Féodor Atkine
French actor (born 1948)
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Féodor Atkine (born Thierry Théodore Armand Kaufmann;[1] 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.[2]
Féodor Atkine | |
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 Féodor Atkine in 2015 | |
| Born | Thierry Théodore Armand Kaufmann[1] 27 February 1948 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Honours |  Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres |
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 pogroms in Poland and Ukraine to take refuge in the Far East the day before the Russo-Japanese War.[3]
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.[4]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Day of the Jackal | Young OAS Gunfighter (uncredited) | Fred Zinnemann |
| 1973 | 'How to Do Well When You are a Jerk and a Crybaby' | A cabaret performer | Michel Audiard |
| 1975 | Love and Death | Mikhail Grushenko | Woody Allen |
| 1977 | Bobby Deerfield | Tommy | Sydney Pollack |
| 1979 | Ogro | José María Uriarte (alias Yoseba) | Gillo Pontecorvo |
| The Police War | Serge Manékian | Robin Davis | |
| 1980 | Trois hommes à abattre | Leblanc | Jacques Deray |
| Inspector Blunder | Merlino | Claude Zidi | |
| 1981 | Les Uns et les Autres | Alexis | Claude Lelouch |
| Le Choc | Boro | Robin Davis | |
| 1982 | Le Beau Mariage | Simon | Éric Rohmer |
| Five and the Skin | Ivan | Pierre Rissient | |
| Enigma | The diplomat | Jeannot Szwarc | |
| 1983 | Pauline at the Beach | Henri | Éric Rohmer |
| 1984 | Ave Maria | Adolphe Éloi | Jacques Richard |
| 1985 | Leave All Fair | André de Sarry | John Reid |
| 1986 | Lola | Mario[5] | |
| Sarraounia | Chanoine | Med Hondo | |
| Werther | Alberto | Pilar Miró | |
| 1988 | El Dorado | Montoya | Carlos Saura |
| Let Sleeping Cops Lie | Stoedler | José Pinheiro | |
| 1990 | Angels | Hugo Carrero | Jacob Berger |
| Vincent & Theo | Dr. Peyron | Robert Altman | |
| Henry & June | Paco Miralles, the Spanish dance instructor | Philip Kaufman | |
| 1991 | High Heels | Manuel | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 1993 | Acción mutante | Kaufmann | Álex de la Iglesia |
| 1996 | Three Lives and Only One Death | André | Raoul Ruiz |
| 1998 | Ronin | Mikhi | John Frankenheimer |
| Michael Kael vs. the World News Company | Major Sylvain | Christophe Smith | |
| 1999 | Spy Games | Romanov | Ilkka Järvi-Laturi |
| 2000 | Vatel | Alcaland | Roland Joffé |
| 2002 | Semana santa | Torillo | Pepe Danquart |
| Carnages | Paco | Delphine Gleize | |
| 2003 | That Day | Warff | Raoul Ruiz |
| 2004 | Alexander | Roxane's father | Oliver Stone |
| Hipnos (Hypnos) | Dr. Sanchez Blanc[6] | David Carreras | |
| 2010 | Small World | Scholler | Bruno Chiche |
| Joséphine, ange gardien | Otto's voice | Jean-Marc Seban | |
| 2012 | Populaire | André Japy | Régis Roinsard |
| 2013 | World War Z | Marc Forster | |
| 2013 | Bright Days Ahead | Paul | |
| 2014 | In the Courtyard | Serge | Pierre Salvadori |
| 2014 | The Connection | Gaston Defferre | Cédric Jimenez |
| 2014 | Mune: Guardian of the Moon | Leeyoon | Benoît Philippon and Alexandre Heboyan |
| 2015 | The Squad | Tancrède | Benjamin Rocher |
| 2015 | Long Way North | Oloukine (voice) | Rémi Chayé |
| 2015 | This Summer Feeling | Vladimir | Mikhaël Hers |
| 2016 | Fleur de tonnerre | Stéphanie Pillonca-Kervern | |
| 2018 | Return of the Hero | General Mortier-Duplessis | Laurent Tirard |
| 2022 | Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman | Mr. Suzuki (voice) | Pierre Földes |
| 2025 | Love Me Tender | Clémence's father | Anna Cazenave Cambet |
