| Enn Reitel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 June 1950 Forfar, Angus, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor/Impressionist |
| Years active | 1977–present |
Enn Reitel (born 21 June 1950) is a Scottish actor and impressionist who specialises in voice work.
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Reitel's family arrived in Scotland as refugees from Estonia, German Empire. He trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
In 1982, Reitel starred in the Further Adventures Of Lucky Jim, a BBC2 sitcom 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 addition, he appeared in a short film called "Coconuts" with Michael Palin, in which the two of them did a demonstration on how coconuts can be used in place of horses. 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 does voice overs 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 videogame GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. His voice is also heard on Lemon Jelly's single "Nice Weather For Ducks". Recently, 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 the 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.