A great voice in French dubbing passed away this Sunday, January 5. Benoît Allemane, who dubbed Morgan Freeman in most of his films from 1992 onwards, has died at the age of 82.
Benoît Allemane, famous figure of French dubbing, died this Sunday January 5 at the age of 82. He was particularly known for having lent his voice to the American actor Morgan Freeman, but also to Santa Claus and Charlie the rooster in the Looney Tunes. He also had to his credit numerous roles in the theater and some appearances in the cinema and in series. We do not currently know the cause of his death.
Benoît Allemane has been overtaking Morgan Freeman since 1992
The voice of Benoît Allemane is inseparable from that of Morgan Freeman for the French public. He has in fact dubbed it in forty-seven of his films. We can thus hear it in Merciless (1992), The Escapees (1994)The Collector (1997), Batman Begins (2005) or Lucy (2014). But the actor also dubbed several other actors like James Earl Jones, John Goodman and Brian Cox. On the series side, the actor was the French voice of Commander Edwin Spangler (Daniel von Bargen) in the first seasons of the series. Malcolm. Benoît Allemane also has a few voices in animated films to his credit. At the end of the 90s, he was chosen to be the voice of Charlie the rooster in Looney Tunes or that of Zeus in Hercule from Disney Studios. He also plays several video game characters like Zavok in the games Sonic the Hedgehog. In addition to all these characters, Benoît Allemane was chosen to be the voice of Santa Claus for the Santa Claus Channel and in several animated films featuring the bearded man who delivers gifts to children.
A long career on stage
Benoît Allemane has performed the texts of great authors on numerous occasions. He also performed under the direction of Robert Hossein in several of his plays such as Freedom or Death, My name was Marie-Antoinette, We Finish Horses Well or John Paul II. In the cinema, we could see him in Paste by Claude Sautet (1976), Life and nothing else (1989), My father, this hero (1991) or Visitors 2 (1998). In addition to lending his voice to documentaries and commercials, he has finally appeared in several French series such as Commissioner Moulin, Julie Lescaut, Host family, Plus belle la vie or Alice Nevers.
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