Hubert Gagnon (September 29, 1946 â€" June 7, 2020) was a Canadian
actor from Quebec. He was noted for being the voice-over of Homer
Simpson and Grampa Simpson in the Canadian French-version of The
Simpsons. He also acted in television and theatre.Gagnon voiced Homer
Simpson in the Quebec version of The Simpsons beginning in 1991. He
continued in that role for 27 years until 2017, when he retired due to
health reasons. He was described as having a completely differently
personality than Homer, with Gagnon remembered as "charming, polite
and refined" by fellow voice actor Natalie Hamel-Roy. Nonetheless, his
voice became so synonymous with the character that during a week-long
visit to Cuba, he was constantly asked by children there to repeat
Homer's catchphrase "D'oh!" He also did the voice-over for Grampa
Simpson after the death of the previous voice-actor, Jean-Louis
Millette. On the occasion of the series' 500th episode in 2012, Gagnon
observed how voice acting was no longer disdained by the theatre
industry, given that it was now being taught in stage schools. He
added that he was able to make a decent living from that line of
work.Gagnon provided the voice of Mel Gibson, Robert De Niro, Richard
Gere, and Christopher Walken, among others, in several
English-language movies dubbed into French, as well as the character
Picabo on the Québécois TV show Les Oraliens. He dubbed the
character Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter film series. He was also
the voice of Optimus Prime in the Quebec dubbing of the original
Transformers cartoon, but for the 2007 film, he was replaced by Guy
Nadon, who had coincidentally portrayed Sideshow Bob alongside Gagnon
in the Québécois dubbed version of The Simpsons. His ability to
communicate an action solely through his voice was dubbed a
"Gagnonerie".
actor from Quebec. He was noted for being the voice-over of Homer
Simpson and Grampa Simpson in the Canadian French-version of The
Simpsons. He also acted in television and theatre.Gagnon voiced Homer
Simpson in the Quebec version of The Simpsons beginning in 1991. He
continued in that role for 27 years until 2017, when he retired due to
health reasons. He was described as having a completely differently
personality than Homer, with Gagnon remembered as "charming, polite
and refined" by fellow voice actor Natalie Hamel-Roy. Nonetheless, his
voice became so synonymous with the character that during a week-long
visit to Cuba, he was constantly asked by children there to repeat
Homer's catchphrase "D'oh!" He also did the voice-over for Grampa
Simpson after the death of the previous voice-actor, Jean-Louis
Millette. On the occasion of the series' 500th episode in 2012, Gagnon
observed how voice acting was no longer disdained by the theatre
industry, given that it was now being taught in stage schools. He
added that he was able to make a decent living from that line of
work.Gagnon provided the voice of Mel Gibson, Robert De Niro, Richard
Gere, and Christopher Walken, among others, in several
English-language movies dubbed into French, as well as the character
Picabo on the Québécois TV show Les Oraliens. He dubbed the
character Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter film series. He was also
the voice of Optimus Prime in the Quebec dubbing of the original
Transformers cartoon, but for the 2007 film, he was replaced by Guy
Nadon, who had coincidentally portrayed Sideshow Bob alongside Gagnon
in the Québécois dubbed version of The Simpsons. His ability to
communicate an action solely through his voice was dubbed a
"Gagnonerie".
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