He has one of the most famous voices in cinema: Do you know who is behind Jim Carrey and Simba?

Ever since Ace Ventura, The Cat and Dog Detective (released in 1994) and with very rare exceptions, he’s the one you hear when you go to see a Jim Carrey movie in French!

However, even if we are often going to associate the career of Emmanuel Curtil with the career of this comic monster of American cinema, it would be a shame to stop there when we consider the career of this great actor, who has specialized for more than 30 years. area of ​​duplication.

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Indeed, in addition to vocally following Jim Carrey in his most eccentric illusions, from Mask to Dumb and Dumber to Disjoncté, Man on the Moon, Liar, Liar or even Bruce Almighty, Emmanuel Curtil also put his inimitable stamp on many others. on actors as well as many animated characters.

Donning hundreds of characters with his voice, sometimes raspy and excited, sometimes soft and sensitive, he has thus shaken countless memories for us as viewers.

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In addition to Jim Carrey’s many roles, Kurtil also gave voice to Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) in the famous TV series Friends, Simba (adult) in the film The Lion King, Moses in The Prince of Egypt or even the unspeakable Cronk in Cuzco, the megalomaniacal emperor.

But to make his rich and extensive career more complete, here is a small (non-exhaustive) list of the important characters he was able to portray. Some of them might surprise you, or spark a little nostalgic flame in you…

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Jim Carrey (In 26 films, including The Mask, Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber, The Truman Show and Man on the Moon)

Matthew Perry (especially in the TV series Friends, but also in the 4 movies)

Kyle Chandler (in 12 films, including Super 8, The Wolf of Wall Street and Godzilla 2)

Johnny Knoxville (in about 8 movies, including Jackass)

Mike Myers (in 10 films, including Wayne’s World and Austin Powers 2 and 3)

Sacha Baron Cohen (in 8 films, including The Dictator and Les Miserables)

Ben Stiller (in 6 films, including My Stepfather and Me and Zoolander)

Doug Savant (most notably on Desperate Housewives as Tom Scavo)

Dean Cain (especially Lois and Clark, as Clark Kent)

animated characters

Simba (in Lion king)

Grown Flower (in Bambi, 1993 dub)

Moses and God (vv Prince of Egypt)

Cronk (in Cuzco, the megalomaniacal emperor)

Dimitri (in Anastasia)

Garrett (in Excalibur, the magic sword)

Buck (Ice Age 3, 4 and 5)

Daggett (in the animated series Beavers Lit)

But also…

George of the Jungle (Brendan Fraser)

Luigi (John Leguizamo) Super Mario Bros

Ghostface’s voice on the phone in Scream

Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal)

Lance (Eric Stoltz) in Pulp Fiction

Tom Myers (Casey Affleck) in American Pie

Laurie (Christian Bale) Dr. Four Daughters in March

Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) in Las Vegas in Parano

What is your favorite vocal performance by Emmanuel Curtil?

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