David Gasman
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David Gasman is an actor, director and translator who also directs dubbing of films, cartoons, video games and documentaries. He has appeared in many popular cartoons and video games, such as Rayman
and Code Lyoko
. In his acting career, he has acted in movies like Jefferson in Paris
, The Bourne Identity
, Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard
, Babylon A.D., and Largo Winch
as well as in over fifty theatrical productions including several musicals. Gasman currently lives in Paris, France but is an American-born citizen.
David did main voices in these video games: Heavy Rain, Fahrenheit
(known as Indigo Prophecy outside Europe
), Syberia II
, Alone in the Dark 2
and Alone in the Dark 3
, Egyptian Prophecy: Fate of Ramses, Curse: The Eye of Isis, Kya: Dark Lineage
, XIII
, Beyond Good & Evil
, Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
, Hitchcock: The Final Cut, Rayman Rush, The Cameron Files: The Secret of Loch Ness, Rayman Arena
, Cameron Files: Pharaoh's Curse, Atlantis 3: The New World, Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern
, Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary, Rayman 2, Dracula: The Resurrection, Outcast, Faust
, Omikron: The Nomad Soul
, Dark Earth
, Lost Eden
, The Adventures of Valdo and Marie, and Atlantis: The Lost Tales
, as well as many dozens of others. and Noddy's Toyland Adventures
.
Rayman
Rayman is a platform video game published, produced and developed by Ubisoft and is the first game in the Rayman series of videogames. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1995, it was re-released for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS in 1996. It has also been ported to various formats,...
and Code Lyoko
Code Lyoko
Code Lyoko is a French animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo. The series centers on boarding school students Jeremie, Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd who travel to the virtual world of Lyoko to fight against multi-agent computer program XANA with Aelita, a being originally...
. In his acting career, he has acted in movies like Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 Franco-American historical drama film directed by James Ivory . The screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a semi-fictional account of Thomas Jefferson's tenure as the Ambassador of the United States to France prior to his Presidency, and his alleged relationships with...
, The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity (2002 film)
The Bourne Identity is a 2002 American spy film loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name. It stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the Central Intelligence Agency . The film also stars Franka...
, Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard
Arthur and the Vengeance of Maltazard
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard is an French/American feature film with live action and animation co-written, co-produced and directed by Luc Besson, based on his novel of the same title and starring Freddie Highmore and Mia Farrow...
, Babylon A.D., and Largo Winch
Largo Winch
Largo Winch is a Belgian comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis.The principal character is Largo Winch whose birth name is Largo Winczlav. Other important characters include Nerio Winch , senior Group W executives John D. Sullivan and Dwight E...
as well as in over fifty theatrical productions including several musicals. Gasman currently lives in Paris, France but is an American-born citizen.
Works
- David Gasman is an American actor, director and translator living in Paris, France (he moved there from Seattle, Washington, where he was born and raised). He has been voicing and directing characters in video games, cartoons, commercials and documentaries since 1991. He has acted in over 2000 cartoon episodes and directed hundreds. He voiced a role in the English version of PersepolisPersepolis (film)Persepolis is a 2007 French animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Satrapi with Vincent Paronnaud. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The story...
with Sean Penn, and did voices in RatatouilleRatatouille (film)Ratatouille is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the eighth film produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005...
and IgorIgor (film)Igor is a 2008 computer animated family comedy film about the stock character Igor. The plot revolves around the grotesque title figure Igor and his dreams of winning first place at the Evil Science Fair. The movie was released on September 19, 2008...
s ADR Parisian French dub, the former of which he did with a small number of his fellow Code LyokoCode LyokoCode Lyoko is a French animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo. The series centers on boarding school students Jeremie, Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd who travel to the virtual world of Lyoko to fight against multi-agent computer program XANA with Aelita, a being originally...
voice artists. - Gasman has acted in small roles in several films, including Largo WinchLargo WinchLargo Winch is a Belgian comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis.The principal character is Largo Winch whose birth name is Largo Winczlav. Other important characters include Nerio Winch , senior Group W executives John D. Sullivan and Dwight E...
and From Paris With LoveFrom Paris with Love (film)From Paris with Love is a 2010 action film starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers and directed by Pierre Morel. The screenplay was co-written by Luc Besson. The film was released in the United States on February 5, 2010.-Plot:...
with John TravoltaJohn TravoltaJohn Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...
