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Fake Germans on TV

I just saw an old episode of Frasier, and it got me upset :-)

Why can’t they find real German actors to play German? There must be a ton of real Germans in the movie/TV industry to cover small parts. This is the “Bavarian fencing instructor” of Maris:

Weirdly, I can’t really identify the accent, but more Eastern Europe I think.