Dov Reiser

Dov Reiser (Hebrew: דב רייזר; born September 28, 1947) is an Israeli actor and voice actor. Born in Tel Aviv, Reiser began his acting career at the age of 18. He is a frequent performer at the Habima Theatre and has been a staff member there since 1986. He has also performed at the Beersheba Theatre from 1974 to 1977 as well as the Cameri Theatre. Reiser was renowned for his appearances in the French theatre adaptations of plays such as The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Cherry Orchard and The Threepenny Opera.On film and television, Reiser made his film debut in the 1972 film The Great Telephone Robbery directed by Menahem Golan and he often made appearances on the entertainment program Zehu Ze!. He has also appeared in the 1979 film Dizengoff 99 and the 1987 film Ha-Muvtal Batito. His most popular television appearance was on a short lived 1994 sitcom in which he plays a widowed father and he also portrayed the prophet Nathan in a 1989 TV film directed by Ram Loevy.

As a voice actor, Reiser dubbed the voices of many animated characters into the Hebrew language and is considered to be one of the most influential and successful Hebrew dubbing actors. He has voiced the narrator and Kame-Sennin in Dragon Ball Z and Ollie in Ox Tales. He has also frequently dubbed characters created by The Walt Disney Company in films such as Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Henry J. Waternoose in Monsters, Inc., The Duke of Weselton in Frozen, Prince John in Robin Hood, Edgar in The Aristocats and Grimsby in The Little Mermaid. Outside of Disney, he voiced Cornelius Fudge in the Hebrew dub of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Oogway in Kung Fu Panda. In addition, Reiser voiced Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.