Benoît Allemane was a French actor and voice artist who became something of a legend in French dubbing circles over his nearly 60-year career. Born in Clermont-Ferrand, he died on January 5, 2025, at age 82.
Most fans know him as the official French voice of Morgan Freeman—a role he held for decades and made distinctly his own. But his range went far beyond that. He voiced Baloo in The Jungle Book, brought godly gravitas to Zeus in Hercules, and gave voice to the towering alchemist Alex Louis Armstrong in Fullmetal Alchemist, among countless other roles that made him a fixture in French animation and film dubbing.
His impact on the industry was substantial. For generations of French-speaking viewers, his voice was these characters, and his work helped define what dubbing could be in France and beyond.
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