Matthias Rimpler | actor | voice over artist

Being an international actor means working abroad. I love it! It resonates strongly with my adventurous side. I also love digging deep into the dark matter of my characters – their obsessions, their secret desires, their sinister sides, abysses, addictions. Astrophysicists say that dark matter is the invisible glue that holds the universe together. Its presence is only inferred from gravitational forces it exerts on other objects. It’s the dark matter in my characters that gives them gravitas, depth and a certain eeriness. Everyone is hiding some secret. And those secrets are usually as black as night. Some people are really good in hiding their dark side. Especially those characters who are supposed to be the good ones.

One of my most unusual gigs was the lead in Barry Manilow’s new  music video for his iconic song Even Now (2025). Over 1 million views on youtube. Another recent gig was playing George Bush sen. in the viral German Spardabank TV spot ‘Mauerfall’ (2024/2025).  I’ve starred with a cool Alexander Skarsgård, a funny Nicholas Braun and a hilarious August Diehl in the Peabody nominated series episode Documentary Now! – Soldiers of Illusion (IFC). And I had the pleasure to play opposite amazing lead actress Deborah Ayorinde in Amazon’s drama series Riches. Other international productions are FBI International (CBS), Polish WWII series Ludzie i Bogwie (TVP) and the thriller Heritage. Since 2020 I’m being represented by London based premium talent agency, Media Artists Group UK.