. He also appears briefly in Babylon A.D. and has a small role in the live action portion of Arthur and the InvisiblesArthur and the InvisiblesArthur and the Invisibles is a French/American part-animated, part-live action feature film adaptation of the 2002 children's book Arthur et les minimoys / Arthur and the Minimoys, and the 2003 sequel Arthur et la cité interdite /...
2 and 3, in which he also replaces actor Robert De NiroRobert De NiroRobert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
as the voice of the Minimoy King. He also voices the King of the Bogos. - Gasman has voiced hundreds of documentaries, and is known for his ability to change his delivery to fit the subject.
- Gasman will be appearing with Monica Bellucci and French comic Eric Judor in a TV series airing in 2011.
- He voices several characters in Heavy RainHeavy RainHeavy Rain is an interactive drama psychological thriller video game created by Quantic Dream exclusively for the PlayStation 3. The game is written and directed by Quantic Dream's founder and CEO David Cage....
and is the voice, body and face of Paco (the sleazy nightclub owner). - He is the voice of Twinsen in Little Big Adventure 2Little Big Adventure 2Little Big Adventure 2 is a computer game made by the core team who created the first Alone in the Dark.It was later re-released by Activision in June 1997 in both North America, and in Brazil, under the name Twinsen's Odyssey...
- He is the voice of RaymanRaymanRayman is a platform video game published, produced and developed by Ubisoft and is the first game in the Rayman series of videogames. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1995, it was re-released for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS in 1996. It has also been ported to various formats,...
in the Rayman games, and does several voices in the Raving Rabbids series. - He is the voice of Ed in Tonic TroubleTonic TroubleTonic Trouble is a 3D platforming video game by Ubisoft Montreal. The story follows the main character, Ed, after a magic potion spills on the Earth and causes vegetables to become living killers. The game was received poorly; critics cite poor controls, a wordy exposition, and sloppy graphics...
. - Along with voicing several characters himself, including the main character Lucas Kane, he directed the voice acting in FahrenheitFahrenheit (video game)Fahrenheit, also known as Indigo Prophecy in North America, is a cinematic adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and manufactured and marketed by Atari Europe SAS...
(AKA Indigo Prophecy) which was nominated for Best Voice Acting by several gaming sites. He also directed the voice acting in several other video games, including R.U.S.E.R.U.S.E.R.U.S.E. is a real-time strategy video game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Ubisoft which was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, in September 2010. R.U.S.E. is a strategy game with systems, intended to be superior to a brute force approach. Instead these...
, Driver: RenegadeDriver: RenegadeDriver Renegade is a video game, developed Ubisoft, and was released in August 30, 2011 for the Nintendo 3DS. It is part of the Driver series.-Gameplay:...
and the upcoming AmyAmyAmy is a given name, sometimes short for Amelia or Amanda. In French, the name is spelled "Aimée", which means beloved. In ancient Irish it has been translated as "little it".- Notable people with the given name Amy :*Amy Acker, American actress...
. - Gasman voiced Strummer in ScruffScruff (TV series)Scruff is a 2002 television series by D'ocon entertainment. It features the story of a puppy, Scruff, who is adopted by a farmworker named Peter. The show was directed by Antoni D'Ocon. The show was distributed in English by BKN...
. - Gasman does the voices of Jim, William, Herb, Yumi's Father, Xana, and others in the cartoon series Code LyokoCode LyokoCode Lyoko is a French animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo. The series centers on boarding school students Jeremie, Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd who travel to the virtual world of Lyoko to fight against multi-agent computer program XANA with Aelita, a being originally...
. David was quoted as saying he probably enjoys voicing Jim the most, as he's the funniest character. - David Gasman is a voice actor for one or more of the characters in Kya: Dark LineageKya: Dark LineageKya: Dark Lineage is a third-person action-adventure game for the PlayStation 2, developed by Eden Games and published by Atari...
.
David did main voices in these video games: Heavy Rain, Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit (video game)
Fahrenheit, also known as Indigo Prophecy in North America, is a cinematic adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and manufactured and marketed by Atari Europe SAS...
(known as Indigo Prophecy outside Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
), Syberia II
Syberia II
Syberia II is a 2004 adventure game conceived by Benoît Sokal and developed by MC2-Microïds, and a continuation to Syberia. It is a third-person puzzle-solving game. Stylistically identical to the first Syberia, Syberia II improves upon the first game by introducing more realistic character animation...
