The voice actor lent his voice to the great American actor, mentor of Brad Pitt in Seven and worked for cartoons and Christmas films.
A deep and warm tone of voice. Some knew him with the character of Zeus in the Disney Herculeothers for his interpretation of Santa Claus in Santa’s Apprentice or for his appearances in The Guignols of the info. But for many, Benoît Allemane is the French voice of Morgan Freeman. The voice actor died on Sunday January 5 at the age of 82, reported his director friend Lionel Auguste in a Facebook publication.
« Benoît Allemane, a friend I shared with many, many people, passed away last night. He had just celebrated his 82nd birthday » he wrote. “ Great actor, immensely popular voice, great gentleman, and modestly, handsome and sweet friend who had given me the honor and pleasure of participating in my 3 films. A tough guy in business, a grandfather with a heavy past, a wise old tree, he had agreed without question to lend his voice, his physique, his talent to my projects “, he added.
Born in Clermont-Ferrand, Benoît Allemane began his career at the age of 16 in the theater. He notably appeared in the plays Richard III the Shakespeare The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, The Trojan War will not take place by Jean Giraudoux or even Antigone by Jean Anouilh.
But the voice actor remains mainly known for having lent his voice to Morgan Freeman since the film Ruthless released in 1992. The two men met for the first time last June during the last Monte-Carlo Festival. He also dubbed the voice of Commander Edwin Spangler (played by Daniel von Bargen) in the cult series Malcolm released in the 2000s. He was also the voice of Baloo in Super Baloo, The Jungle Book, childhood memories et The Jungle Book: Groove Party as well as that of Babar in The Adventures of Babar. He lent his voice to the character Grougaloragran in the animated series Dedicated and also in certain video games like Sonic the Hedgehog, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel or even Asterix and Obelix XXL 3: The Crystal Menhir.
Beyond dubbing, he appeared on the big screen, notably in the film Life and Nothing Else (1989) by Bertrand Tavernier and on the small screen in Julie Lescaut (1992) and The Pact of Wolves (2001).
