Féodor Atkine
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Féodor Atkine | |
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 Féodor Atkine in 2015 | |
| Born | 27 February 1948 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1972–present |
Féodor Atkine is a French actor of Russian-Polish origin, born on 27 February 1948 in Paris.
A screen performer, he has participated in numerous plays, films and television series in France and abroad.
Life and career
[edit]Féodor Atkine was born 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 of the Russo-Japanese War.[1]
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 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.[2] Feodor was also a regular during the 90s on the series 'Sharpe' over several episodes where he played the reoccuring character 'Ducos'
Selected filmography
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "De Paris à Tokyo en train : l'incroyable périple de Féodor Atkine". L'Œil de Marco (in French). 8 December 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres – hiver 2019". Le ministre de la culture. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Sanabria, Carolina (2008). "De María a Lola y Lulú: descenso del cielo a los infiernos en la obra de transición de Bigas Luna". Káñina. 32 (2). Universidad de Costa Rica: 45. ISSN 0378-0473.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (2 November 2004). "Hypnos". Variety.
External links
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- Male actors from Paris
- French male film actors
- French male stage actors
- French people of Russian descent
- French people of Polish descent
- 20th-century French male actors
- 21st-century French male actors
- French male television actors
- French male voice actors
- Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres