Patrick Georges Maurice Béthune (May 28, 1956 - November 9, 2017) was a French actor and voice actor.
He debuted his career in acting and especially dubbing in the beginning of the 2000s and rose to fame as the French voice of Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in the series 24. He went on the become a recurring voice for Kiefer Sutherland, as well as others such as Brendan Gleeson, Robert Redford, Russell Crowe and Iain Glen (including Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones).
In animation, he mostly had a handful of small roles, but some notables ones include Captain Haddock in 2011's The Adventures of Tintin, Laxus Dreyar in the anime Fairy Tail, and Borma in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
In video games, he is known as the voice of Jim Raynor in the StarCraft series, Nazir in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and William "B.J." Blazkowicz in the Wolfenstein series.
He passed away from cancer in 2017 at age 61. Because of this, his role as B. J. Blazkowicz was given to fellow voice actor Patrick Poivey, who then also passed away three years later. Loïc Houdré replaced him as Jorah for the final season of Game of Thrones, also.
