Vincent Davy
Description
Vincent Davy was a Canadian actor born on September 24, 1942, in Enghien-les-Bains, France, who specialized in dubbing for the Québécois and French markets. He passed away on January 17, 2021.
Davy's career in voice work began after he spent his adolescence in Nice, where he performed with theatre troupes. At the age of 25, he moved to Paris and entered the field of dubbing, working alongside notable specialists such as Roger Carel, Henry Djanik, and Gérard Hernandez. He later relocated to Quebec, where he focused more intensely on dubbing, translation, and direction.
In the realm of animation and anime, Davy provided the French voice for the title character, the Wizard of Oz, as well as the King of the Nomes' chamberlain, in the Japanese animated series The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. His extensive voice work in animated features includes roles such as Scuttle in The Little Mermaid and its sequel, Jumba in Lilo & Stitch and Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, the Narrator in Hercules and Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving, Henry J. Waternoose in Monsters, Inc., Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, John Silver in Treasure Planet, Doc Hudson in Cars, Oogway in Kung Fu Panda and Kung Fu Panda 3, and Papa Smurf in The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2. He also voiced characters in television series, serving as the narrator for the first three seasons of The Outer Limits and providing voices for series such as Ultraman and Sinbad the Sailor.
Beyond animation, Davy was renowned as the regular French-Canadian voice for numerous prominent actors, including Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, and Hugo Weaving. His work also encompassed live-action dubbing for television series like Operation Vol and films such as the Batman series, The Hunger Games franchise, and Titanic.
Davy's career in voice work began after he spent his adolescence in Nice, where he performed with theatre troupes. At the age of 25, he moved to Paris and entered the field of dubbing, working alongside notable specialists such as Roger Carel, Henry Djanik, and Gérard Hernandez. He later relocated to Quebec, where he focused more intensely on dubbing, translation, and direction.
In the realm of animation and anime, Davy provided the French voice for the title character, the Wizard of Oz, as well as the King of the Nomes' chamberlain, in the Japanese animated series The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. His extensive voice work in animated features includes roles such as Scuttle in The Little Mermaid and its sequel, Jumba in Lilo & Stitch and Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, the Narrator in Hercules and Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving, Henry J. Waternoose in Monsters, Inc., Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, John Silver in Treasure Planet, Doc Hudson in Cars, Oogway in Kung Fu Panda and Kung Fu Panda 3, and Papa Smurf in The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2. He also voiced characters in television series, serving as the narrator for the first three seasons of The Outer Limits and providing voices for series such as Ultraman and Sinbad the Sailor.
Beyond animation, Davy was renowned as the regular French-Canadian voice for numerous prominent actors, including Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, and Hugo Weaving. His work also encompassed live-action dubbing for television series like Operation Vol and films such as the Batman series, The Hunger Games franchise, and Titanic.
All Characters
- FrenchAnime overview: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- FrenchAnime overview: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- FrenchAnime overview: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- FrenchAnime overview: Priest
- FrenchAnime overview: Transformers