Kaze Uzumaki

Kaze Uzumaki (born 20 July 1988 in New York City) is a German actor, voice actor and writer. He made a name for himself in the social media world for voicing animals in his web series "Was Tiere Denken" (What Animals Are Thinking).
== Career ==
=== Voice Dubbing ===
Uzumaki begann his career writing the German translations for the MTV Series Workaholics. His first voice dubbing was in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, where he portrait the role of the Basketball player DeAndre Jordan. Early 2018 he was the German voice of „W'Kabi“, played by the Oscar nominated Oscarnominierten Daniel Kaluuya in the Marvel Blockbuster Movie Black Panther. In 2019 he landed his first main role in the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee where he voiced "Memo", played by Jorge Lendeborg Jr. He has since become the German voice for actors such as Melvin Gregg, Luka Sabbat, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Shane Paul McGhie, Mike Moh and Kareem J. Grimes.
=== Acting ===
His actual acting career began in 2018 where he played Ralph D. in a German production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Motherfucker with the Hat. In 2020 he made his on screen debut in the German movie Killerbee and is currently working on a Netflix production.
== Voice dubbing ==
=== Film ===
* 2020: The Way Back – Melvin Gregg (as Marcus Parrish)
* 2020: Harriet – Henry Hunter Hall (as Walter)
* 2020: Just Mercy – CJ LeBlanc (as John McMillian)
* 2019: The Gentlemen – Sean Sagar (as Mal)
* 2019: Terminator: Dark Fate – Diego Boneta (as Diego Ramos)
* 2019: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – Mike Moh (as Bruce Lee)
* 2019: The Specials – Bryan Mialoundama (as Dylan)
* 2019: 1917 – Gabriel Akuwudike (as Private Buchanan)
* 2019: Joker – Vito Gerbino (as Straßenkind)
* 2019: The Dead Don’t Die – Luka Sabbat (as Zack)
* 2019: The Last Summer – Norman Johnson Jr. (as Mason)
* 2019: Alita: Battle Angel – Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (as Tanji)
* 2019: High Flying Bird – Melvin Gregg (as Erick)
* 2019: After – Shane Paul McGhie (as Landon Gibson)
* 2019: Yardie – Calvin Demba (as Sticks)
* 2019: Hope Gap – Finn Bennet (as Robbie)
* 2018: Bumblebee – Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (as Memo)
* 2018: Widows – Josia Sheffie (as Marcus)
* 2018: Superfly – Terayle Hill (as Dee)
* 2018: The Mule – Kareem J. Grimes (as Nerdy Husband)
* 2018: Snake Outta Compton – David E. Lucas (as Biggie)
* 2018: Pacific Rim: Uprising – Levi Meaden (as Kadett Ilya)
* 2018: Black Panther – Daniel Kaluuya (as W'Kabi)
* 2017: Patti Cake$ – Chi Ali Skyzoo (as Yung Nurple)
* 2017: Downsizing – Warren Belle (as Tunde)
* 2017: Brawl in Cell Block 99 – Calvin Dutton (as Sean)
* 2017: xXx: Return of Xander Cage – Neymar (as Neymar)
* 2016: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows – DeAndre Jordan (as DeAndre Jordan)
* 2003 (RE-DUB 2019): Battle Royale 2: Requiem – Kenji Harada (as Naoki Jo)
=== Series ===
* 2020: Gentefied – Joseph Julian Soria (as Erik Morales)
* 2020: Chicago P.D. – Terayle Hill (as Trey Woodson)
* 2020: Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics – ASAP Rocky (as ASAP Rocky)
* 2019: Mocro Maffia – Oussama Ahammoud (as Youssef "Maus" Taheri)
* 2020: High Maintenance – Brandon Gilpin (as Connie)
* 2020: Spides – Leo Kebernik (as Serkan)
* 2020: Sweet Magnolias – Bentley Green (as Luke)
* 2019: The Witcher – Jack Wolfe (as Nadbor)
