Benoît Allemane, actor behind the cult French voice of Morgan Freeman and more, has died

There are voices that are so much a part of our daily lives that we sometimes forget what lies behind them, the human being. His voice was known to everyone here, but his name was rarely mentioned, even though he was one of the most important actors in the history of French dubbing.

Benoît Allemane, actor and voice actor, who was the French voice of Morgan Freeman since 1992 and Ruthlessleft us this Sunday, January 5. The Voice of the North explains to us that it was the director Lionel Auguste, with whom the actor had collaborated three times, who announced the information on his Facebook account.

Having dubbed Morgan Freeman, of course, he remains one of the most recognizable voices in VF. But Allemane was also someone who started acting at 16, who took on roles on stage. It is also the voice of Babar, of Zeus in Herculefrom Santa Claus (!), he has played in numerous commercials and others, passages on The Guignols of the infosome voice acting for James Earl Jones or Brian Cox, and hundreds and hundreds of roles, whether in front of the camera, or behind a microphone — for concerts, video games, YouTube videos and much more.