Michel Tureau is a French actor, screenwriter, and artistic director primarily known for his extensive work in dubbing for French-language audiences. Born in Paris on July 27, 1938, Tureau has built a career spanning several decades, with a significant focus on lending his voice to characters in animation and live-action productions.

Within the realm of anime and animated series, Tureau has taken on a variety of notable roles. He is recognized for his performance in the Lupin III franchise, providing the voices for both the Count of Cagliostro and the samurai Goemon Ishikawa XIII in the second French dub of the 1979 film The Castle of Cagliostro. His other anime credits from this era include the role of Count Lee in the 1985 film Vampire Hunter D and the narrator, Ryucahon, and Ethos in the 1986 film Arion. In the early 1990s, he voiced Yamagawa and Kawano in the OAV series Tokyo Babylon. His work in the OAV format also includes the role of Professor Amagi, also known as Dr. Machingal, in Moldiver. During the 1990s, Tureau also contributed to Golden Boy, where he voiced the narrator for the first OAV, as well as several other characters across different episodes.

Beyond specific anime titles, Tureau played a significant role in the French adaptation of the animated series The Adventures of Tintin (1991-1992), where he voiced numerous characters, including Dr. Müller, Rackham the Red, and Mitsuhirato. He is also widely recognized as the French voice of San Ping in the Kung Fu Panda franchise, a role he has voiced across the three main feature films from 2008 to 2016, as well as in related television series such as Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight.

Throughout his career, Tureau has collaborated on many productions for the French dubbing industry, demonstrating a particular specialty in voicing older authority figures and characters with distinctive personalities. His later work includes providing French dubbing for live-action roles, such as the character Oh Il-nam (Player 001) in the acclaimed series Squid Game in 2021. His career continued into the 2020s, with roles in the animated film Pattie et la colère de Poséidon in 2023 and additional voice work in major franchises like Star Wars: The Clone Wars, where he voiced Wat Tambor.