Michael Voletti is a actor and actor French, born in Lambaréné in Gabon. He is best known for the dubbing, lending his voice to dozens of actors since the 1990s.
Here is his biography, his complete filmography, and his career as an actor.
Biography of Michel Voletti
Michel Voletti is born in Lambaréné, At Gabon. One notable detail: it's the Doctor Schweitzer who gave birth to him. He then left Africa for the’Indochina, where he spent most of his childhood.
It is in 14 years old that he discovered his love for the stage. His training takes place on two continents: a stop in UNITED STATES, followed by an apprenticeship in France, always driven by this passion for acting.
Back in France, he starred in A Wild Summer, a film by Marcel Camus. It was during his military service that he met Francis Florent, a pivotal moment for the rest of his career.
He then went on to take on numerous roles in the cinema as in the television, in Europe. His career is divided between acting on screen and theater and especially the dubbing.
As for his voice, he is the official French voice of Michael Hogan (the colonel Saul Tigh in Battlestar Galactica) and Fred Melamed. In video games, he is also said to be the inspiration for characters in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, whose Caleb Menge, the commander of the Temple Guard.
The various films with Michel Voletti
In movies, the voice of Michael Voletti is the voice behind dozens of actors. He has been taking on one voice-acting role after another since early 1990s, often focusing on particularly memorable supporting characters. As he himself said in an interview:
Our job as actors is to get inside a character, to make them our own, to feel them in our bodies, in our mouths.
Here is his filmography of voice acting roles, decade by decade.
In the 1990s
| Film | Voice-acted actor | Character | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gamekeeper (Butcher) | Brian Paul | (Butcher) | 1990 |
| The Canterville Ghost | Phillips Leslie | (George, Lord Canterville) | 1996 |
| Central do Brasil | Bastos Othon | (Cesar) | 1998 |
| Little Voice | Broadbent Jim | (Mr. Boo) | |
| Shakespeare in Love | Clunes Martin | (Richard Burbage) | |
| She’s All That | Milhoan Michael | (Principal Stickley) | 1999 |
In the 2000s
| Film | Voice-acted actor | Character | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Father unknown (Anna Wunder) | Müller Hanspeter | (Oskar) | 2000 |
| The Watcher | Guido Michael | (Mendel) | 2000 |
| Othello | Flippo Michael | (Mr. Bradley) | 2001 |
| The Folly of Men (Vajont, The Dam of Shame) | Gullotta Leo | (Mario Pancini) | 2001 |
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Ensign Michael | (Simon Oliver) | 2002 |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Hicks Mark | (Detective Martinez) | 2003 |
| Spartan | Lamore Morris | (Billy) | 2004 |
| Le Saut périlleux (Somersault) | Sheerin John | (Pat) | 2004 |
| An Unfinished Life | Taylor Ken | (Doctor) | 2005 |
| Romanzo criminale | Fresi Stefano | (Secco) | 2005 |
| The Legend of Zorro | Hensley Shuler | (Pike) | 2005 |
| Blackout (Unknown) | David Selby | (Captain of police Parker) | 2006 |
| Like Minds | Sachs Hugh | (Donaldson) | 2006 |
| Christmas on Chestnut Street | Brazeau Jay | (Santa Claus) | 2007 |
| With an Open Heart (Reign Over Me) | De Lancie John | (Nigel Pennington) | 2007 |
| Christmas Cottage | Brazeau Jay | (Mr. Ross) | 2008 |
| Superhero Movie | Spiner Brent | (Dr. Strom) | 2008 |
| At Dawn on the Last Day (Polar Storm) | Brazeau Jay | (Dr. Elman) | 2009 |
| Love Has Two Faces (Citizen Jane) | Curtis Brown Robert | (Vaughn) | 2009 |
| Sehnsucht nach Neuseeland | Mattausch Dietrich | (Nolan Davies) | 2009 |
| Best enemies (Bride Wars) | Parlato Dennis | (Dance Teacher) | 2009 |
| The Book of Regrets (Bound by a Secret) | Deckert Blue | (Alex) | 2009 |
| A Life of Lies (Do You Know Me) | Dorval Adrien | (Fred Lashley) | 2009 |
| Woodstock Hotel | Chamberlin Kevin | (Jackson Spiers) | 2009 |
| Angels and Demons (Angels & Demons) | Franken Steve | (Cardinal Colbert) | 2009 |
Movies starring Michel Voletti between 2010 and 2015
| Year | Film | Voice-acted actor | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Asanti Pat | (Police sergeant) |
| Freddy, A Nightmare on Elm Street | Cass Don Robert | (History Teacher) | |
