Éric Herson-Macarel (born January 1, 1964 in Paris) is a French actor and voice actor.
His main acting efforts have been focused on stage work, with a number of small film and TV appearances. He's otherwise quite active in the dubbing business, as the main French voice for Daniel Craig (as James Bond from 2006 to 2021 and as Benoit Blanc most notably), Willem Dafoe (including Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin in the Spider-Man Trilogy), Gerard Butler (such as King Leonidas in 300), Mark Strong (such as Merlin in the Kingsman films) and Robert Carlyle, and he's also often dubbed Cary Elwes.
On the subject of Willem Dafoe, Herson-Macarel oddly does not voice him in his Wes Anderson films, Dominique Collignon-Maurin (whom he worked with on Casino Royale) does. He also replaced the late Patrick Poivey in 2020-2021 to voice the final film characters of Bruce Willis prior to the actor's health-induced retirement.
His sons, Galilée and Lazare, are both professional voice actors. Galilée was the voice of Jimmy Neutron before he retired and became an art restorer.
Some of his voice roles are:
Anime
- Messina in Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Battle Tendency
- Sakonji Urokodaki Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Film — Animated
- Necross in Mune: Guardian of the Moon (original French version)
Film — Live-Action
- Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin in Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 and Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Gustav Graves in Die Another Day
- James Bond in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre and No Time to Die
- Lord Henry Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes
- Marcus in John Wick
- Merlin in Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Nuidis Vulko in Aquaman and Zack Snyder's Justice League
- Earl Cole in Kong: Skull Island
- Commandant Arün Filittin Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
- Thomas Wake in The Lighthouse
- Benoit Blanc in Knives Out and Glass Onion
- Heimir in The Northman
Live-Action TV
- Ra's al Ghul in the Arrowverse
- Prince Durin in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
- Lord Denewulf in Vikings
