Overview

• Voice actor René Dawn-Claude announced Michaelis’s passing on Instagram, triggering immediate obituary coverage across German media.
• Michaelis’s management called the news “Schockiert und unbegreiflich” in a statement on their website, and his family has asked for privacy.
• No official cause of death has been released, and investigators have yet to provide further details on the circumstances of his passing.
• Audiences and colleagues have honored his signature role as Kriminaldirektor Stefan Bitomsky in Tatort alongside Maria Furtwängler and his recent appearance as Helmut in the sitcom Späti.
• Over a career spanning decades, Michaelis also dubbed Hollywood stars such as Sean Bean in Game of Thrones and Wesley Snipes in the Blade films, making his voice instantly recognizable to German viewers.