Med Hondo
French actor
Med Hondo (born Mohamed Abid Hondo, 4 May 1936 – 2 March 2019) was a Mauritanian movie director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor.
Med Hondo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mohamed Abid Hondo 4 May 1936 |
| Died | 2 March 2019 (aged 82) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor |
| Years active | 1967–2013 |
| Website | http://www.medhondo.com/ |
Biography
changeHe moved to France in 1959 and began to work in movies during the 1960s. In 1967, critics praised for the first movie he directed, Soleil O.[1] It won a Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival in Italy.[2] When American movies are dubbed into French, Hondo often plays the French version of a character. For example, he played the French version of Eddie Murphy's character Donkey in Shrek.[3]
Hondo died in Paris on 2 March 2019, aged 82.[4]
Filmography
changeDirector
change- 1967: Soleil O
- 1974: Les 'bicots-Nègres' vos voisins (Arabs and Niggers, Your Neighbours)
- 1975: Sahel la faim pourquoi
- 1979: West Indies
- 1986: Sarraounia
- 1994: Lumière noire (Black Light)
- 1998: Watani, un monde sans mal
- 2004: Fatima, l'Algérienne de Dakar
Actor
change- 1964: Les verts pâturages
- 1965: Bob Morane as Notomi (television series; two episodes)
- 1965: Belphégor as Gaillac (television series)
- 1965: Seule à Paris (television series)
- 1966: Retour à Bacoli as Un tirailleur (television series)
- 1967: Un homme de trop as Florent
- 1968: Tante Zita as James
- 1969: A Walk with Love and Death as Entertainer
- 1974: Aux frontières du possible as doctor Sosian Cisse (television series)
- 1975: Jo Gaillard as Carlos (television series)
- 1977: The Ambassadors as Med
- 1989–1991: Commissaire Moulin as Max (television series; three episodes)
- 1990: 1871 as Karl Marx
- 1997: La divine poursuite as the pilot
- 2000: Antilles sur Seine as Horace
- 2003: Funky Cops as Ace (television series; voice)
- 2006: Asterix and the Vikings as pirate lookout (voice)
- 2006: Incontrôlable as Rex (voice)
Dubbing
change- 1982: Gandhi as Ben Kingsley's Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- 1984: Best Defense as Eddie Murphy's Lieutenant T.M. Landry
- 1994: The Lion King as Rafiki
- 1995: Se7en as Morgan Freeman's Detective Lt. William Somerset
- 1996: The Nutty Professor as Eddie Murphy's Sherman Klump
- 2001: Samurai Jack as Aku
- 2001: Shrek as Eddie Murphy's Donkey
- 2003: Xiaolin Showdown as Dojo
- 2004: Shrek 2 as Donkey
- 2007: Shrek the Third as Donkey
- 2010: Shrek Forever After as Donkey
References
change- ↑ "Directors in Focus — African Perspectives: Med Hondo". Harvard Film Archive. 2006. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
- ↑ "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno International Film Festival Official Site. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- ↑ "Shrek adapté par Sam Mendes" (in French). Canadian Online Explorer. 2002-10-17. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ↑ "Décès à Paris du cinéaste mauritanien Med Hondo". Archived from the original on 2019-03-03. Retrieved 2019-03-03.