Féodor Atkine (born Thierry Théodore Armand Kaufmann; 27 February 1948) is a French actor. He has participated in numerous plays, films and television series in France and abroad. He is also a prolific dubber. He was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2019.
Life and career Féodor Atkine was born in Paris to a Russian father from Harbin, capital of Manchuria, in northeast China, whose family had fled the anti-Jewish pogroms in Poland and Ukraine to take refuge in the Far East the day before the Russo-Japanese War.
He has the distinction of participating in many productions where he speaks in French, English and/or Spanish; he has been involved in films by Woody Allen, Claude Zidi, Raoul Ruiz, Claude Lelouch, Pedro Almodóvar, Éric Rohmer, etc. He has participated in several plays as well as radio productions.
Atkine was a regular over several episodes on the 1990s British television series Sharpe, where he played the recurring character Major Pierre Ducos; the series was based on the historical novels by the author Bernard Cornwell.
Atkine is also known for dubbing in American films or television series but also for characters in Disney productions. He is (among others) the regular French voice of William Hurt, Ben Kingsley, Hugo Weaving and Hugh Laurie (which he notably dubs in the French version of House) as well as one of the recurring voices of Jonathan Banks, Frank Langella and Jeremy Irons. Since 2012, he also doubles Tommy Lee Jones, following Claude Giraud's retirement and subsequent death.
Atkine was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2019.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Director1972The Day of the JackalYoung OAS Gunfighter (uncredited)Fred Zinnemann 1973'How to Do Well When You are a Jerk and a Crybaby'A cabaret performerMichel Audiard1975Love and DeathMikhail GrushenkoWoody Allen1977Bobby DeerfieldTommySydney Pollack 1979OgroJosé María Uriarte (alias Yoseba)Gillo PontecorvoThe Police WarSerge ManékianRobin Davis1980Trois hommes à abattreLeblancJacques DerayInspector BlunderMerlinoClaude Zidi1981Les Uns et les AutresAlexisClaude LelouchLe ChocBoroRobin Davis1982Le Beau MariageSimonÉric RohmerFive and the SkinIvanPierre RissientEnigmaThe diplomatJeannot Szwarc1983Pauline at the BeachHenriÉric Rohmer1984Ave MariaAdolphe ÉloiJacques Richard1985Leave All Fair André de SarryJohn Reid 1986 Lola MarioSarraouniaChanoineMed HondoWertherAlbertoPilar Miró1988El DoradoMontoyaCarlos SauraLet Sleeping Cops LieStoedlerJosé Pinheiro1990AngelsHugo CarreroJacob BergerVincent & TheoDr. PeyronRobert AltmanHenry & JunePaco Miralles, the Spanish dance instructorPhilip Kaufman1991High HeelsManuelPedro Almodóvar1992Aladdin (French dubbing)JafarJohn Musker Ron Clements1993Acción mutanteKaufmannÁlex de la Iglesia1996Three Lives and Only One DeathAndréRaoul Ruiz1998RoninMikhiJohn FrankenheimerMichael Kael vs. the World News CompanyMajor SylvainChristophe Smith1999Spy GamesRomanovIlkka Järvi-Laturi2000VatelAlcalandRoland Joffé2002Semana santaTorilloPepe Danquart CarnagesPacoDelphine Gleize2003That DayWarffRaoul Ruiz 2004AlexanderRoxane's fatherOliver Stone Hipnos (Hypnos) Dr. Sanchez Blanc David Carreras2010Small WorldSchollerBruno ChicheJoséphine, ange gardienOtto's voiceJean-Marc Seban2012PopulaireAndré JapyRégis Roinsard2013World War ZMarc Forster2013Bright Days AheadPaul2014In the CourtyardSergePierre Salvadori2014The ConnectionGaston DefferreCédric Jimenez2014Mune: Guardian of the MoonLeeyoonBenoît Philippon and Alexandre Heboyan2015The SquadTancrèdeBenjamin Rocher 2015 Long Way NorthOloukine (voice)Rémi Chayé 2015 This Summer FeelingVladimirMikhaël Hers 2016 Fleur de tonnerre Stéphanie Pillonca-Kervern 2018 Return of the Hero General Mortier-Duplessis Laurent Tirard2022Blind Willow, Sleeping WomanMr. Suzuki (voice)Pierre Földes2025Love Me TenderClémence's fatherAnna Cazenave Cambet
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