Michel Dodane is a French actor, voice director, stage director, and novelist, born on July 4, 1954, in Besançon, France. He began his performance career on stage and in television before transitioning to dubbing, a field he entered after meeting several voice actors during a theatrical production. He has since become a prolific figure in French voice acting, specializing in dubbing for both live-action and animated productions.

His background as a writer includes authoring the saga Les Enfants de la Vouivre. Beyond voice work, Dodane has also served as a voice director, notably co-directing the French dubs of several series in the Transformers Unicron Trilogy alongside Olivier Destrez.

Within the realm of anime and animation, Dodane is recognized for a wide range of roles. As specified, he provided the French voice for Genjiro Houjou in the series My Daemon, Le Chevalier in Charlotte, La chenille and Le papillon in Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland-. He is also well-known for voicing Optimus Prime throughout the Transformers Unicron Trilogy, which includes the series Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, and Transformers: Cybertron. In these same series, he also voiced the character Nemesis Prime and took over the role of Starscream for the Cybertron dub.

His career includes several recurring collaborations. In addition to his work on the Transformers franchise, he has been the consistent French voice of Peter Griffin and Brian Griffin on the animated series Family Guy for over two decades, also co-directing the French adaptation. He is also the French voice of Sheriff in the Cars film franchise from Pixar.

Notable achievements include providing the French theme song for popular animated series such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Les Nouvelles Aventures de Blinky Bill. He has also performed as a voice actor for major video game titles, including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bloodborne, and Final Fantasy VII Remake. His extensive filmography features roles in numerous other animated films, including Ratatouille as Django, Les Pingouins de Madagascar as Dr. Octavius Brine, and Garfield Gets Real as Garfield.