Paul Haddad (May 20, 1963 – April 11, 2020) was a Canadian actor and voiceover artist born in Birmingham, England. He had many roles in TV, animation, film, and theater, but was best known for being the original voice actor of Leon S. Kennedy from the Resident Evil franchise. He is also known for voicing characters in Nelvana's Animated Adaptation of Babar, the 90s X-Men cartoon, and the Free Willy TV series, among other Canadian animated series.
He passed away in 2020 in Toronto, Canada at the age of 56. While the reasons for his death were undisclosed, he had suffered many medical problems later in his life, requiring him to get surgery for throat cancer and three neurosurgeries for his extreme OCD problems - the last one occurring a mere two months before his death.
Filmography
- Julian Tobias in Night Heat (1986; in the episode "Fighting Back")
- The Triumphant Egghead in American Playhouse (1987; in the episode "The Prodigious Hickey")
- A Lover in Tomorrows A Killer (1987)
- Uncle Arthur in Babar (1989-1991; Seasons 3-5)
- An Elevator Boy and a Tailor in Babar: King of the Elephants (1999)
- Nikolai Rostov in MacGyver (1985) (1991; in the episode "Jerico Games")
- Quicksilver, Arkon, and Kiyoek in X-Men: The Animated Series (1992-1996)
- Roger Quigley in ENG (1993; in the episode "Love and Marriage")
- Willy the Orca in Free Willy: The Animated Series (1994)
- Luke Talbot in Monster Force (1994)
- John Miller in Any Mothers Son (1996)
- Buford and Mr. Needlenose in Flying Rhino Junior High (1998-2000)
- Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil 2 (1998)
- Theseus in Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend (1999; in the episode "Theseus and the Minotaur")
- Lefty in John Callahan's Quads! (2000-2002)
- Mr. Fox in Franklin and the Green Knight (2000) and Back to School with Franklin (2003)
- Shrimplips and Calamari in Medabots (2001-2002)
- Willy Stop in Rescue Heroes (2001-2002)
- Willy Jollie in Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (2002) and Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase (2003)
- Gloomius Maximus in Rolie Polie Olie (2002-2004) and Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase (2003); both replacing James Woods from The Great Defender of Fun
- A Wedge Executive in Childstar (2004)
- Morris Bailey in Murdoch Mysteries (2009; in the episode "Snakes and Ladders")
- The Cleaner in Daymare 1998 (2019; his last role)