, Alone in the Dark 2
Alone in the Dark 2
Alone in the Dark 2 is the 1993 sequel to 1992's survival horror video game Alone in the Dark created by Infogrames. The game is the second installment in the series...
and Alone in the Dark 3
Alone in the Dark 3
Alone in the Dark 3 is the third installment of the Alone in the Dark survival horror video game series created by Infogrames. The video game was released in 1994. A Windows 95 version of the game was also released in 1996, under the name of Alone in the Dark: Ghosts in Town...
, Egyptian Prophecy: Fate of Ramses, Curse: The Eye of Isis, Kya: Dark Lineage
Kya: Dark Lineage
Kya: Dark Lineage is a third-person action-adventure game for the PlayStation 2, developed by Eden Games and published by Atari...
, XIII
XIII
XIII may refer to:* 13 or XIII in Roman numerals* XIII , a Belgian comic book series by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance* XIII , a video game based on the comic book series...
, Beyond Good & Evil
Beyond Good & Evil (video game)
Beyond Good & Evil is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ubisoft and released in late for the GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox platforms. The story follows the adventures of Jade, an investigative reporter and martial artist, who works with a resistance...
, Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc is the third major platform game installment in the Rayman series. It tells the story of how Rayman stops André, an evil black lum, from taking over the world with his army of sack-like "Hoodlum" soldiers. The game has sarcastic self-referential undertones and pokes fun at...
, Hitchcock: The Final Cut, Rayman Rush, The Cameron Files: The Secret of Loch Ness, Rayman Arena
Rayman Arena
Rayman Arena, titled Rayman M in Europe, is a multiplayer party game developed and published by Ubisoft. It consists of two modes: an arena fighting mode, and a racing mode. It is a 1-4 player game, or you can play with 1 player vs. the computer. There are three levels of difficulty: Beginner, Pro,...
, Cameron Files: Pharaoh's Curse, Atlantis 3: The New World, Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern
Dragon Riders: Chronicles of Pern
The game takes place on the fictional planet Pern created by science fiction writer Anne McCaffrey for her Dragonriders of Pern series of novels. The story, divided into four chapters, follows the dragonrider D'kor who, with the help of his dragon Zenth, searches for girls to be candidates for...
, Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary, Rayman 2, Dracula: The Resurrection, Outcast, Faust
Faust
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical...
, Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Omikron: The Nomad Soul is a Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast 3D adventure game developed by French developer Quantic Dream and published in 1999 by Eidos Interactive. It was released on October 31, 1999 for PC and on June 21, 2000 for Dreamcast...
, Dark Earth
Dark earth
For the video game by the same name, see Dark Earth .Dark Earth in archaeology is an archaeological horizon often as much as 0.6m - 0.9m thick which covers Roman remains, notably in London and in Roman ruins in the rest of England, particularly urban ones...
, Lost Eden
Lost Eden
Lost Eden is an adventure game produced by Cryo Interactive and published by Virgin Interactive in March 1995 for the PC running DOS, Macintosh, 3DO and CD-i . It is set in a world where humans and dinosaurs coexist. In it, one plays the human character Adam, and is accompanied by a number of...
, The Adventures of Valdo and Marie, and Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Atlantis: The Lost Tales is a fantasy adventure computer game developed by Cryo Interactive and published by Dreamcatcher Interactive, and released on September 30, 1997. The game is named after its initial and most important setting, Atlantis...
, as well as many dozens of others. and Noddy's Toyland Adventures
Noddy's Toyland Adventures
Noddy's Toyland Adventures was a children's television programme that was broadcast from September 1992 until December 1994 and again from 1999 to 2001 on the BBC...
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- Gasman also acted the main role in a funny short film called Showdown of the Godz, about a man whose obsession with Godzilla threatens to ruin his marriage and career. Actor George TakeiGeorge TakeiGeorge Hosato Takei Altman is an American actor, author, social activist and former civil politician. He is best known for his role in the television series Star Trek and its film spinoffs, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the...
of Star TrekStar Trek: The Original SeriesStar Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
fame also appears in the film. David has gone on record as being a die-hard fan of Star Trek. - Gasman directed the voice acting and voiced main characters Sir Rodrick, the Duke, and his evil pet cockroach, Rex, in the cartoon show "Gawayn".
- Gasman did the voice of Mr. Tubby Bear in Disney's Noddy's Toyland AdventuresNoddy's Toyland AdventuresNoddy's Toyland Adventures was a children's television programme that was broadcast from September 1992 until December 1994 and again from 1999 to 2001 on the BBC...
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