Santiago Ziesmer

Santiago Ziesmer (b. 1953) is a German voice actor who voiced Pee Wee in the German dub of Muppets Haunted Mansion. He dubbed Leon in The Cosby Show episode "Cliff's Nightmare," various guest parts on Die Dinos (Dinosaurs), and Grildrig in Gulliver's Travels, as well as Goofer in the Jim Henson Company film The Happytime Murders.
With a high-pitched voice, Ziesmer specialized in frenetic, comedic, or nerdy assignments, typified by his work as the standard German voice of Steve Buscemi, dubbing Jaleel White on Family Matters and elsewhere, and as SpongeBob SquarePants. Entering dubbing in the 1970s, he established his type early dubbing Stephen Furst in Animal House and solidified it in the 1980s, dubbing Anthony Michael Hall in The Breakfast Club and Weird Science, Rick Moranis in Little Shop of Horrors, as well as the title character in Howard the Duck. Straightforward exceptions included Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Ziesmer also lent his voice to Gedde Watanabe in UHF, Rob Schneider in Judge Dredd and others, Seth Green on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chris Rock in New Jack City, and Paul Reubens in Pee-wee's Big Holiday and Matilda. He dubbed little person actors such as Hervé Villechaize in Two Moon Junction, Warwick Davis in redubs of the Ewoks movies and others, Danny Woodburn on Seinfeld and elsewhere, and Big Mick in The Last Leprechaun. 
Cartoon roles, apart from SpongeBob, include hyperactive characters like Wakko on Animaniacs, LeFou in Beauty and the Beast, Scrappy-Doo on Scoob and Scrappy-Doo, and Gingy in the Shrek movies. He dubbed Piglet in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, Bugs Bunny in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Porky Pig in Looney Tunes: Back in Action and others, Dale Gribble on King of the Hill, the seahorse in The Little Mermaid, and Huey on DuckTales.
==Muppet/Henson dubbing credits==
*Die Bill Cosby Show: Leon in "Cliff's Nightmare"
*Die Dinos
**Aubrey Molehill ("Switched at Birth")
**Ansel ("Driving Miss Ethyl")
**Stan ("Changing Nature")
**Woody ("Into the Woods")
*Gullivers Reisen: Grildrig
*Muppets Haunted Mansion: Pee Wee
==External links==
*Official site in German
*Deutsche Synchronkartei - German dubbing credits
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Category:International Voice Actors