Yves Charles Michel Léon Max Rénier (September 29, 1942 - April 24, 2021) was a Swiss-French actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director, presenter and singer of French and English descent.
Born in Bern, Switzerland, he first gained notice with the role of Albert de Morcerf in the 1961 film adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo by Claude Autant-Lara, but his next four film efforts did not pay off. He turned to television, with much better success, with the role of André Bellegarde in Belphegor, or Phantom of the Louvre in 1965 and Les globe-trotters in 1966.
The role he would end up most associated with was police commissioner Jean-Paul Moulin in Commissaire Moulin, which he played from 1976 to 2008 (the longest-running Cop Show in the history of French television). He wrote and directed a number of episodes himself.
Lesser known but still significant was his voice acting career. He dubbed actors such as Burt Reynolds, Chuck Norris (second voice on Walker, Texas Ranger), Paul Hogan (Flipper, "Crocodile" Dundee), Fred Dryer (Hunter), James Woods (John Carpenter's Vampires) and Tommy Lee Jones (No Country for Old Men, The Company Men, Captain America: The First Avenger). He also hosted some short-lived game shows and a True Crime show.
He passed away from a heart attack at age 78 in 2021.
Selected roles:
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) as Albert de Morcerf
- Commissaire Moulin (1976-2008) as Commissioner Jean-Paul Moulin
- Frantic (1988) as the cop
- Guardian Angels (1995) as Yvon "La Pince" Radmilo
