Pierre Hatet (20 April 1930 – 24 May 2019) was a French actor. In more than 60 years of career, he appeared in several theatre plays, television series and films. Very active as well in the

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field, he was the regular French voice of

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, including the role of Emmett "Doc" Brown in the ''

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'' trilogy, as well as the Joker in the majority of his appearances in ''

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'' between 1992 and 2015. He also dubbed the character Brain in the animated series ''

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'', colonel Shikishima in '' Akira'' and Nakamura in ''

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''.

Life and career

Pierre Hatet was born in

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(formerly Seine-Inférieure). Interested by theatre, he frequented the classes of the Centre of Dramatic Art located rue Blanche in Paris (in the same promotion as

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and Jacques Ruisseau), before entering the

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, period during which he was the partner of Annie Girardot.

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remarks him and introduces him into the field of classical theatre, where he performs dramatic plays for radio and television before starting dubbing. His friend Jacques Ruisseau, who was the assistant of the artistic director Serge Luguen, encourages him to entrust Pierre Hatet the title role of the series ''

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''. He will then voice Gomez in the French version of the animated series ''

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''. But his most well-known role remains without any doubt the French voice of Doc in the ''

'' trilogy (1985–1990), in which the replica "Nom de Zeus" (French for "Great Scott") has durably marked the spirits. He also became the French voice of the Joker in '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995), and of many other cartoon characters including the Brain in ''

'' from '' The Animaniacs''. In 2002, he participated at an evening at the

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, to promote the release on DVD of the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy, in which he performed an improvisation. He was also the French voice of the Joker in the video games '' Batman: Arkham Asylum'' and '' Batman: Arkham City''. In 2012, he performed the

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in the documentary ''La Revanche des Geeks'', in tribute of his dubbings that have become mythical in the geek culture. The documentary was broadcast on

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on 28 Avril 2012. He dubbed once again the Joker in the French version of the video game '' Batman Arkham Knight'' (2015) and one last time in the trailer of '' Batman: Arkham VR'' that will only be released in English and subtitled.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hatet, Pierre 1930 births 2019 deaths 20th-century French male actors French male film actors French male television actors French male voice actors People from Seine-Maritime 21st-century French male actors