Enn Reitel
Acting
- Born:
- 1950-06-21
- Place of birth:
- Forfar, England, UK
Biography
Enn Reitel (born 21 June 1950) is a Scottish actor who specialises in voice work in video games, movies and TV shows. Reitel's family arrived in Scotland as refugees from Estonia and Germany. He trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1982 Reitel starred in The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim, a sitcom on BBC Two written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Reitel played Jim Dixon, based on the character created by Kingsley Amis. He appeared on stage in Me and My Girl at the Adelphi Theatre in 1986. On television he worked as an impressionist on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image and starred in the ITV sitcom Mog as a burglar who spent his days in a psychiatric hospital, pretending to be insane. He played the lead role in the UK TV comedy series The Optimist which ran from 1983 for two series. The programme was almost entirely silent. In each episode 'The Optimist' wandered through life doing his best to look on the bright side. He was usually thwarted in his endeavours by the people he encountered. He also appeared in the first series of the UK comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. In 2001 he appeared in a short film called Coconuts with Michael Palin, in which they did a demonstration on how coconuts can be used in place of horses. This film can be seen on the second disk of the collector's edition of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Known For
Filmography
Hunting Party
The Wingfeather Saga
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
Requiem for a Fighter
Chicanery
The Cannibal in the Jungle
The Judge
Postman Pat: The Movie
TripTank
Cosmos
The Best Years
Foodfight!
The Adventures of Tintin
Bedrooms
Archer
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Trust Me
Dead Silence
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
The Prestige
Secret History of Religion: Doomsday - Book of Revelation
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Corpse Bride
Grey's Anatomy
American Dad!
Boston Legal
Made in Estonia
Monkey Dust
Tractor Tom
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
2DTV
Family Guy
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Willows in Winter
Percy the Park Keeper
Spitting Image: From F.A to Fair Play
The Wind in the Willows
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Pigling Bland
The Beano Videostars
Carrott U Like
If You See God, Tell Him
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Beano Video
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Virtual Murder
Wicked Willie Rides Again!
One Foot in the Grave: Who's Listening
Wicked Willie
One Foot in the Grave
One Way Out
Rory Bremner
Spitting Image: The Sound of Maggie
Just Another Secret
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
Spitting Image: Election Special '87
Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House
Mog
The Bill
Spitting Image
The Optimist
The Optimists
The New Adventures of Lucky Jim
The Merchant of Venice
Cribb
The Gentle Touch
Kelly Monteith
The Last Romantic
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here