Luis de Cespédes

Luis de Cespédes (January 19, 1949 - May 22, 2013) was a French-born Canadian actor, of Peruvian and Cuban descent. In Québécois dubbing, he was best known as the Québécois voice of Al Pacino, Antonio Banderas, John Malkovitch, and Robin Williams.

Biography
Son of singer and actress Louise Darios, Luis de Cespedes spent his childhood between Paris, Montreal, Lima, Chile, Venezuela and Argentina. Back in Montreal, he studied at Collège Marie-de-France and Collège Stanislas. He enrolled at the University of Quebec in Cultural Education and obtained a Master's degree in History.

Author of many dramas for Radio-Canada, he also wrote many translations and adaptations, including that of Antonine Maillet's La Sagouine, to English, then the film adaptation of Pélagie-la Charrette.

He is best known in Quebec as Juan in the 1980 French-language soap-opera Marisol.

He died on May 22, 2013, at the age of 64, from Parkinson's disease.

Animated Series

 * Princess Sissi (1997-1998) - Additional Voices
 * Jim Button (1998-1999) - Additional Voices
 * Bob Morane (1998) - Ming
 * Tommy & Oscar (2000) - Additional Voices
 * Malo Korrigan (2002) - Yago Carcharias