Bernard Tiphaine

Bernard Tiphaine (29 July 1938 in Paris – 19 October 2021) was a French actor and artistic director, born on 29 July 1938 in Paris 15th and died on 19 October 2021 in Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne.

He is well-known for his role in The Fire Within with Maurice Ronet and in La Difficulté d'être infidèle.

He is also known for his work in dubbing.

His wife Claudie was born in 1930 and died in 1995.

He had 2 children : a daughter, Marion born in 1965 and a son, Gilles born in 1966, deceased in 2005.

He retired during 2018 after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. His daughter Marion announced his death on 19 October 2021, as a result of the disease.

Very active in dubbing, he was notably the French voice of Christopher Walken, Chuck Norris, Donald Sutherland, Barry Bostwick and James Caan, as well as a recurring voice of Jeremy Irons and Harvey Keitel.

In animation, he was the French voice of Bender in Futurama (season 1 to 3), of Dr. Finkelstein in The Nightmare before Christmas, of Anton Ego in Ratatouille and of Jean-Roger Cornichon in the works The Razmoket. In video games, he is also the French voice of President John Henry Eden in Fallout 3 and Riordan in Dragon Age: Origins.

In 2017 he participated, alongside 15 other great French dubbing voices, in the short film On s'est fait doubler !.