Richard Horatio Kavanian

Rick Kavanian (born Richard Horatio Kavanian on 26 January 1971 in Munich) is a German actor, comedian, author and voice actor. He is famous for his cooperation with Michael Herbig, which led to many popular movie comedies and parodies, such as Manitou's Shoe. He grew up with his parents, both Armenian, who emigrated from Bucharest to Munich in the 1950s, and his grandmother, learning to speak Romanian and Armenian as a child in addition to German and English.

From 1990 to 1994 Kavanian studied political science, North American history and psychology in Munich and Augsburg. His cooperation with Michael Herbig began in 1990, when both worked as authors and speakers for a German comedy radio show. In 1995 he moved to New York City and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. After returning to Germany, he played several roles alongside Herbig in the TV comedy show Easy Bully, which later served as the basis for the successful TV comedy show Bullyparade, and he began his work as a successful stand-up comedian.

Kavanian's film roles include Manitou's Shoe (2001), Traumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004), Keinohrhasen (2007), Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018) and Beckenrand Sheriff (2021). As a voice actor he provided the German voice of Austin Powers (Mike Myers), Marty (Chris Rock) in the Madagascar films, Luigi in the Cars films, and Dracula in the Hotel Transylvania films, among many others. He lives in Munich with his wife Ilka, and his personal idol is the British actor Peter Sellers.