| The 19th wife | Copping Brian | (Judge Hagan) | |
| Dust of Love (Die Abstauber) | Berger Helmut | (Herbert Ebner) | |
| Deep Conviction (Confined) | Hogan Michael | (Fritz Wolfram) | |
| 3 Meters Above the Sky, Twilight Love | Bosch Jordi | (Claudio) | |
| The 14th Blade (Jin yi wei) | Lau Damian | (Zhao Shenyan) | |
| The truth about Jack | Susman Todd | (Stan Levy) | |
| 2011-2012 | Ready for Printing (B.A.T. / Hall Pass) | Danniels Gordon | (Golf Ranger) |
| Le Chaperon Rouge (Red Riding Hood) | Hogan Michael | (The wrestler) | |
| Air Force One no longer responds | Birchard Paul | (General Greaves) | |
| Game Change | Desmond Dan | (Dr. Ollie) | |
| Ring of Fire | Doe John | (A.P. Carter) | |
| The Man with the Iron Fists | Chan Dennis | (the Dragon tavern keeper) | |
| The Other Wife | Harries Davyd | (Timothy Reese) | |
| An Innocent Woman in Prison (Left to Die) | Sandra Chase | (Andrew) | |
| Little Venice | Voltolina Amleto | (Bode) | |
| 2013 | The White Queen | Brennan Patrick | (Sir John of Reigate) |
| Horizon | Good Bruce | (Sheriff Ford) | |
| The Fall of the White House (Olympus Has Fallen) | Grey Elliott | (FBI Assistant) | |
| My Favorite Candidate (The Makeover) | Farmer Lonnie | (Humphrey Rossdale) | |
| Légendes Vivantes (The Legend Continues) | Fitzgerald Wilbur | (Dr. Milton Brangley) | |
| Blue Jasmine | Fleshler Glenn | (Randy) | |
| The Extraordinary Adventures of an Apprentice Detective (The Curse of the Midas Box) | Gabriel Antony | (Compare Theatre) | |
| The Millers, a Family in the Making (We’re the Millers) | Gentile Brett | (the white bread father) | |
| La Belle de Noël (Christmas Belle) | Hauck Jerry | (Burny) | |
| Dead in Tombstone | Trandafir Claudiu | (Pasteur) | |
| 2014 | Stretch | David Hasselhoff | (David Hasselhoff) |
| Mercy | Jack Carter | (Mr. Bello) | |
| Out of Control | Capella Jaunchy | (Tyrolean traverse owner) | |
| Jersey Boys | Brogger Ivar | (Judge) | |
| Beethoven: The Pirates' Treasure (Beethoven's Treasure) | George Brian | (Trentino) | |
| Love by the Book | Ensign Michael | (Philip) | |
| Favelas (Trash) | Dumont José | (Carlos) | |
| Department V Investigations: Desecration | Clemensen Hans Henrik | (Bent Krum) | |
| 2015 | A Home for Two (All of My Heart) | Bloom David | (Attorney) |
| A Never-Ending Wedding (I Do, I Do, I Do) | Brazeau Jay | (Phillip) | |
| The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe | Chone Neil | (Lyon donation) | |
| Jan Hus, a rebel until the stake | Hartmut Krug | (Meistermann) | |
| Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! | David Hasselhoff | (Gilbert Shepherd) | |
| Peter and Wendy | Henriksen Bjarne | (Jerzy) |
Movies starring Michel Voletti from 2016 to 2019
| Year | Film | Voice-acted actor | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Worthy | Ghuloom Habib | (Adam) |
| A coach for Valentine's Day (All Things Valentine) | Houde Serge | (Roy) | |
| Ave, César! | Jason Peter | (Director) | |
| War Dogs | Livingston Barry | (Army bureaucrat) | |
| Free Dance (High Strung) | Radescu | (Victor) | |
| Infiltrator | Massad Nabil | (Nazir Chinoy) | |
| Zoolander 2 | John Malkovich | (Chazz Spencer) | |
| Noël à coin ou face (A Dream of Christmas) | Lowe John B. | (Avery Pallet) | |
| Displacement | Richards Lou | (Charles Sinclair) | |
| Café Society | Rosen Steve | (Louis) | |
| 2017 | Fifty Shades Darker | Hogan Michael | (Dr. Flynn) |
| The Man Who Invented Christmas | Calvert Bill | (Mr. Chapman) | |
| The Mummy | Joe Morton | (Colonel Greenway) | |
| A Christmas in New York | Brazeau Jay | (Frank) | |
| The Young Pope | Franco Lombardi | (Cardinal Caltanissetta) | |
| The Tightrope (Wire Room) | Fred Melamed | (Harvey) | |
| Sleepless | Doug Hutchinson | (Novak) | |
| 2018-2019 | Hereditary | Gabriel Shapiro | (Dr. Leigh) |
| Holmes & Watson | Fry Stephen | (Mycroft Holmes) | |
| Outlaw King | Peter Mullan | (Robert Bruce, Sr.) | |
| The Fall of the President (The Comey Rule) | Fred Melamed | (Andrew McCabe) | |
| Glass | Hogan Michael | (Detective Daryl Paulson) |
Some dubbing projects completed between 2020 and 2023:
| 📆 Year | 🎥 Film | ❓ Actor | 🎭 Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The day my daughter was kidnapped (Killer Ransom) | Nagle Rob | (Ken) |
| Cut Throat City | Thomas Francis | (Wyland Manager), | |
