, Wayne Rooney, Various voices
• American Dad! – English Spy
• Archer - Additional voices
• Art Ninja - Narrator
• Barney – Narrator
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold – Deraegis
• Boston Legal – Father Kevin Maher
• Bremner, Bird and Fortune
• Comedy Playhouse – Narrator
• Canned Carrott – Narrator
• Coronation Street – Photographer
• Cribb – Mr. Strange
• Drop the Dead Donkey – Voice-Over
• Family Guy - Mickey Rooney, Additional voices
• Fanboy & Chum Chum – Wizard Tooth Fairy
• General Hospital – Policeman
• Grey's Anatomy – Gerhardt Strauss
• Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. – Laufey
• ITV Sunday Night Drama – The Reporter
• Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Master Ding
• Minoriteam – Jewcano, Narrator
• Misfits – Skinner
• Mog – Mog
• Monkey Dust – Additional voices
• Mr. Bean: The Animated Series – Additional voices
• Nature Cat – Hal (UK version)
• One Foot in the Grave – The Tramp, Starkey
• - Actor
• Percy the Park Keeper – Male animals
• – Older Gilbert
• Phineas and Ferb - Additional voices
• Roadies – Edgar Cumberland Hughes
• Rory Bremner – Various
• Round the Bend! - Additional voices
• Screen One – Rick
• Spitting Image – Geoffrey Howe, Cecil Parkinson, Robert Maxwell, Dustin Hoffman, Denis Thatcher, Norman Fowler, Konstantin Chernenko, Prince Philip, Paddy Ashdown, Chris Patten, Michael Jackson, Denis Healey, Nelson Mandela, Julian Clary, Winston Churchill, Donald Sinden, Lester Piggott, Peter Snow, David Owen, Mark Phillips, Robert Armstrong, Alec Guinness, Ian St. John, OJ Simpson, Gary Barlow, Prince William, Paul Condon, Jack Straw, Satan, Paul Keating, Kenneth Baker, Mike Smith, Phil Cool, Paul Channon, Pope John Paul II, Donald Coggan, Jesse Jackson, David Attenborough, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nicholas Witchell, David Icke, Steve Jones, West Midlands Police Sergeant, Norman Tebbit, Polish advertiser, Neil Kinnock, Kenneth Clarke, George Younger, Elton John, Matt Aitken, Laurence Olivier, Frank Bruno, Prince Harry, Frank Bough, Richard Branson, Robert Maclennan, Mark Knopfler, Caspar Weinberger, John Hunt, Rick Rickerson, Q, Desmond Wilcox, Ray Cooney, Nicholas Fairbairn, David Gergen, Vincent Price, Bobby Robson, Ian MacGregor, Roy Jenkins, Paul McCartney, Kieran Prendiville, Translator, Prince
• Squirrel Boy – Manzio
• – Various Characters
• The Big Knights – Wizard Zabodon
• The Bill – Nigel Doughtie
• The Gentle Touch – TDC Power
• The Ghosts of Motley Hall – Assistant Director
• The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show
• The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim – Jim Dixon
• The Optimist – The Optimist
• The Staggering Stories of Ferdinand de Bargos - Actor
• The Thundermans - Basil Healy Hutchinson
• The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends – Robin, Mr. Bouncer, Cock Robin, Insects, Grocer, Animals, Kep, Mr. Drake Puddle-Duck, Sparrows
• Tractor Tom - Narrator
• TripTank – Five Leaf Clover Guy, Japanese Deputy, Boss Guraji, Robertson, Fox
• – George
• Virtual Murder – Jed Frewin

TV Mini-series[]

• Ashenden – Radio Disc Jockey
• If You See God, Tell Him – With the voices of

Videos[]

• The Beano Video - Dogs, Ted, Horse, Scorcher, Hare, Narrator #2
• - Rasher, Walter the Softy (Flutterby and Dennis Meets His Match), Alien #1, Birds, Cats, Female Alien, Fatty Fudge, Danny (singing), 'Erbert, Fatty, Spotty, Wilfrid, Janitor, Winston, Elephant, Woodworm, Hairdresser, Mr. Robot, Ted, Snake, Chicken, Chick, Ma’s Porridge Narrator, Monkey, Pedestrian #1, Pedestrian #2, Poolgoer #1, Poolgoer #4, Ivy's Toys

Video games[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Flight of the Amazon Queen	Anderson, Klunk, Rico, Henry, Charon, Crystal Robot	[4]
1998	Heart of Darkness	Servant	[5]
2004	The Bard's Tale	Additional voices	[6]
2004	GoldenEye: Rogue Agent	Auric Goldfinger	[4]
2005	Haunting Ground	Old Lorenzo	[4]
2005	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Mr. Beaver
2006	The Da Vinci Code	Bezu Fache, Police Officer 2
2007	The Golden Compass	Machine Gun Tartar, Master's Companion, Prisoner
2007	TimeShift	Dr. Aiden Krone
2008	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	Praying Mantis, Narrator
2010	Clash of the Titans	Spyros, Solon, Soldier, Fisherman	[4]
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Delvin Mallory	[4]
2012	Men in Black: Alien Crisis	Professor Thurgood, C-YA Programmer Weissman, MIB Agent	[4]
2013	Marvel Heroes	Edwin Jarvis	[4]
2013	SpongeBob Moves In!	Mermaid Man
2015	Leo's Fortune	Leo	[4]
2016	Batman: The Telltale Series	Alfred Pennyworth	[4]
2017	Prey	Dr. Lorenzo Calvino	[4]
2017	Batman: The Enemy Within	Alfred Pennyworth	[4]
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Scrooge McDuck
2020	Final Fantasy VII Remake	Deputy Mayor Hart	[4]

• 007: Quantum of Solace – Mr. White
• Adr1ft – Sebastian Oliver
• Avatar: The Game – Additional voices
• Baten Kaitos Origins – Olgan
• Cold Winter – Amenkoht Ali-Salah
• Dishonored – Nurse Trimble – The Brigmore Witches DLC
• Driver
• Epic Mickey - Additional voices
• Infamous – Male Pedestrian
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Ost Ordura, additional voices
• Legendary – LeFey
• Meet the Robinsons
• Original War - Additional voices
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest – Bootstrap Bill Turner
• Resistance: Fall of Man - Additional voices
• SpongeBob Moves In! - Mermaid Man
• Skylanders: Swap Force – Time Keeper
• – Writch Hurley
• – Additional voices
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Additional voices
• The Elder Scrolls Online – Male Altmer, Male Dunmer
• The Getaway: Black Monday – Additional voices
• The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest – Additional voices
• The Secret World – The Dreamer, additional voices
• The Weakest Link – Contestants (UK version)
• Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes – Archivist
• World in Conflict - Additional voices
• World in Conflict: Soviet Assault - Additional voices

References[]

External links[]

• Enn Reitel at IMDb