Benoît Allemane (28 December 1942 – 5 January 2025) was a French actor known for working in voice-over and dubbing roles. He was the official French dub-over voice of Morgan Freeman. He also provided the voice of King Harkinian in Link: The Faces of Evil.
Allemane also provided the voice-over for almost every commercial and trailer of the VHS tapes by Walt Disney Home Entertainment in France. He died in Puteaux on 5 January 2025, eight days after his 82nd birthday.
Roles
Filmography 1980: Julien Fontanes, magistrat (1 Episode)
Television animation Wakfu (Grougaloragran) Argai: The Prophecy (Pacha) Chris Colorado (Jack Mitchell) Fullmetal Alchemist (Alex Louis Armstrong) Gadget and the Gadgetinis (Doctor Claw) Gargoyles (Goliath) TaleSpin (Baloo) Castle in the Sky (General) An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (Mr. Grasping)
OVA The Land Before Time series (Grandpa)
Theatrical animation Hercules (Zeus) We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (Rex)
Video games Alan Wake (Pat Maine) local radio night host on Bright Falls KBF-FM Radio (French) Blood Omen 2 (Kain) Diablo II (Qual Kehk) Fable II (Abbot) Guild Wars Nightfall (General Morgahn) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Rubeus Hagrid) Halo 2 (Tartarus) Kingdom Hearts II (Yen Sid) Legacy of Kain: Defiance (Kain) Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (Kain, The Elder God) The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (Terrador) The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Terrador) The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (Terrador) Link: The Faces of Evil (King Harkinian) The Lion King: Simba's Mighty Adventure (Mufasa) Looney Tunes Racing (Foghorn Leghorn) Looney Tunes: Space Race (Foghorn Leghorn) Mass Effect (Sovereign) MediEvil: Resurrection (Narrator, Death) Le Pic Rouge: L'auberge de l'alpiniste mort Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Sherlock Holmes) Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Silver Earring (Sherlock Holmes) Sherlock Holmes versus Arsène Lupin (Sherlock Holmes) Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Stump Smash) Skylanders: Giants (Stump Smash, Tree Rex) Soul Reaver 2 (Kain, The Elder God) The Simpsons Game (Space museum commentator) Titan Quest (Jade Emperor) The Witcher (Vesemir) Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon (King Harkinian) Sonic the Hedgehog series (Zavok)
Live action The Frighteners (Sheriff Walt Perry) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Captain Nemo) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Foghorn Leghorn) The Meteor Man (Earnest Moses) Morgan Freeman The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (Captain Ed Hocken) The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (Captain Ed Hocken) Naked Gun : The Final Insult (Captain Ed Hocken) Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (Lama Su Kaminoan)
Commercials Frosted Flakes (Tony the Tiger)
References
External links Official site