Benoit Du Pac

Description
Benoît Du Pac is a French actor and voice director, born in 1968 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. He initially pursued studies in law at the University of Paris X Nanterre before deciding to focus on a performing arts career, training at the Cours Jean Perimony and the Cours Florent. His early career was heavily focused on theatre, where he performed in numerous Parisian productions, including a run of 250 performances as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac alongside Pierre Santini, and 750 performances of Boeing Boeing under Marc Camoletti's direction. He has also appeared in various French films and television series.

Du Pac is now highly active and specialized in the field of dubbing, both as a voice actor and as a voice director. He is the regular French dubbing voice for several international actors, including Charlie Day, Brian Krause, Stephen Lobo, and Steven Yeun.

Within Japanese animation, he is particularly recognized for voicing iconic characters. His most famous role is that of the unconventional teacher Eikichi Onizuka in the series Great Teacher Onizuka. He is also the definitive French voice of Shadow the Hedgehog across all his appearances in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. In the 2023 film The Super Mario Bros. Movie, he voiced Luigi.

His extensive anime voice work includes the roles specified by the user. He voices Hideo Kosameda in the series Orient. In The Way of the Househusband, he voices the character Masa, a role confirmed through his involvement as a voice director on the project. For the film My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes' Mission, he voices Alan Kay. In Sword Gai: The Animation Part II, he both served as the voice director and voiced the character Takuma Miura. He also voices Alcor, a role he has performed in several classic anime productions, including Grendizer - Getter Robo G - Great Mazinger Kessen! Daikaijuu and Mazinger Z Vs. Devilman.

In addition to his on-screen voice work, Benoît Du Pac is an accomplished voice director. He has directed the French dubs for numerous films and television series, including all series in The Walking Dead franchise, The Boys, Family Guy, Steven Universe, and Invincible. His dual role as both an actor and a director makes him a prominent figure in the French dubbing industry.