| A five-star Christmas family, | Brazeau Jay | (Walter Ralston) | |
| Ricos de Amor | Oliveira Marcos | (Francisco) | |
| (Feliz NaviDAD) Christmas a cappella | Mendelsohn Herb | (Willard) | |
| Hubie Halloween | Clark Blake | (Tayback, the cook) | |
| A Christmas Mission | Lowe John B. | (Charlie) | |
| A Christmas with You (Let’s Meet Again on Christmas Eve) | Lowe John B. | (Bernard) | |
| A Little Christmas Charm,) | Keating Fred | (John Davis) | |
| I love you, you idiot! | Albiol Francesc | (Marcos' father) | |
| Un rêve plus loin (Come Away) | Dennehy Ned | (Smee) | |
| Safety | Rice Brett | (Chairman Diamond) | |
| (El baile de los 41) The Ball of 41 | Duarte Roberto | (Gabriel) | |
| 2021 | An unexpected invitation for Christmas (Crashing Through the Snow) | Lowe John B | (Ted Reynolds) |
| A Mother's Madness: The True Story of Debora (Green Ann Rule's A House on Fire) | Lowe John B | (Dr. Joseph Barry) | |
| Looking for a fiancé for Christmas (Tis the Season to be Merry) | Lowe John B | (Bill Walters) | |
| Zack Snyder's Justice League | Clifford Richard | (French archaeologist) | |
| Our incredible anniversary (South Beach love) | Guerrero Carlos | (Ernesto) | |
| Bad Trip | Graf Allan | (Bus driver) | |
| Family friends | Gibson David | (Fred) | |
| The secret recipe for Christmas cookies (A Christmas Cookie Catastrophe) | Lowe John B. | (Arthur) | |
| Sweet Disaster | Hasselhoff David | David Hasselholf | |
| Halloween Kills | Cyphers Charles | (Leigh Brackett) | |
| Kingdom: Ashin of the North | Roi-ha Kim | (Ta-hab) | |
| Time Is Up | Natelle Jay | (Head of Neurology) | |
| 2022 | The Privilege (Das Privileg) | Janson Horst | (Grandpa Bergmann) |
| A E I O U – The Quick Alphabet of Love (A E I O U – Das schnelle Alphabet der Liebe) | Kier Udo | (Michel) | |
| Coached by a psychopath (How to leave your best death ) | Elson Howard | (Apartment manager) | |
| Falling for Christmas | Riley William | (Chestnut seller) | |
| Medieval | Roden Karel | (King Wenceslas) | |
| The Munsters | Roebuck Daniel | (Count Ezra Mosher) | |
| 2023 | The Nun: The Curse of Saint Lucy (The Nun II) | Horovitch David | (Cardinal Conroy) |
| (Christmas Casanova) A magical Christmas in New York | Brian Paul | (Fred Schultz) |
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Some TV series with Michel Voletti
Beyond the movies, Michael Voletti has also provided the voices for numerous actors in TV series. Here are the main voice acting roles on television.
How to Get Away with Murder (2014-2020)
- He passes Arye Gross as Connor's lawyer.
- He also provides the voice for Tony Abatemarco, who plays the Judge Roger Charters.
The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019)
- He passes Max Adler in the role of the zombie.
Why Women Kill (2019)
- For the duration of one episode, he voices both Peter Breimayer as Henry and Jack Armstrong in Cole's.
Beauty and the Beast (2012-2016)
- You can hear her voice as the character Frank, played by Fulvio Cecere.
Supernatural
- He passes Jay Brazeau in the role of the Dr. Corman.
These are just a few examples. Throughout his career, Michael Voletti performed dozens of roles in the dubbing, from judges to doctors to even minor characters.
Other highlights of his career
Beyond dubbing, Michael Voletti He has also acted in television. In particular, he has appeared in several cult series:
- Nestor Burma
- Passeur d’enfants
- Mafiosa
- Force de frappe
- Highlander and Le Voyageur
- Dallas
- Le Gang des tractions
- Magnum
- Agence tous risques
- Arabesque and Clair de Lune
As for film, he has also appeared in several feature films as an actor:
- Arrête de ramer, t’attaques la falaise by Mr. Caputo
- De l’enfer à la victoire by H. Milestone
- Le Clochard de Beverly Hills by Mazursky
His career at the theater is just as rich. On stage, he has performed works by great playwrights, in both classic plays and contemporary productions. Among the playwrights whose works he has staged are:
- Victor Hugo
- Jean Giraudoux
- Jean Anouilh
- Jean Cocteau
- Shakespeare
- Françoise Sagan
- Israël Horovitz
- André Roussin
- David Mamet
Between the stage, the screen, and the microphone, Voletti has worked in every aspect of the field. You’ll find other profiles like this in our Category: Movies about Alucare.
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