You surely know heard his voice. Talented actor, Bernard Tiphaine is best known for his career as a voice actor. Films, series, video games or advertising, he lent his voice to Chuck Norris, notably in
Walker Texas Ranger
, the series that brought the American actor back into French homes. Bernard Thiphaine, who died on October 19 at the age of 83, had suffered from Alzheimer's disease since 2018, which had forced him to retire. In the columns of Le
Parisien
, her daughter remembers
"a father and a husband who put his family life first"
, a
"perfectionist, who adored his work"
, and a
"generous and sensitive man. to the suffering of others. ”
A few months before retiring, he took part in the short film
On se fait doubler
, along with other legends of French dubbing.
Bernard Thiphaine made his first steps in the world of cinema at the beginning of the 1960s, notably by filming in
Le Feu follet
by Louis Malle in 1963. After a few detours through the theater, he concentrated on dubbing in the 1970s. C ' is the start of a hyperactive career, in the shadow of the giants of world cinema.
He notably doubles Christopher Walken thirty-nine times, Donald Sutherland twenty-seven times, and James Caan in twenty-one feature films (notably the saga
The Godfather
).
More rarely, he has been the French voice voice to names such as Harry Dean Stanton, Jeremy Irons, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Perkins, Peter Fonda or Dennis Hopper.
Artistic director
In addition to his immense career as a voice actor on the big screen, Bernard Thiphaine has also distinguished himself in cartoons and video games.
He is behind the voice of Bender, the robot from the
Futurama
series
.
He also doubles the father of the
Rugrats
Jean-Roger Cornichon, or Anto Ego, the uncompromising food critic of the film
Ratatouille.
His great experience in the audiovisual world allows him to don the cap of artistic director for television series.
He thus participates in international productions, from the American series
Sept à la maison
and
Supernatural,
to the German series
Un cas pour deux
.