Have you ever, while watching a movie, thought:
"That's funny, it sounds like the voice of ..." Without being able to find his name ?
You only know that it's the same voice as another actor in another movie, or from a commercial you saw on TV.
As a "lambda" person, it is quite excusable not to know which French voice doubles an American actor.
But when you're a professional voiceover artist, it's a little less so.
It's a bit like a French chef not knowing who Paul Bocuse was.
Even if there are differences between the voice-over dubbing profession and the voice-over actor, it is essential for the voice-over to have a base, a reference. Why is that?
First of all, to have a culture of the profession, to enrich one's knowledge, one must always be on the lookout for what is happening in the field.
Because it is a plus if during a casting, in studio or home studio, an artistic director asks you to do a voice like Dorothée Pousséo.
In this article, you will discover 44 of the most famous french voice actors in the dubbing business. Each of them dubs a multitude of American actors, you will find in this list some examples.
Most popular French voiceover artists
1 - Véronique Augereau
She doubles the voices of Brooke Smith, Linda Hamilton, Leslie Hope...
She is best known for dubbing the voice of Marge Simpson in "The Simpsons", as well as Patty and Selma, Marge's twin sisters.
2 - Françoise Cadol
She is the official voice of Angelina Jolie, but also of Sandra Bullock, Patricia Arquette...
3 - Maïk Darah
Her real name is Marie-Christine Darah.
Actress, she always doubles the voice of Whoopi Goldberg, as well as Courtney Cox, Angela Bassett...
4 - Claire Guyot
She is an actress, singer and artistic director.
She doubles the voice of Teri Hatcher, Winona Ryder, Sarah Michelle Gellar...
5 - Brigitte Lecordier
The voice of Dragon Ball Z, it's her, but also the cartoons Oui-Oui, Bouba...
6 - Virginie Ledieu
Between 2008 and 2009, she played in the French television series "Plus belle la vie".
She doubles the voices of Jennifer Grey, Anne Heche, Maria Bello...
7 - Céline Montsarrat
She is regularly heard on the lidl tv commercials.
She is best known for dubbing the voice of Julia Roberts, as well as Melina Kanakaredes or Anne Heche.
8 - Dorothée Pousséo
Actress and artistic director, she doubles the voices of Jennifer Finnigan, Elsa Pataky, Margot Robbie...
9 - Odile Schmitt
Actress and artistic director, she was the French voice of Eva Longoria. She unfortunately passed away in 2020.
10 - Barbara Tissier
Actress and artistic director, she lends her voice to Cameron diaz, Raven-Symoné, Rhona Mitra...
Doubleurs voix français les plus populaires
11 - Benoit Allemane
He is the main double of Morgan Freeman. His powerful and bewitching voice is recognizable between 1000.
12 - Féodor ATKINE
Like most voice actors, he has participated in numerous films and television series, both in France and abroad, and has acted in many plays.
He is Hugh Laurie's voice dubber and recently Tommy Lee Jones' voice dubber.
13 - Daniel BERETTA
In addition to being an author, composer and performer, he is Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice actor.
14 - Patrick BETHUNE
Before becoming an actor, he was a concert organizer for famous artists such as Marvin Gay, Donna Summer, David Bowie, Tina Turner...
Among others, he dubbed the voice of Jack Bauer, Kiefer Surtherland, Brendan Gleeson...
He died in 2017.
15 - Damien BOISSEAU
He is the main voice of Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Patrick Dempsey...
16 - Roger CAREL
He was a talented stage actor, film and TV actor.
His voice, especially that of Asterix, is known for several generations. He also dubbed the British actor Benny Hill, the famous alien Alf and so many others. He left us in 2020.
17 - Bruno CHOËL
He is the voice doubler of Johnny Depp, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Bateman...
18 - Emmanuel CURTIL
Very active in dubbing and voice over. He dubs Matthew Perry, Kyle Chandler, Ben Stiller...
19 - Richard Darbois
Renowned French-Canadian actor. The voice of NRJ is him. He is the famous voice of Harrison Ford and Richard Gere, but also of Patrick Swayze, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum...
20 - Thierry DESROSES
A person with three hats, actor, director and artistic director. He doubles the voice of many American actors, Samuel Jackson, Forest Whitaker, Delroy Lindo...
21 - Alain Dorval
He is the voice of the famous Sylvester Stallone...
22 - Xavier Fagnon
He is the voice of many American actors, Jason Momoa, Hugh Jackman, Matthew Fox...
23 - Jacques Frantz
He was the voice actor of Tom Selleck, Robert de Niro, Mel Gibson...
He died recently (2021).
24 - Bernard Gabay
He is the official voice of Gary Sinise, Antonio Banderas, Robert Downey...
25 - Greg Germain
Actor, theater director and director.
Known in the 80s for his leading role as a doctor in the TV series "Night Doctors".
He is the double of Will Smith.
26 - Med Hondo
His real name was Abib Mohamed Medoun Hondo. He was a French-Mauritanian actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
He was the voice actor of the American actor Eddy Murphy.
Med Hondo died in 2019, Christophe Peyroux is the new voice of Eddy Murphy.
27 - Éric Herson-Macarel
A stage and film actor, he is also the official voice of Daniel Craig and the new voice of Bruce Willis since the sad death in 2020 of the famous actor and voice actor Patrick Poivey.
28 - Emmanuel Jacomy
Actor, artistic director and adapter.
He also regularly doubles Forest Whitaker, as well as Denzel Washington, Pierce Brosman...
29 - Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Actor, director and screenwriter. He directed and interpreted the films " the first star ", " He already has your eyes ", " Thank God ".
He doubles the voices of Will Smith, Terrence Howard, Martin Lawrence...
30 - Axel Kiener
French actor who can be seen every day in the TV series "Demain nous appartient" as Samuel.
He is among others the voice of Eric Christian Olsen, and Jay Hernandez...
31 - Bernard Lanneau
He is the voice of Kevin Costner, Alec Baldwin, Jeff Goldblum...
32 - Christophe Lemoine
It is the voice of Joshua Morrow, kosh Gad, Sean Astin...
33 - Jean-Pierre Michaël
He is known for having played the role of Marc Venturi in the television series RIS and recently played the role of Pierre in the series broadcast every day "Here it all begins".
He doubles Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Jim Caviezel...
34 - Michel Papineschi
He was the official voice of the late Robin Williams. He also doubles the voice of Tony Shalhoub the famous maniacal detective "Monk".
35 - Christophe Peyroux
Actor, singer, former backup singer for Eddy Mitchel
He doubles the voice of James Lesure. He is now the official voice of Eddy Murphy since the death of Med Hondo.
36 - Philippe Peythieu
Actor specialized in voice dubbing. He is the official voice of Homer in "The Simpsons".
37 - Patrick Poivet
He was the official voice of Bruce Willis for years. Died in 2020, Eric Herson-Macarel succeeds him.
38 - Jean-Philippe PUYMARTIN
He is an actor, director and art director.
He doubles the actors Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise...
39 - Stéphane Ronchewski
He is an actor and writer and doubles the voice of Damon Wayans in the American series "My Family First".
40 - Alexis Tomassian
He is known to do the voices of Tobey Maguire, Shia labeouf, Zach Braff...
41 - Antoine Tomé
Actor, songwriter, performer, musician. He is the regular voice of John Travolta...
42 - Alexis Victor
He is the French voice of Bradley Cooper, Kevin McKidd...
43 - Damien Witeckan
He doubles the voice of Leonardo Di Caprio, but also of Tobey Maguire, Jared Leto...
44 - Emmanuel Karsen
Actor, musician, artistic director, he has been Sean Penn for several decades.