Jean-Philippe Puymartin

Jean-Philippe Puymartin (b. December 18, 1959) is a French actor, director, and voice director.

He studied at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris, before starting his career in theater. He played in around 30 plays between 1981 and 1994, while practicing dubbing besides.

Very active in dubbing, he is the regular French voice of Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise. In animation, he is mostly known for being the regular voice of Timon in the different The Lion King films and TV series, and Woody in the Toy Story saga.

He is also very active in voice direction, directing the French versions of films from various directors including Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Bryan Singer, J.J. Abrams and James Gray.

Voice roles

Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen

• Bumblebee (radio voice, one scene, see notes)

Transformers: The Last Knight

• Namibian scientist

Voice direction

• Transformers: The Last Knight (European French dub)
• Bumblebee (European French dub)

Notes

• Being the regular voice of Tom Hanks, Puymartin voiced him in Forrest Gump. When Bumblebee uses his radio to quote Forrest Gump in Revenge of The Fallen ("There are some things you just can't change" and "If there's anything you need, I won't be far away."), Jean-Philippe Puymartin came in studio to re-record the lines (in a slightly different way) with Forrest voice.
• The European French dubs of the previous live-action films were directed by Julien Kramer.