The critically acclaimed documentary The Commandant's Shadow, in which Klemens provided the voiceover narration of the commandant (Rudolf Höss), was shown in 770 movie theatres across the United States and Canada in late May 2024 and had an additional one-week cinematic run in the U.S. across major metropolitan areas from 7th June. It was shown in over 80 cinemas in In Germany under the title Der Schatten des Kommandanten (original with subtitles) from 13th June.
You can catch The Commandant's Shadow in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 12th July.
Klemens can currently be heard as one of the station imaging voices on the UK radio stations Talksport and Talksport 2, bringing some German flavour to their coverage of the Euro 2024 football tournament!
Klemens Koehring is an established German-British actor, who has been working professionally across voiceover, screen and stage since the mid-2000s. He is based in London and his recent accolades include winning "Best Male Television Documentary Performance" at the One Voice Awards 2019, being nominated for "Best Male Gaming Performance" at the One Voice Awards 2019 and 2021, being nominated for "Male Voiceover Artist of the Year" at the One Voice Awards 2019, and being nominated for "Best Character Performance" at the VOX Awards 2019 and 2021.
With a penchant for history and bilingual language skills in English and German, Klemens is often seen and heard in historical and period drama roles and has portrayed such diverse historical characters as Sigmund Freud, Gerrard Winstanley, Benjamin Disraeli, Alfred Tennyson, Isaac Newton, Walter Raleigh, Richard Cobden, John Pym, Richard Price, Gottlob Bidermann, Karl Mauch, and August Gissler.
Klemens has lived in Germany (where he grew up), the United States, Singapore, and the United Kingdom (where he has been based for the majority of the past 21 years). After graduating from the University of Bedfordshire with a BA Honours First Class in Media Performance, he went on to train in the Michael Chekhov Technique with Graham Dixon and Sarah Kane at the Michael Chekhov Studio London and obtained a Diploma in Voice-Overs from the London Academy of Media, Film & TV. He also undertook training in acting and voice in London and Singapore with such renowned coaches as Dave Fennoy, Dian Perry, Yvonne Morley, Stephane Cornicard, and Terence Crawford. He received presenter coaching from Brian Naylor at the TV Training Academy at Pinewood Studios, accent tuition with Sarah Shepherd, and training in performance/motion capture with The Mocap Academy and the Mocap Vaults.
