This is sad news announced on social networks by Jean-François Guyot, journalist for AFP: the actor François Pacôme died at the age of 59, from an illness the nature of which has not been communicated . He was the son of the famous actress Maria Pacôme, and the actor Serge Bourrier.
François Pacôme following in his father's footsteps
Died in December 2017 at the age of 85, Serge Bourrier had made dubbing his specialty for several decades, to the point of becoming a dubbing director and lending his voice to series, animated series, video games, TV films, feature films. films and animated feature films. His son had followed the same path by doubling in almost all the most cult programs broadcast since the beginning of the 1990s: Friends, Macgvver, Emergency, Home Seven, Frasier, Grey's Anatomy, Veronica Mars, Power Rangers, Olive & Tom, Monk, The Disastrous Adventures of the Baudelaire Orphans, Murdoch's Mystery, It's a Sin or in Netflix series In their eyes, Atypical, Luke Cage et Santa Clarita Diet.
But his most notable role is undoubtedly that of Barney Stinson. He was indeed the French voice of the indomitable and hilarious character of the famous American sitcom
How I Met Your Mother performed by the talented Neil Patrick Harris. In the theater, he had played in seven plays, including several directed by Jean-Luc Moreau. Also an actor for the small screen, we could see François Pacôme in Navarro, The Holiday of Love or Under the Sun in the role of Costa, without forgetting three advertisements produced by José Garcia or Gérard Jugnot. In December 2018, after the death of his mother Maria Pacôme at the age of 95, François Pacôme exceptionally spoke out to take a position on the right to die with dignity and without suffering: “Maria matched, less than a year after my father. That's it, I'm an orphan. It was long, painful and not stylish. One thing to share: we need a real reflection on the end of assisted life, because there, we are very far from dignity and humanity“. #Death
by the actor François
#Pacôme at 59, of illness. One of the great French voices in dubbing, but also roles in theater and television (Navarro, Sous le soleil…). Son of Maria Pacôme and actor Serge Bourrier (entourage) https://t.co/6GLntB6Dvw
pic.twitter.com/rKZbKIGsVJ— Jean-François Guyot (@JFGuyot) https://twitter.com/JFGuyot/status/1852749380836786649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
