Benoît Allemane
Benoît Allemane (December 28, 1942 - January 5, 2025) was a French actor, known for his roles in dubbing, on stage and for his various appearances in films and series.
Being one of the most iconic voice actors in France, he was the regular voice of Morgan Freeman (whom he dubbed in around 60 films and series), and Frankie Faison, and one of the voices of James Earl Jones. He was also the voice of almost every single incarnation of Santa Claus.
In animation, he is the French voice of Foghorn Leghorn, Zeus in Disney's Hercules, Alex Louis Armstrong in Fullmetal Alchemist, Goliath in Gargoyles and Dr. Claw in Inspector Gadget's Last Case and Gadget and the Gadgetinis, among numerous other voice roles.
Regarding video games, Benoît notably dubbed Sherlock Holmes in several games, Vesemir in The Witcher, King Harkinian in the infamous Link: The Faces of Evil and Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, Lucius Fox in the DC games, Galio in League of Legends, Zavok in the Sonic games and Stump Smash and Buzz in the Skylanders games.
Being an excellent narrator as well, he is very present in voice-over, for documentaries, cartoons, film trailers, games and advertisements.
Voice roles
[edit]Transformers: Age of Extinction
[edit]Transformers: The Last Knight
[edit]- Hound
Notes
[edit]- Hound is voiced by John Goodman in English, and Goodman's regular French voice is usually Jacques Frantz, but Frantz was already voicing Optimus Prime in the live-action film continuity since the first film.
- In the European French dub of The Last Knight, around half of Hound's lines are provided by Patrick Raynal, with a similar voice. The two actors relay each other all film long at random moments, sometimes even in two successive phrases. This is probably due to late changes in the film editing, combined with scheduling problems from Benoît.
External links
[edit]- [[wikipedia:{{#if:fr|fr:}}Benoît Allemane|{{#if:Wikipedia entry|Wikipedia entry|Benoît Allemane}}]] (French)
- Wiki Doublage page (French)
- IMDb entry