Emmanuel Curtil (February 7, 1971, Charenton-le-Pont, France) is a French actor known primarily for his voice work, having dubbed the voice of Matthew Perry (Chandler) for the first eight seasons of the American sitcom Friends. Curtil is also the "French voice" of Jim Carrey. He is also the current voice of Goofy, assuming that duty from Gérard Rinaldi, who died in 2012.
At the age of nine, Curtil's mother (an artistic agent) encouraged him to enter Cours Simon, a theatrical training program in Paris for children. At that time, he wanted to be a singer, then an impressionist, but his mother, knowing that show business was a difficult field but also certain of her son's potential, steered him toward acting. Thus at 10 years old he made his début in L'Oiseau bleu, a made-for-TV movie directed by Gabriel Axel. This caught the attention of director Robert Hossein, who cast Curtil as Gavroche in an adaptation of Les Misérables, which aired as a miniseries on French TV in 1982.
Next he played Paul in the musical comedy Paul et Virginie directed by Jean-Jacques Debout. In 1983, Curtil landed the role of Stéphane in the film Vive les femmes! directed by Claude Confortès. He also counts in his record of professional achievements numerous roles in television series like Pause-café and Tribunal, a daily episodic program. However, that type of production is very tricky because economic constraints require shooting two episodes a day, and do not allow rehearsals; the actors must therefore spit out lines learned by heart the night before. His artistic development stagnating, Curtil henceforth avoided that type of series. While he had taken singing lessons at the start of his career, they did not serve him well because his teacher had given him lyrics poorly adapted to his baritone voice and to his profession.
But Curtil's entry into the field of dubbing did not occur until Barbara Tissier (whose dubbing credits include the voice of Soleil Moon Frye on Punky Brewster and Christina Applegate on Married... with Children) advised him to audition at SOFI, a dubbing agency that was looking for "young" voices. Curtil was chosen immediately. At that time the field was booming, with the upsurge of private networks that broadcast primarily foreign series dubbed into French. Thus began Curtil's grand career in dubbing (although he had occasionally had to redub his own lines in the past because of technical issues).
In animated features film, he voiced Simba in Disney's The Lion King and Moses in the 1998 DreamWorks film Le Prince d'Égypte. He dubbed the characters' singing voice as well as their speaking voice, for example in Anastasia and The Lion King, as well as in a musical episode of Buffy contre les vampires where he interpreted the singing voice of Giles.
| Year | Image | Character | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 
|
Dingo | Il Était une Fois un Studio |
| 2023 | 
|
Olaf | Il Était une Fois un Studio |
| 2023 | 
|
Koopa Troopa 1 | Super Mario Bros. Le Film |
| 2018-2019 | 
|
Smidge | Trolls : En Avant la Musique ! |
| 2003-2017 | 
|
Mr. Turner - Papa | Mes Parrains sont Magiques |
| 2016 | 
|
Smidge | Les Trolls |
| 2016 | 
|
Nuage Man | Les Trolls |
| 2016 | 
|
L'huître | Le Monde de Dory |
| 2012 | 
|
Le fils McGuffin | Rebelle |
| 2009 | 
|
Ebenezer Scrooge | Le Drôle de Noël de Scrooge |
| 2009 | 
|
Fantôme des Noëls Passés | Le Drôle de Noël de Scrooge |
| 2009 | 
|
Fantôme des Noëls Présents | Le Drôle de Noël de Scrooge |
| 2002-2006 | 
|
Hugh Neutron | Jimmy Neutron |
| 2004 | 
|
Patrick | La Ferme se Rebelle |
| 2002 | 
|
Pépé | Joyeux Muppet Show de Noël |
| 2002 | 
|
Fantôme des Noëls Présents / Willie le Géant | Le Noël de Mickey |
| 2002 | 
|
Chernabog | Mickey, le Club des Méchants |
| 2002 | 
|
Mike | Mickey, le Club des Méchants |
| 2001 | 
|
Big Ben | Mickey, la Magie de Noël |
| 2001 | 
|
Jaq | Mickey, la Magie de Noël |
| 2001 | 
|
Simba | Mickey, la Magie de Noël |
| 2001 | 
|
Le Chapelier Toqué | Mickey, la Magie de Noël |
| 2001 | 
|
Ferdinand | Monstres et Cie |
| 2001 | 
|
Tony l'épicier | Monstres et Cie |
| 2001 | 
|
Kronk | Kuzco, L'Empereur Mégalo |
| 1997-2001 | 
|
Daggett Doofus Castor | Les Castors Allumés |
| 1997-2001 | 
|
Gros Lapin | Les Castors Allumés |
| 2000 | 
|
Elmo | Elmo au Pays des Grincheux |
| 2000 | 
|
L'énorme Poulet | Elmo au Pays des Grincheux |
| 1996-2000 | 
|
Funky Kong | Donkey Kong Country |
| 1995-2000 | 
|
Ace Ventura | Ace Ventura |
| 1999 | 
|
Simba | Le Roi Lion 2: L'Honneur de la Tribu |
| 1998 | 
|
Père Joseph Mohr (Chant) | Buster et Junior |
| 1998 |  
|
Moïse | Le Prince d'Égypte |
| 1998 | 
|
Dieu | Le Prince d'Égypte |
| 1995-1997 |  
|
The Mask / Stanley Ipkiss | The Mask, La Série Animée |
| 1994 | 
|
Simba (Adulte) | Le Roi Lion |
| 1993-1994 | 
|
Baby Sinclair | Dinosaures |
| 1993 | 
|
Fleur (Adulte) | Bambi |
| 1989-1991 | 
|
Scooby-Doo | Agence Toutou Risques |
| 1989-1991 | 
|
Jenkins | Agence Toutou Risques |
| 1988 | 
|
Réginald Mantle | Archie Classe |
| 1986-1988 | 
|
Barney Rubble | Les Pierrafeu en Culottes Courtes |