Hubert Gagnon (September 29, 1947 - June 7, 2020) was a Canadian actor and voice actor from Quebec.
He was the go-to-dubbing voice actor in Canadian French language for actors such as Mel Gibson, Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, Dennis Quaid, Nick Nolte, Christopher Walken, Steven Seagal, Jeff Bridges, and William H. Macy.
However, the role he was best known for was Homer Simpson, whom he voiced for the first 27 seasons of The Simpsons. He was also the second voice of Homer's father, Abraham "Abe" Simpson, from Season 9note to Season 27, replacing the late Jean-Louis Millette in the role. Other notable animated characters he voiced include Optimus Prime in The Transformers, Mr. Ping in the first three Kung Fu Panda movies, as well as various Disney characters such as Bloat in Finding Nemo.
In 2017, it was announced that he would be replaced as both Homer and Abe starting with Season 28, due to Gagnon having to deal with an illness (later publicly revealed to be cancer). Thiéry Dubé took over as the voice of Homer, while longtime Simpsons voice actor Benoît Rousseau took over as the voice of Abe.
He passed away from cancer on June 7, 2020.
Some of his dubbing roles include:
Anime
- Gunpei Shoji in Eyeshield 21
Live-Action Films
As the VA for Robert De Niro:- Lorenzo Anello in A Bronx Tale
- Gilbert 'Gil' Renard in The Fan
- Dr. Wally in Marvin's Room
- Lieutenant Moe Tilden in Cop Land
- Louis Gara in Jackie Brown
- Conrad Brean in Wag the Dog
- Chief Leslie William 'Billy' Sunday in Men of Honor
- Detective Eddie Flemming in 15 Minutes
- Dr. Richard Wells in Godsend
- General Bill Sullivan in The Good Shepherd
- Captain Shakespeare in Stardust
- Detective Tom 'Turk' Cowan in Righteous Kill
- Senator John McLaughlin in Machete
- Jack Mabry in Stone
- Jack Tiberius Byrnes in Little Fockers
- Stan Harris in New Year's Eve
- Simon Silver in Red Lights
- Frank 'The Pope' Silva Heist
As the VA for Dennis Quaid:
- Lt. Tuck Pendleton in Innerspace
- Eddie Bichon in Something to Talk About
- Joe Doe/William in Gang Related
- Nicholas "Nick" Parker in The Parent Trap
- Hugh in Playing by Heart
- Jack "Cap" Rooney in Any Given Sunday
- Frank Sullivan in Frequency
- Arnie Metzger in Traffic
- Jim Morris in The Rookie
- Frank Whitaker in Far from Heaven
- Sam Houston in The Alamo
- Dan Foreman in In Good Company
- Frank Beardsley in Yours, Mine, and Ours
- President Joseph Staton in American Dreamz
- Ramsey in What to Expect When You're Expecting
As the VA for Mel Gibson:
- Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 3note
- Daniel McCormick in Forever Young
- Justin McLeod in The Man Without a Face
- Bret Maverick in Maverick
- William Wallace in Braveheart
- Tom Mullen in Ransom
- Jerry Fletcher in Conspiracy Theory
- Porter in Payback
- Nick Marshall in What Women Want
- Lt. Col. Hal Moore in We Were Soldiers
- Father Graham Mess in Signs
- Thomas Craven in Edge of Darkness
- Richard 'The Gringo' Johnson in Get the Gringo
- Conrad Stonebanks in The Expendables 3
As the VA for Nick Nolte:
- Daniel James Lucas in Three Fugitives
- Tom Wingo in The Prince of Tides
- Peter Brackett in I Love Trouble
- Howard Campbell in Mother Night
- Inspector Thomas Cray in Nightwatch
- Jake McKenna in U Turn
- Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Tall in The Thin Red Line
- Bob Montagnet in The Good Thief
- T.L. Pierson in Neverwas
- Mulgarath in The Spiderwick Chronicles
- Bernie the Gorilla in Zookeeper
- Bill Parker in Gangster Squad
- Hurley in Parker
As the VA for Richard Gere:
- Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman
- John Robert 'Jack' Sommersby in Sommersby
- Lancelot in First Knight
- Homer Eisenhower "Ike" Graham in Runaway Bride
- William "Billy" Flynn in Chicago
- Clifford Irving in The Hoax
- Simon in The Hunting Party
- Eddie Dugan in Brooklyn's Finest
- Paul Shepherdson in The Double
- Robert Miller in Arbitrage
As the VA for Christopher Walken:
- Max Shreck in Batman Returns
- Calvin Webber in Blast from the Past
- Gabriel in The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
- Reed Thimple in The Country Bears
- Detective Stanley Jacobellis in Gigli
- Cornelius Hatcher in The Rundown
- Mark Heiss in Domino
- Jack Menkan in Man of the Year
- Feng in Balls of Fury
- Wilbur Turnblad in Hairspray
- Roger Barlow in The Maiden Heist