* 2019: The Witcher – Leigh Gill (as One Eyed-Dwarf)
* 2019: Money Heist – Neymar (as Joao)
* 2019: Unbelievable – Shane Paul McGhie (as Connor)
* 2019: Greenleaf – Shane Paul McGhie (as Dante)
* 2019: Brassic – Anthony Welsh (as Jake)
* 2019: All American – Kareem J. Grimes (as Preach)
* 2019: Mr. Iglesias – Bentley Green (as Rakeem Rozier)
* 2019: Siren – Sedale Threatt Jr. (as Levi)
* 2019: PEN15 – Allius Barnes (as Evan)
* 2019: Dare Me – Antonio J. Bell (as Michael Slocum)
* 2019: The Order – Aaron Hale (as Brandon)
* 2019: Black Lightning – Rafael Castillo (as Devonte Jones)
* 2019: Ride Upon the Storm – Lue Dittmann Støvelbæk (as William)
* 2019: Hackerville – Vlad Brumaru (as Dragos Matei)
* 2019: 1983 – Bartosz Cao (as Thahn)
* 2019: Quicksand – Mohamed Saleh (as Dennis)
* 2019: The Rookie – Eric Weddle (as Eric Weddle)
* 2019: The Rookie – Saul Huezo (as Matias)
* 2019: The Conners – Marques Ray (as Ramon)
* 2019: NCIS: New Orleans – Al-Jaleel Knox (as Mason)
* 2019: FBI - Paul Karmiryan (as Rahm Maroun)
* 2019: S.W.A.T. – Dylan John Seaton (as Cyrus)
* 2019: Chicago P.D. – Fernando Morales (as Hugo Campos)
* 2019: Chicago P.D. – Taylor Mallory (as Darius Brown)
* 2019: Chicago P.D. – William Gines (as Lawrence)
* 2019: Chicago P.D. – Bola Bon Jova (as Marlon)
* 2019: Chicago Fire – Robert Bramlett (as Savion)
* 2019: Chicago Fire – Chronicle Ganawah (as Hollis Oree)
* 2019: Black-Ish – Quavo (as Quavo)
* 2019: Love After Lockdown – Shane Michael (as Shane Michael)
* 2019: AFI Life Achievement Award – Jamie Foxx (as Jamie Foxx)
* 2019: The Rap Game – Ludacris (as Ludacris)
* 2019: The Rap Game – Bow Wow (as Bow Wow)
* 2019: Shopping Queen – Post Malone (as Post Malone)
* 2019: Shopping Queen – Bow Wow (as Bow Wow)
* 2019: Catfish – Nick Young (as Nick Young)
* 2019: Riviera – Merveille Lukeba (as Raoul)
* 2018: Atlanta – RJ Walker (as Clark County)
* 2018: Modern Family – DeAndre Jordan (als DeAndre Jordan)
* 2018–2019: Grey’s Anatomy – Rushi Kota (as Vik Roy)
* 2018: Blue Bloods – JaQwan J. Kelly (as Malcolm James)
* 2018: Blue Bloods – Raekwon Haynes (as Echo)
* 2018: Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever. – Eddie Leavy (as Duane)
* 2018: Cloak & Dagger – Tanner Ellis (as Kev)
* 2018: Snowfall – Ben Maccabee (as Yuda)
* 2018: The Last O.G. - Daniel J. Watts (as Felony)
* 2018: Watership Down – Daniel Rigby (as Dandelion)
* 2018: Orange Is The New Black – Curtiss Cook Jr. (as Curtis)
* 2018: Happy! – Sam Wolf (as Florian Scaramucci)
* 2018: Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! – Kevin Michael Richardson (as Gus)
* 2018: Shameless – Kevin Thomas Mitchell (as Lewis)
* 2018: The Middle – Ty Chen (as Scott)
* 2018: Workaholics – Jeff Pierre (as Skyler)
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role	Notes
2020	Killerbee	Don 	
== Theatre ==
Year	Title 	Role 	Location 	Notes
2018	The Motherfucker with the Hat	Ralph D	Anomelie, Berlin	
==In the media==
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== References ==
== External links ==
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* Kaze Uzumaki on imdb
* Kaze Uzumaki - Castupload
* Kaze Uzumaki YouTube Stats, Channel Analytics - HypeAuditor
* Kaze UZUMAKI - Anime News Network
* Läuft by Kaze Uzumaki on Spotify
Category:1988 births
Category:Male actors from Germany
Category:Black male actors
Category:German male television actors
Category:German male film actors
Category:Living people