Michel Barbey

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Michel Barbey (April 23, 1927 - January 24, 2026) was a French actor.

Aside from his prolific career in theater, television and cinema, he was also active in dubbing, being one of the voices of Gianni Garko, Bud Spencer, Lance Henriksen and James Gammon.

In animation, he is known as the French voice of Umibôzu in City Hunter and Thor & Ares in Saint Seiya. He also is the voice of Gandalf in various videogames from the Lord of the Rings license.

Michel Barbey died at the age of 98 on January 24, 2026.

The Transformers

• Blast Off (The Rebirth, Part 3)
• Blowpipe
• Blurr (Five Faces of Darkness episodes)
• Chromedome (The Rebirth, Part 1, third voice)
• Crosshairs (The Rebirth, Part 3)
• Cyclonus (The Rebirth, Parts 1 & 2)
• Fracas
• Grimlock (Five Faces of Darkness, Parts 1, 2 & 4)
• Hardhead (The Rebirth, Part 1, second voice and The Rebirth, Part 2, third voice)
• Metroplex (Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5)
• Mindwipe (The Rebirth, Part 1)
• Mixmaster (Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4)
• Motormaster (Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1)
• Narrator (The Rebirth, Part 2)
• Peacemaker
• Prime Nova
• Scrapper (Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5)
• Sixshot
• Slugslinger (The Rebirth, Part 1, second voice)
• Soundwave (Webworld and Carnage in C-Minor)
• Springer (Five Faces of Darkness episodes)
• Swindle (Five Faces of Darkness, Parts 2 & 4)
• Ultra Magnus (Five Faces of Darkness and The Rebirth episodes)

External Links

• Wikipedia entry (French)
• notrecinema page (French)
• Allociné page (French)