Ian Dickinson
Stage・Screen・Voice
Ian Dickinson was born in Plymouth, southwest England, and spent his formative years in St. Germans, a quaint village in southeast Cornwall. Moving to London in 1983 with dreams of becoming an actor, Ian initially focused on pursuing drama, a passion sparked during his school years. A chance connection, however, led him into the music industry, where he went on to co-found Anxious Music and Anxious Records with Dave Stewart of Eurythmics in 1985. In 1988, he resigned as Managing Director of both companies to return to his original ambitions, studying drama and English literature at The Working Men’s College in London while freelancing in the music industry. During this period, he also collaborated with Eurythmics on their 1989/90 Revival world tour. In 1995, Ian relocated to Berlin and now divides his time between his homes in the German capital and his hometown of Plymouth. Since 2017, he has held dual British-German citizenship.
Actor
Showreels
English & German Showreel
German Showreel
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Ian has appeared on stages across Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, London, Plymouth and Cape Town, performing and directing in both German and English across numerous productions, including roles by Beckett, Pinter, Wilde, Ibsen, and Shakespeare. He was a guest actor at Berlin's Maxim Gorki Theater (1998-1999) and the Deutsches Theater (2003-2008).
Ian's cinematic journey includes roles in prominent films such as The Keeper - aka. Trautmann (Marcus H. Rosenmüller, 2018), Passion (Brian De Palma, 2012), The Physician (Philipp Stölzl, 2012), Person To Person (Wim Wenders, 2007), Fay Grim (Hal Hartley, 2006), V For Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005), and Grimme prize winner Paul Is Dead (Hendrik Handloegten, 1998).
His television credits span various productions including the cult German daily drama Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (Clemens Löhr, 2024), Hotel Europa - Das Weiße Haus am Rhein (Thorsten Schmidt, 2021), Die dunkle Seite des Mondes (Stephan Rick, 2015), Tatort: Der tote Chinese (Hendrik Handloegten, 2008), Die Pfefferkörner (Stefan Mohrbutter, 2002), and Der Verleger (Bernd Böhlich, 2001).
For a full list of theatre, film and television credits click here
Voice
Audio Demos
Opel - TV Commercial
Royal Brinkman | Let's improve together
Your Cinema - I Miss You
Schwarzkopf "Color ULTIME" Hair Color TV Commercial (Spring 2015)
Beyond acting, Ian has cultivated a notable career in voice-over spanning almost thirty years. He is renowned for his work in advertising, corporate films, narration, and character voice acting for drama and animation. His voice has been featured in international campaigns for brands such as Lufthansa, Volkswagen, Goodyear, Schwarzkopf, Panasonic, and BMW, as well as in audio guides for prestigious museums like Berlin's Bode Museum, Neue Nationalgalerie, the Berlin Holocaust Memorial, Munich’s Pinakothek, and the Hamburger Kunsthalle. Additionally, he has lent his voice to compelling documentary work for many TV stations, including ARTE, ZDF, BBC, and Deutsche Welle.