Gérard Malabat

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Gérard Malabat is a French actor, author, theatre director, and artistic director, widely recognized for his extensive work in dubbing for film, television, and animation. Born in Paris, his artistic career began in theatre during the 1970s, where he performed at renowned venues such as the Festival du Marais, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, and the Comédie-Française. His stage work included performances under directors like Giorgio Strehler and Jorge Lavelli, and he appeared in productions ranging from classical plays by Marivaux and Racine to works by modern authors. In addition to acting, Malabat has directed numerous theatrical productions and has worked as a writer, with his texts and staged readings featured in venues like the Maison Jules Roy.

Since the 1990s, dubbing has become a central part of Malabat's professional activity. He is a regular French voice for actors such as Paul Rudd, Kevin Sussman, and LeVar Burton, whom he voiced as Geordi La Forge in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. His voice is also prominent in animation, where he has played a wide variety of characters across anime, television series, and video games.

In anime, Malabat is known for several prominent roles in French-dubbed versions. He voiced Noboru Terao in Makoto Shinkai's acclaimed science fiction OVA Voices of a Distant Star. He played Tetsuro Segawa in the original The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor OVA series. His other significant anime roles include Benten in the cyberpunk OVA Cyber City Oedo 808 and Yoichiro Tatsumiya in the horror OVA Doomed Megalopolis. He also provided the voice for Hervé in the series Hiatari Ryoko, known in French as Une Nouvelle Vie.

Malabat's voice work extends to numerous other anime and animated productions. He is the regular French voice of Kogoro Mouri and the phantom thief Kaito Kid in the Detective Conan film series. His other roles include Makoto Ito in School Days, Kyota Kamikurata in Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution, Sting Oakley and Lord Djibril in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, and the character L in the live-action Death Note films. In addition to anime, his career encompasses voice work for American series, documentaries for channels like Arte and TF1, and numerous characters in video games for companies such as Ubisoft and Electronic Arts. He is also active in training actors for audiovisual and audiobook professions.
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