RIP Sylvain Lemarié

 

One Piece in mourning: Luffy's anime and his crew loses one of its iconic voices

PUREBREAK

By Quentin Piton

4/20/2023

 

It is a sad news that we have just learned: the anime One Piece - adapted from the manga of Eiichiro Oda whose chapter 1081 is expected by fans, says goodbye to one of its emblematic voices. Sylvain Lemarié - actor specializing in dubbing in France, died this week at the age of 70.

The dubbing world is in mourning. A few weeks after the disappearance of Marion Game (Malcolm, Desperate Housewives...), it is the actor Sylvain Lemarié who has just left us at the age of 70. His name may not ring a bell but know that his voice has carried you through many projects, starting with One Piece.

An essential voice of animation

And for good reason, the French actor was behind two mythical characters from the adventures of Luffy in the anime adapted from Eiichiro Oda’s manga: Jinbei – the helmsman of the Straw Hat Crew, but also Magra – a member of the Dadan Family. Sad news for fans of the first hour, even if the most attentive will have noticed that Sylvain Lemarié had left his place along the way to Michel de Warzée.

But Sylvain Lemarié’s voxography was not limited to this essential Japanese series. Also in the field of Asian animation, he was behind Sig Curtis in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Hol Horse in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. On the side of Western works, we could see him slip into the skin of the brilliant Java of Martin Mystère, Nute Gunray of Star Wars: The Clone Wars or Gunmar in Troll Hunters.

A talent present everywhere

Regarding the series, the actor also hid behind the voices of many mythical characters, starting with Captain Roy Montgomery of Castle (Ruben Santiago-Hudson), Commander Acastus Kolya in Stargate Atlantis (Robert Davi), Bobby Elvis in Sons of Anarchy (Mark Boone Junior) but also King Aelle of Northumbria in Vikings (Ivan Kaye). A perfect filmography.

Finally, the one who was one of the regular voices of Ron Perlman (Blade 2, Alien, the resurrection) or Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek) in the cinema, also made his voice talent speak in the world of video games. Yes, he was in the cast of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) with Hagrid, from Sly 2: Association of Thieves (2004) as King Master Rajan, Assassin's Creed (2007) with the role of William of Montferrat as well as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) with the Mojo Tree and Blacksad: Under the Skin (2019) with Frank Cassidy and Wilson.

In 50 years of career, Sylvain Lemarié has accompanied us and made us dream absolutely everywhere and it is an understatement to say that his emblematic voice will be missed.

LEMARIE, Sylvain

Born: 9/2/1952, France

Died: 4/20/2023, France

 

Sylvain Lemarié’s westerns – voice actor:

Asterix in America – 1994 [French voice of chef]

Buffalo Girls (TV) – 1995 [French voice of Peter Coyote]

Postman – 1997 [French voice of James Russo]

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron – 2002 [French voice of railway employee]

Django Unchained – 2012 [French voice of James Remar]