Line #10 Creator/ThierryDesroses


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3	Thierry Desroses (born August 12, 1960 in Aix-en-Provence) is a French actor and voice actor of UsefulNotes/{{Martini\|que}}can-[=African=] descent.
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5	He is a very prolific voice actor, and is certainly best known as the main French dubbing voice of Creator/SamuelLJackson since 1994's ''Film/PulpFiction'' [[note]]Though sadly he didn't get to dub Mace Windu in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films, he did the Trade Federation Neimoidians instead. He eventually dubbed Windu in ''VideoGame/LEGOStarWars: The Complete Saga''[[/note]], including Nick Fury in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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7	Other actors he has regularly lent his voice to include Creator/WesleySnipes (most famously as Film/{{Blade\|Trilogy}}), Creator/GiancarloEsposito, Creator/CubaGoodingJr, Creator/LanceReddick (as Charon in ''Franchise/JohnWick''), Creator/ColinSalmon (Charles Robinson in the ''Film/JamesBond'' films of Creator/PierceBrosnan), Creator/LaurenceFishburne, Creator/ForestWhitaker, Creator/DennisHaysbert, Creator/HarryLennix, Creator/TerryCrews, Creator/KeithDavid, Creator/EriqLaSalle, Creator/ErnieHudson, Creator/TonyTodd, Creator/DelroyLindo, Creator/AndreBraugher and Creator/JoeMorton (''[[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Justice League]]'').
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9	Long story short, where Creator/MaikDarah has dubbed a great many female African-American leads in French, Desroses has done it for males.
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11	Acting-wise, he is best know for his {{cop\|Show}} roles in French [[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif police]] [[PoliceProcedural procedurals]] such as ''Series/{{PJ}}'' (as Lieutenant Alain Porret) and ''Femmes de loi''.
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13	!!His voice roles include:
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15	[[AC:Anime:]]
16	* The Afro Samurai in ''Anime/AfroSamurai''
17	* Señor Pink in ''Manga/OnePiece''
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19	[[AC:Film -- Animation:]]
20	* Lucius Best/Frozone in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' and ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2''
21	* The Penguin King in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie''
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23	[[AC:Film -- Live-Action:]]
24	* Jules Winnfield in ''Film/PulpFiction''
25	* UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan in ''Film/SpaceJam''
26	* Eric Brooks/Blade in the ''Film/BladeTrilogy'' (''Film/{{Blade\|1998}}'', ''Film/BladeII'', ''Film/BladeTrinity'')
27	* Nute Gunray in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''
28	* John Shaft II in ''Film/{{Shaft\|2000}}'' (2000) and ''Film/{{Shaft\|2019}}'' (2019).
29	* Elijah Price in ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' and ''Film/{{Glass\|2019}}''
30	* Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse [[labelnote:Click to unroll]]''Film/IronMan2'' (2009), ''Film/{{Thor}}'' (2011), ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' (2011), ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'' (2012), ''Series/AgentsOfShield'' (2013, 2014), ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' (2014), ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' (2015), ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (2018), ''Film/{{Captain Marvel\|2019}}'' (2019), ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019), ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' (2019), ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' (2021), ''Series/{{Secret Invasion\|2023}}'' (2023), ''Film/{{The Marvels\|2023}}'' (2023)[[/labelnote]]
31	* Alfred "Alfie" Solomon in ''Film/{{Argylle}}''
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33	[[AC:Live-Action TV:]]
34	* Stan Edgar in ''Series/{{The Boys\|2019}}''
35	* Warden Gregory Wolfe ''Series/{{The Flash\|2014}}'' (2014)
36	* Sadoc Burrows in ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''
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38	[[AC:Western Animation:]]
39	* Darkwing in ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible\|2021}}''
40	* Mira in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch''
41	* Robotman in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans\|2003}}''
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43	!!Tropes & Trivia in his works:
44	* TheOtherDarrin: Replaced Creator/PaulBorne (''Film/IronMan1'') as Nick Fury in the MCU starting with ''Film/IronMan2''.
45	* ThePeteBest: He's the second French voice actor for Nick Fury in the MCU, and by far the most prolific and well remembered.

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