José Francisco Lavat Pacheco (23 September 1948 – 15 May 2018) was a Mexican voice actor. He was best known for being the recurring voice actor of Robert De Niro, Harrison Ford, Michael Caine, Ian McKellen and Al Pacino in the Latin American Spanish dubs of their films. In anime he was known as the narrator in the Latin American Spanish dubs of all installments of the Dragon Ball franchise (with the exception of the first 60 episodes of the original Dragon Ball, which were narrated by Carlos Becerril, and all but the first nine episodes of Dragon Ball GT, with the rest of the series being narrated by Joaquín Martal). He also voiced Christopher Lee's Count Dooku in the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, the Clone Wars miniseries and the 2012 TV Show.
He was once married to fellow voice actress Cristina Camargo and at the time of his death, he was married to Gisela Casillas. His older sister (Queta Lavat), late brother (Jorge Lavat), nephew (Julián Lavat) and sister-in-law (Rebeca Manríquez) are or were also actors.
Lavat died on 15 May 2018 due to renal failure from a blood clot.
Anime Roles
- Death Note: Soichiro Yagami
- Dragon Ball: The Narrator
- Slam Dunk: The Narrator
Film Roles
As the VA for Robert De Niro
- Goodfellas: Jimmy "The Gent" Conway (redub)
- Grudge Match: Billy "The Kid" McDonnan
- Meet the Parents: Jack Byrnes
- Sleepers: Father Robbie Carillo (original dub)
As the VA for Al Pacino:
- Any Given Sunday: Tony D'Amato
- Donnie Brasco: Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero
- Heat: Lt. Vincent Hanna
- Jack and Jill: Himself
- Serpico: Frank Serpico
As the VA for Liam Neeson:
- The A-Team: Hannibal Smith
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Aslan
- Schindler's List: Oskar Schindler
As the VA for Michael Caine:
- The Dark Knight Trilogy (From The Dark Knight onwards): Alfred Pennyworth
- Going in Style (2017): Joe Harding
As the VA for Ian McKellen:
- The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit: Gandalf
- X-Men Film Series (From X2: X-Men United onwards): Magneto/Erik Lensherr (Old)
As the VA for Harrison Ford:
- Blade Runner: Rick Deckard
- The Fugitive: Dr. Richard Kimble
- Indiana Jones: Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr.
As the VA for Sean Connery:
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Allan Quatermain
- The Name of the Rose: Friar William of Baskerville
- The Rock: Capt. John Patrick Mason
Other roles:
- 2001: A Space Odyssey: HAL 9000 (Douglas Rain; original dub)
- Avatar: Col. Miles Quarich (Stephen Lang)
- Braveheart: King Edward "Longshanks" I (Patrick McGoohan, third dub)
- Hook: Peter Banning / Peter Pan (Robin Williams)
- Jumanji: Alan Parish (Robin Williams, original dub)
- The Last Samurai: Simon Graham (Timothy Spall)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park: Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum)
- Million Dollar Baby: Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood)
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights: Sheriff of Rottingham (Roger Rees, third dub)
- Saw: John Kramer / Jigsaw (Tobin Bell)
- Star Wars: Count Dooku (Christopher Lee)
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: Mycroft Holmes (Stephen Fry)
- The Sound of Music: Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer)
- Street Fighter: Guile (Jean-Claude Van Damme, original dub)
- Superman: The Movie: Clark Kent / Superman (Christopher Reeve, second dub)
- Superman III (original dub)
- Training Day: Roger (Scott Glenn)
- V for Vendetta: Gordon Dietrich (Stephen Fry)
Western Animation Roles
- 9: 2 (original dub), 1 (redub)
- Brave: Fergus
- The LEGO Movie: Vitruvius
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies and The Scooby-Doo Show: Fred Jones
- Shark Tale: Don Lino
- Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Count Dooku
- The Road to El Dorado: Tzekel-Kan
- Tarzan: Kerchak
