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| 3 | Richard [[StageNames Darbois]], real name Richard Guimond (born December 7, 1951 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-French[[note]]Born in [[UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} Montreal]], he moved to France at age 4. He has both nationalities, his accent and the French he speaks are European.[[/note]] actor and voice actor. |
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| 5 | He has [[ArchivePanic one of the most extensive]], [[CantUnHearIt recognizable]] and [[SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing acclaimed]] repertoires in the history of French voice acting and dubbing, to the point he's one of the strongest living contenders for the title of French ManOfAThousandVoices. His deep range got him to voice {{Action Hero}}es, [[EvilSoundsDeep intimidating villains]], or otherwise [[TheBigGuy imposing characters]]. |
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| 7 | He was also pretty much the local equivalent of Creator/DonLaFontaine for movie trailers in TheNineties. He is the announcer of the radio station NRJ since 1993, and his voice can still be heard in countless commercials on French television. |
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| 9 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:Live-Action dubbing roles:]] |
| 12 | * Most of Creator/HarrisonFord's roles starting with ''Film/BladeRunner'', the exceptions being the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy and the first two ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' films -- he eventually voiced [[Characters/StarWarsHanSolo Han Solo]] in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''[[note]]the Original Trilogy dub actor, Creator/FrancisLax, having passed away in 2013[[/note]] and Indy in ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade The Last Crusade]]'', ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' and ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny The Dial of Destiny]]''. |
| 13 | * Many roles of Creator/DannyGlover, most notably Roger Murtaugh in the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' franchise. |
| 14 | * Many roles of Creator/DanAykroyd, such as Raymond Stanz in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' and its sequels (as well as his cameo in ''Film/{{Casper}}''). |
| 15 | * Many roles of Creator/RichardGere, Edward Lewis in ''Film/PrettyWoman'' for instance. |
| 16 | * A lot of Creator/WilliamHurt's roles, such as Ned Racine in ''Film/BodyHeat''. |
| 17 | * Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger in ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'', ''Film/ConanTheDestroyer'', ''Film/RedSonja'', ''Film/{{Commando}}'', ''Film/{{Predator}}'' and ''Film/{{Dave}}''. Creator/DanielBeretta became Arnie's regular voice starting with ''Film/RedHeat''. |
| 18 | * Some roles of Creator/SylvesterStallone, including Ray Tango in ''Film/TangoAndCash'' and John Spartan in ''Film/DemolitionMan''. Otherwise, Creator/AlainDorval is Stallone's main French voice. |
| 19 | * Some roles of Creator/JeffGoldblum, such as Ian Malcolm in the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise. |
| 20 | * Creator/PatrickSwayze, most notably Johnny Castle in ''Film/DirtyDancing'', Sam Wheat in ''Film/Ghost1990'' and Bodhi Salver in ''Film/PointBreak''. |
| 21 | * Creator/KurtRussell: Dexter Reilly in ''Film/NowYouSeeHimNowYouDont'', Captain Ron in ''Film/CaptainRon'' and Wyatt Earp in ''Film/{{Tombstone}}''. |
| 22 | * Creator/MichaelIronside: Richter in ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'', General Katana in ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening''. |
| 23 | * Creator/EdHarris in ''Film/TheRightStuff'' and ''Film/EnemyAtTheGates''. |
| 24 | * Auda ibu Tayi (Creator/AnthonyQuinn) in ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia''. |
| 25 | * Biff, Griff and Bufford Tannen (Creator/ThomasFWilson) in ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''. |
| 26 | * Buckaroo Banzai (Creator/PeterWeller) in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''. |
| 27 | * "Sloth" Fratelli (John Matuszak) in ''Film/TheGoonies''. |
| 28 | * [[Literature/KingSolomonsMines Allan Quatermain]] (Creator/RichardChamberlain). |
| 29 | * The Night Slasher (Creator/BrianThompson) in ''Film/{{Cobra}}''. |
| 30 | * Kurgan (Creator/ClancyBrown) in ''Film/{{Highlander}}''. |
| 31 | * Madmartigan (Creator/ValKilmer) in ''Film/{{Willow}}''. |
| 32 | * The Brain Gremlin (Tony Randall) in ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch''. |
| 33 | * Jamie "Buffalo Bill" Gumb (Creator/TedLevine) in ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs''. |
| 34 | * Captain James Hook (Creator/DustinHoffman) in ''Film/{{Hook}}''. |
| 35 | * Alex Murphy / Robocop (Creator/RobertJohnBurke) in ''Film/RoboCop3''. |
| 36 | * Ryan Gaerity (Creator/TommyLeeJones) in ''Film/BlownAway''. |
| 37 | * The Djinn (Andrew Divoff) in ''Film/{{Wishmaster}}'' and ''Film/Wishmaster2EvilNeverDies''. |
| 38 | * Captain Teague Sparrow (Music/KeithRichards) in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''. |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Animation roles:]] |
| 42 | * Anime/CaptainHarlock in ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'', ''Harlock Saga'', and ''Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey''. |
| 43 | * Baby Herman in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' and the WesternAnimation/RogerRabbitShorts. |
| 44 | * Charlie B. Barkin in ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' and its [[WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven2 first sequel]]. |
| 45 | * ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} in ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}''. |
| 46 | * Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof in ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''. |
| 47 | * [[Characters/DCAUBatman Bruce Wayne / Batman]] in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm Mask of the Phantasm]]'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMisterFreezeSubZero'', and ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. |
| 48 | * The Genie in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar its]] [[WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves sequels]], and [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries the animated series]]. |
| 49 | * Lucky Piquel in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}''. |
| 50 | * Squit and Flavio in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. |
| 51 | * Oogie Boogie in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. |
| 52 | * Buzz Lightyear in the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' franchise (including ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''). |
| 53 | * Rasputin in ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''. |
| 54 | * Bruce in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. |
| 55 | * Shan-Yu in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''. |
| 56 | * Willie the Giant in ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'' (1998 dub). |
| 57 | * The King of Siam in ''WesternAnimation/TheKingAndI''. |
| 58 | * Kron in ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}''. |
| 59 | * Hernán Cortés in ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''. |
| 60 | * Henry J. Waternoose in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1''. |
| 61 | * Baloo in ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2''. |
| 62 | * Russ Cargill in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''. |
| 63 | * Louis in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''. |
| 64 | * Butch in ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur''. |
| 65 | * Hunter in ''WesternAnimation/{{Storks}}''. |
| 66 | * Little John in ''WesternAnimation/{{Lucky Luke|1983}}''. |
| 67 | [[/folder]] |
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| 69 | !!Tropes & Trivia in his works: |
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| 71 | * ThePeteBest: He wasn't the first to dub Creator/HarrisonFord in French (Creator/FrancisLax and Creator/ClaudeGiraud did before him), but he's remained the most popular and prolific by far. |
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