Philippe Peythieu (born 25 September 1950 in Paris) is a French voice, stage and screen actor.
He is a well known voice artist, most famous for providing the French voice of Homer Simpson, dubbing most incarnations of the Batman villain The Penguin since Batman Returns, and for dubbing Danny DeVito in most of his roles since that film. He is also a recurring voice for actors such as Stephen Rea, Richard Schiff, David Morse or Joe Pantoliano.
Furthermore, if you take any big Western Animation franchise from before The New '10s, you can be sure he dubbed someone in it.
Philippe Peythieu is married to fellow voice artist Véronique Augereau, the French voice of Marge Simpson (they met while working on the series' dub). Both appeared as themselves in a short film, Being Homer Simpson.
His brother, Christian Peythieu, is also a professional voice actor.
His dubs include:
- Danny DeVito (Batman Returns, Hoffa, Jack the Bear, Mars Attacks!, Matilda, L.A. Confidential, The Big Kahuna, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Big Fish, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Even Money, Deck the Halls, Relative Strangers, Solitary Man, Dumbo, Jumanji: The Next Level)
- Stanley Tucci (Beethoven, Undercover Blues)
- Joe Pantoliano (The Goonies, Midnight Run, U.S. Marshals)
- Xander Berkeley (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Air Force One)
- Dan Castellaneta (Desperate Housewives, Bones, Parks and Recreation)
- Stephen Rea (Interview with the Vampire, V for Vendetta)
- Richard Schiff (The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Man of Steel, Geostorm)
- David Morse (16 Blocks, Passengers)
- Daisuke Jigen in Lupin III: Part 1
- Philip "Phil" Stuckey in Pretty Woman
- Martin and Lewis in Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Frank the Pug in Men in Black
- Father Horvak in Million Dollar Baby
- Anatoly Dyatlov in Chernobyl
- Mayor George Maynard in Togo
- Dr. Nefarious in Ratchet & Clank
- Luigi in Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
- Jerusalem cops in Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
- Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin in Batman: Arkham Series and LEGO DC Super-Villains
- World of Warcraft: About half of the male Blood Elf NPCs voices, Terestian Illhoof in The Burning Crusade, Harlan Sweete and King Mechagon in Battle for Azeroth.
- Homer Simpson, Grandpa Abe Simpson, and Otto Mann in anything The Simpsons
- Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat and Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin in Batman: The Animated Series
- Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin in The Batman
- Marg Krim in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Season 7)
- Pesto in Animaniacs (The Goodfeathers)
- Ace Hart in Dog City
- Gilbert Huph in The Incredibles
- Smart Ass in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Brooklyn (2nd voice) in Gargoyles
- Inspector Pâté in A Monster in Paris
- Martian Manhunter in most of his animated adaptations (notably Justice League Action, Young Justice, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Batman: The Brave and the Bold).
Tropes in his works:
- As Himself: Again, he played himself in the short film Being Homer Simpson.
- Catchphrase: Quite a few as Homer Simpson, some are unique to the French version.
- Dan Castellaneta's iconic "D'oh!" sounds more like "T'oh!" when pronounced by him.
- "Wouh pinaise!"
- "Ma bibiche"
- I Am Not Spock: He will forever be known as the "French voice of Homer Simpson", not that it didn't stop him from having a career outside this series.
- Real-Life Relative: With Véronique Augereau, they play the married couple of Homer and Marge Simpson and are married in Real Life.
- Vocal Evolution: His early voice for Homer Simpson was a lot different and sounded closer to what would later become his voice for Abraham in the same series, while Homer would be more akin to Dan Castellaneta's performance.
