Yves Barsacq was a French actor and voice actor, born on June 17, 1931, in Paris and passing away on October 4, 2015. He came from a family with deep roots in the arts, as the son of decorator Léon Barsacq and the nephew of director André Barsacq. While he had a prolific career as a character actor in French cinema, appearing in numerous films and television series, he was also widely recognized for his extensive voice work in animation.

Barsacq lent his voice to many beloved characters in animated productions. One of his most prominent roles was as the grandfather of the title character in the animated series Cédric. He also voiced the detective Dupont in the 1991 animated series The Adventures of Tintin. Another significant role was Le Gros in the educational series Il était une fois… l'Homme (Once Upon a Time… Man). In the fantasy film The Castle of Cagliostro, he voiced the character Papi Pom. He was also the voice of the fishmonger Ordralphabétix in several Asterix animated films, including Asterix Versus Caesar and Asterix and the Big Fight. Notably, for the series Magical Star Magical Emi, known in French as Emi Magique, Barsacq provided the voice for the character Grand-père, also known as Joseph.

His voice can be heard in a wide range of other animated works. He participated in the French dubs of numerous international productions, such as providing the voice of Cranky Kong in the second season of Donkey Kong, voicing characters in Batman: The Animated Series, and appearing in The Simpsons and Animaniacs. Barsacq also worked on dubs of Japanese anime, with roles in films like Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, where he voiced Muzu, and Metropolis, where he was the police commissioner. In addition to animation, he was the French voice for live-action characters such as Commissioner James Gordon in the first three Batman films of the 1980s and 1990s.

Throughout his career, Barsacq engaged in recurring collaborations, particularly with director Michel Ocelot. He provided voices in several of Ocelot's distinctive silhouette animation films, including Princes et Princesses in 2000, where he voiced Théo, and Les Contes de la nuit in 2011, again voicing a character named Téo.

Among his notable achievements are his contributions to films that received critical acclaim. The animated film Princes et Princesses, in which he voiced a main character, won the award for Best Animated Film at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Earlier in his career, he was also part of the voice cast for the acclaimed feature film La Planète Sauvave (Fantastic Planet), which received the Special Jury Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. His last credit was in the animated film Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess, released in 2016 after his death.