- Hans Kieslowski in Seven Psychopaths
As the VA for Steven Seagal:
- Mason Storm in Hard to Kill
- Det. Gino Felino in Out for Justice
- Casey Ryback in Under Siege and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
- Forrest Taft in On Deadly Ground
- Lt. Colonel Austin Travis in Executive Decision
- Dr. Wesley McClaren in The Patriot
- Orin Boyd in Exit Wounds
- Frank Glass in Ticker
- Jake Hopper in Belly of the Beast
As the VA for Jeff Bridges:
- Max Klein in Fearless
- Gregory Larkin in The Mirror Has Two Faces
- Dr. Mark Powell in K-PAX
- Charles S. Howard in Seabiscuit
- Burt Vickerman in Stick It
- Clayton Harding in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
- Bill Django in The Men Who Stare at Goats
As the VA for William H. Macy:
- George Parker in Pleasantville
- Sheriff Chappy Dent in Happy, Texas
- Sgt. Bob Mooney in Cellular
- Paul in Bobby
- Don Twombly in Marmaduke
Other Roles:
- Alan Marciano (Hank Azaria) in Heat
- Basil Exposition (Michael York) in the Austin Powers trilogy
- Agent Bilkins (Thom Barry) in The Fast and the Furious
- Boss Nass (BRIAN BLESSED) in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Charles Pennington (Jay Patterson) in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
- Professor Jordan Perry (David Warner) in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Dan Marino (As Himself) in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- Daniel Clamp (John Glover) in Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- Lt. Gerke (Chris Cooper) in Me, Myself & Irene
- Glenn Norris (Joe Don Baker) in Mars Attacks!
- Harvey Dent (Billy Dee Williams) in Batman
- John McLaughlin (Gary Houston) in Watchmen
- Martin Marshall (Tomas Arana) in The Bourne Supremacy
- Matt Beckett (John Bedford Lloyd) in Philadelphia
- Maynard Smith (Vincent Schiavelli) in Man on the Moon
- Mendel Stromm (Ron Perkins) in Spider-Man
- Nicholas Andre (Charles Rocket) in Dumb and Dumber
- Peter Banning/Peter Pan (Robin Williams) in Hook
- King Richard (Patrick Stewart) in Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- Senator Robert Kelly (Bruce Davison) in X-Men
- Lt. Santino (Richard LeParmentier) in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Sheriff (Kurt Fuller) in Scary Movie
- Dr. Phil McGraw (As Himself) in Scary Movie 4
- Friar Tuck (Mike McShane) in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Uncle Vernon Dursley (Richard Griffiths) in the Harry Potter movies
- Sergeant Whitman (Angus MacInnes) in Hellboy (2004)
- William "D-Fens" Foster (Michael Douglas) in Falling Down
- The Wise Janitor (Mr. T) in Not Another Teen Movie
Western Animation
- Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
- Ares in Hercules
- Bloat in Finding Nemo
- George Sanderson in Monsters, Inc.
- Grundel Toad in Thumbelina
- Homer Simpson (Seasons 1-27), Abraham "Abe" Simpson (Seasons 9-27), Herb Powell (first appearance only), and Mel Gibson ("Beyond Blunderdome") in The Simpsons
- Homer and Abe in The Simpsons Movie
- Captain James Hook in Return To Never Land
- Joe Towne in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- Ki-Adi-Mundi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- L.B. Mammoth in Cats Don't Dance
- Police Officer Landers in Monster House
- Mustafa in Ratatouille
- Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime in The Transformers
- Mr. Ping in the first three Kung Fu Panda movies
- Ralph Raccoon in The Raccoons
- Santa Claus in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
- Sheriff in Cars
- Snakebite Scruggs in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
- Terrier in All Dogs Go to Heaven
Tropes & Trivia about his roles:
- The Other Darrin:
- He was the second voice of Abraham Simpson in The Simpsons, replacing Jean-Louis Millette (who passed away from a heart attack in 1999) in the role.
- He voiced Jack Byrnes in Little Fockers. In the Canadian French dub of Meet the Fockers note , Jack was instead voiced by Jean-Marie Moncelet.
- You Sound Familiar:
- He voiced Harvey Dent in the 1989 Batman film, as well as Max Shreck in Batman Returns.
- He voiced both Charles Pennington in the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and Professor Jordan Perry in its first sequel.
- When it comes to the Scary Movie series, he voiced both Sheriff Burke in the first installment and Dr. Phil in the fourth one.
