Emmanuel Bonami

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Emmanuel Bonami
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s) Voice actor, art director, actor
Years active1997–present

Emmanuel Bonami is a French actor in numerous films and television series, and an art director in video games. He is also known as a voice actor for dubbing in French characters in movies and video games, most notably for his role as Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid . [1]

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Early life

Bonami was living in London prior to his first dubbings, but also in Turkey, and Ukraine in his life. [2]

Career

Voice actor and Metal Gear Solid (1997-2004)

Bonami's earliest participation as a voice actor was in 1997's Ghost in the Shell for its French dubbing. As one of his friend was working on the European localization of Metal Gear Solid with Konami, Bonami went in time to participate in the French dub of the titular game in Summer 1998. At the time of the recording, there were no English dub produced yet, and went on working with the Japanese version of the game along with one of Konami's Japanese project manager. Though the franchise did not receive dubs in other languages since Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , Bonami would unofficially dub Snake occasionally, such as the introduction scenes of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots , and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain as Venom Snake. [2] [3] After participating in this project, he would continue working as a voice actor for dubbing video games characters, such as Half-Life 2: Episode Two with Father Grigori in 2007, and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction in 2010. [4] [5]

Actor (2005-present)

Bonami moved out to Paris later in 2005. [2] Shortly after, he has started working as an actor for movies and television shows, [4] [5] such as Wolf in 2019's Fornacis, [6] and the eponymous character in 2014's lucid horror movie Horsehead. [7] In 2011, he has announced in an interview that he was making a short movie named Innocence. [2] In 2018, he played the antagonist Zerda in the short TV series and adaptation of Michel Bussi's The Double Mother, Mother Is Wrong, in which he was marked by the scenario of both the book and its adaptation, and the character. [8] In an interview held in September 2021, Bonami explained that he goes through numerous castings in various media, and works with a group of friends in short films. [8]

In 2022, he dubbed the character of Jacob Lee, played by Josh Duhamel, in the video game The Callisto Protocol . [9]

In 2023, he declares to the French media Eklecty-City his desire to play Solid Snake again if a remake would be born. He confides: "I am very attached to this character. We've been following each other for almost 25 years with Solid Snake. It's kind of crazy when you think about it... ¼ of a century! [...] I'll be really excited to see this iconic character once again". [9]

In 2024, Emmanuel Bonami joins the cast of the NCIS spin-off, NCIS: Tony & Ziva, with Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo. [10]

Roles

Movies

YearTitleRoleNoteRef.
2024Le Mangeur d'âmes [9]
2023VerminGilles [9]
2020Family SwapColonel
French BloodMr. FROG
2018FornacisWolf [6]
All the Gods in the SkyDoctor Cartier
2016RevengeAntek Bando
2015 Through the Air Killer
2014HorseheadHorsehead [7]
DealerLe Belge
2013Macadam BabyPoliceman in custody 2
2011UglyManu
L'histoire d'une mèreThe Military
2010 Djinns Ballant
200713 m²Civilian policeman
The Golden Compass French dub [5]

Short films

YearTitleRoleNoteRef.
2021Saturday night beaverThe Beaver
2020NuageFather
Trois pissenlits dans un verre d'eauFrédéric
2018The Day My Mother Became A MonsterFather
2017On s'est fait doubler!The cop
2016ExterminatusCaron
20151/2Father
Under My SkinPriest
2014RevolutionTerrorist
2013HeritageFather
Guet-apensInspector
2012Facteur XHostage
Innocence, Do Not Enter His WorldSteve [2]
Le réservisteVillage chief
2011Wracked
2010Mon pèreThe father
2009Le prix à payerFred
Roches rougesPapa
2007Final Gear Solid Snake
2006Au banquet des loups…Cop 2

TV Series

YearTitleRoleNoteRef.
2024NCIS: Tony & Ziva [10]
2023Machine [9]
2022Carpe DiemMichel
In TandemLuc Forget [11]
2019 Candice Renoir Pascal Louvier
2018InsoupçonnableSimon [12]
Mother Is WrongZerda [12]
2016FalcoYannick Le Moulec
2013Nos Chers VoisinsPhilippe
2012 Ainsi soient-ils Assistant Superior St. Cyprien
ZakPoliceman
2009Ladies of the LawBoulgakov
2007Martin ParisInspector DST

Animation

YearTitleRoleNoteRef.
2018 Robozuna VermisFrench dub
2016LastmanFrench dub
2010-2011 Digimon Fusion Pharaohmon, SkullscorpiomonFrench dub

Video games

YearTitleRoleNoteRef.
TBDFairymm: the Insomniac Beauty [13]
2023 Final Fantasy XVI Additional voicesFrench dub
Diablo IV Additional voicesFrench dub
2022 The Callisto Protocol Jacob LeeFrench dub [9]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II GhostFrench dub [9]
2021 Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker SusanoFrench dub
Necromunda: Hired Gun Kal Jerico
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
WarioWare: Get It Together!
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla
No Straight Roads DJ Zam, Announcer, JanitorFrench dub [14]
Star Wars: Squadrons
Tom Clancy's The Division 2: Warlords of New York - Expansion
2019Marvel Dimension of HeroesHulk
2018 Far Cry 5
Jurassic World: Evolution George LambertFrench dub [9]
WarioWare Gold Jimmy T, M. Brillant
2017 Assassin's Creed: Origins
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Rasho
Final Fantasy XV: Episode Gladiolus Additional voices
Brain Age: Concentration Training Dr. Kawashima
LEGO Worlds
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen Jeriah
Mirror's Edge: Catalyst
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2016 Dead by Daylight [9]
2015 Yo-kai Watch Blasters
Dying Light
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Estinien
Mortal Kombat X
2014 Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Inazuma Eleven GO
GRID: Autosport
The LEGO Movie Videogame
2013 Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Bremondt
2012 Remember Me
Lego Batman 2 [5]
2011 Total War: Shogun 2 [4]
2010 Inazuma Eleven 3 Sonny Raimon
Vanquish Additional voices
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction [4]
2009 Inazuma Eleven 2 Astram Schiller, Inspector Gregory Smith
Empire: Total War [4]
2008 Viking: Battle for Asgard [5]
Need For Speed Undercover [4]
2007 Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn French dub
Half-Life 2: Episode Two Father GrigoriFrench dub [5]
2006 Medieval II: Total War
Pokémon Battle Revolution [5]
2004 Mashed Blue Jay
IndyCar Series 2005
Richard Burns Rally
Driv3r Additional voices
1999 Metal Gear Solid Solid Snake French dub [1]
1998 Colony Wars: Vengeance
Enemy Zero
1997 Ghost in the Shell

Other roles

YearTitleNoteRef.
2022 Dying Light 2: Stay Human Directors [9]
2014 Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Art director
2013 Remember Me Art director
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy Art director
2001HorizonAdditional voices

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