The star had labored on the present for over three a long time.
Benoit Rousseau, who loved a a long time lengthy profession as a voice artist, has died (Picture: Instagram)
Benoit Rousseau the acclaimed voice actor, who was liable for dubbing Duffman, Grandpa Simpson and Mr Burns amongst others, within the French Canadian model of the lengthy working animated sitcom The Simpsons, has died on the age of 66. His dying was confimed in an obitutuary announcement in Montreal, which additionally gave particulars of his upcoming funeral. No reason for dying has been issued though it was beforehand reported the star had been battling most cancers.
The Union des Artistes additionally shared the information on Instagram,posting a picture of the star alongside a tribute. “We realized with disappointment the dying of actor, stuntman, set director, adaptor and musician Benoit Rousseau. Recognized by most of the people for dubbing the voices of Nicolas Cage and Dwayne Johnson amongst others in cinema, and extra particularly in Quebec of the voices of Mr. Burns and Abraham Simpson in The Simpsons sequence, on which he labored for over 30 years. Our deepest ideas exit to his kin, household and his colleagues,” they wrote.
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Alongside his work on The Simpsons, which he had been invovled with for over 30 years, he additionally loved a protracted profession voicing the French Canadian model of Disney productions together with 1995’s Toy Story and 1999’s Toy Story 2.
He additionally appeared in 2003’s Discovering Nemo, 2004’s The Incredibles and its sequel in 2018 The Incredibles 2 to call only a few.
He additionally voiced many blockbuster reside motion films once they have been launched within the territory together with 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, and 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp.
In 2018, he additionally labored on the Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody , the place he dubbed the character of file govt Ray Foster, performed by Mike Myers.
He attained a complete new fanbase in 2007 when he dubbed the character of Tom Banachek in Transformers
, and in 2009 he returned to the franchise voicing Jetfire in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Tributes flooded in for the star as information of his dying turned public. One individual commented on Instagram: “That is unhappy, he was very nice, my sympathies to his complete household.”
One other merely added: “Goodbye sir, thanks for all of your work through the years.” A 3rd chimed in: “Oh nooo I cherished his work. Sympathies to the entire household.”
He’s survived by his spouse, Johanne Léveillé, the Rousseau and Léveillé households, and plenty of pals.
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