Hartmut Neugebauer

Hartmut Neugebauer (b. 1941) is a German voice actor who has been heard in several Muppet/Creature Shop dubs, notably as the German voice of Animal in nearly every project since 1992. He was also heard as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Old Joe in Die Muppets Weihnachtsgeschichte (The Muppet Christmas Carol), Beaker in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, and has been a frequent dubbing voice of John Goodman (including Muppets Tonight) and Robbie Coltrane (including Buddy and the Harry Potter films).

Neugebauer's other dub credits, usually as supporting character actors, include Christopher Lloyd in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Paul Dooley in Runaway Bride, Charles Durning in Sisters, Leslie Nielsen in Scary Movie 4, Elliott Gould in Harry and Walter Go to New York, Jon Polito in Miller's Crossing, and Burt Lancaster in Little Odessa.

His animation dub roles include Nanny on Count Duckula, Baron Greenback on Danger Mouse, Scuttle in The Little Mermaid, Alameda Slim in Home on the Range, the Roman centurian and others in the Asterix films, Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story and Toy Story 2, and John Ratsenbergers' roles in Picar's The Incredibles (Underminer), Cars (Mack and others), and Ratatouille (Mustafa).

Neugebauer's daughters, Veronika and Miryam, were heard in the German dub of Bear in the Big Blue House.