Philipp Moog

Career

In 1983, having been discovered by George Roy Hill, he starred in the movie The Little Drummer Girl along with Diane Keaton and Klaus Kinski. From 1984 to 1986 he studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and the Juilliard School in New York. In 1987 he was a member of Joanne Woodwards group Actor’s und Director’s Lab. Since the late 1980s he mainly appeared in German TV shows, for example Derrick, The Old Fox and Tatort. He had a recurring role in the ZDF series Sperling. He also wrote two screenplays for two episodes of Sperling.

Since the early 1980s is a very active voice actor. He voices Ewan McGregor in every movie since Shallow Grave, meaning he is the German voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He later reprised this role in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series), Star Wars Rebels and the German radio play adaptation of James Lucenos novel Labyrinth of Evil (2007, ISBN 978-3-8291-2087-6). Moog is the recurring voice actor of Orlando Bloom, Owen Wilson and Guy Pearce, too. Since How I Met Your Mother he voices Neil Patrick Harris in his movies and TV appearances. He used his role as Barney Stinson to read the audiobooks of the Bro Code and the Playbook.

In 2008, he wrote his first novel Lebenslänglich (lifetime). And in 2017 Random House Audio published the Novelizations of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (German audiobook title: Star Wars: Episode I – Die dunkle Bedrohung, ISBN 978-3-8371-3645-6), Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (German audiobook title: Star Wars: Episode II – Angriff der Klonkrieger, ISBN 978-3-8371-3647-0) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (German audiobook title: Star Wars: Episode III – Die Rache der Sith, ISBN 978-3-8371-3649-4) as audiobooks read by Philipp Moog.