Erik Schäffler

Erik Schäffler (born in 1961 in Schwänisch Gmüd) is a German actor and voice actor who joined the German voice cast of Thomas & Friends in The Great Race.

He is best known for voicing Orochimaru from "Naruto", Commander Shepard from "Mass Effect 2 and 3" and Travis from "Bob the Builder".

He can speak fluent English and Spanish.

Voices

 * Etienne

Trivia

 * He, Eberhard Haar, Jens Wendland, Fabian Harloff, Achim Schülke, Tobias Diakow, Lutz Harder, Achim Buch, Knud Riepen, Robert Missler, Robert Kotulla, Jürgen Holdorf and Holger Potzern voiced characters in the German dub of "Bob the Builder" while Rob Rackstraw, David Menkin, Rupert Degas, Lucy Montgomery and Steven Kynman voiced for the English versions.
 * He and Rackstraw voiced Travis in their respective languages.
 * Marc Seal, Sharon Miller, Ross Hastings, Sam Barlow, Lee Pressman, Helen Farrall, Laura Beaumont, Paul Larson, James Mason and Polly Churchill all wrote episodes for the show as well
 * He, Henning Nöhren, Lennardt Krüger, Christian Stark, Tobias Schmidt, Christian Rudolf, Fabian Harloff, Robert Kotulla, Konstantin Graudus, Merete Brettschneider, Tim Kreuer, Oliver Böttcher, Robert Missler, Patrick Bach, Jürgen Holdorf, Jan-David Rönfeldt, Joshy Peters, Sascha Draeger, Michael Bideller, Joey Cordevin, Christos Topoulos, Volker Hanisch, Nils Rieke, Peter Weis, Rainer Schmitt, Jens Wendland, Martin May, Bernd Stephan, Robin Brosch, Eberhard Haar, Angela Quast, Kai-Henrik Möller, Achim Schülke, Sonja Stein, Marion von Stengel, Jesse Grimm, Henry König, Lutz Herkenrath, Dagmar Dreke, Knud Riepen, Gerhart Hinze and Achim Buch had roles in "Naruto".