Michael Habeck (1944-2011) was a German actor who dubbed many Muppet roles over the years, including Lew Zealand and others on Die Muppet Show, Baby Fozzie in the German dub of Muppet Babies, and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew in Muppets from Space. Most notably, he dubbed the voice of Ernie on Sesamstrasse from 2001 to 2006.

Habeck's other dub credits include Oliver Hardy in dozens of Laurel and Hardy sound shorts and features (a part previously dubbed by the original German Ernie, Gerd Duwner), Danny DeVito in Taxi and such films as The Virgin Suicides, Gabby Hayes and Al "Fuzzy" St. John in various Western films, John Candy in Stripes, John Leguizamo in Spawn, Graham Stark in in Revenge of the Pink Panther, Deep Roy in The Neverending Story, and Dobby the elf in two Harry Potter movies. His animation credits included various roles in the Asterix films, Dr. Nick Riviera in The Simpsons, Deep Purple in the original German animated feature Felidae, Sam in Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, Mr. Ages in The Secret of NIMH, Porky Pig in the later Looney Tunes dubs, Barney Rubble in The Flintstones series, and Hampton in Tiny Toon Adventures.

Habeck's on-camera roles include a 1974 German TV version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, the English-language film The Name of the Rose (as Berenger the monk), the 1988 TV version of The Bourne Identity (as "the fat man"), and the Canadian-German co-production Lexx (as the villainous Feppo).

Muppet dub creditsEdit

• Die Muppet Show (The Muppet Show): Lew Zealand, other voices
• Muppet Movie: Lew Zealand
• Der Grosse Muppet Krimi (The Great Muppet Caper): Lew Zealand
• Die Muppets erobern Manhattan (The Muppets Take Manhattan): Lew Zealand, Ernie
• Muppet Babies: Baby Fozzie
• Die Muppets feiern Weihnacht (A Muppet Family Christmas): The Snowman
• Muppets aus dem All (Muppets from Space): Dr. Honigtau Bunsenbrenner
• Die Muppets: Briefe an den Weihnachtsmann (A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa): Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry

External linksEdit

• Official site
• IMDb