Multilingual actor and director for the past 35 years, Stephane has worked across all the many fields of the voice and acting industry from recording voices for pre-school toys to acting for Steven Spielberg?s Saving Private Ryan. His motto is : ?Since no-one can ever truly be a Master, please call me Jack.?
Stephane started acting at the age of 14. He read philosophy, literature and languages at Caen University, France, was awarded a scholarship to study Drama at Colby College USA. He holds (very dear) an MA in Drama: Process of Production from the prestigious Goldsmith College London.
Stephane?s long list of clients includes Reuters, CNN, The BBC, ITV, The Cartoon Network, The Vatican, The Rijks Museum, Le Louvres, London 2012 Olympics, The World Health Organisation, and the United Nations to name a few (and show off?)
He likes to boast that he started voicing characters in video games when they first learned to talk. He has worked on Metal Gear, Spyro the Dragon, Syphon Filter 1,2 & 3, Dark Souls 2 & 3, Need for Speed, Lara Croft, Total War. He admits having a special fondness for Lonesome Gavlan from Dark Souls. ?Gavlan wheel, Gavlan deal!?
In advertising Stephane has worked on several National and International campaigns for Lancome, Chanel, Stella Artois, Kronembourg, Buly, Babbel, The Economist, Renault, Boursin, Signal etc?
Stephane runs practical and theoretical workshops in acting and directing (Minist?re de l?Education Nationale, Actor?s Centre London, British Equity, VO Atlanta) and appeared on several panels on video games for The Voice Over Network, Get your Game on, London Screen Writing Festival, Chatterbox Voices and the London Film and Television School.
Passionate and ever amazed by the processes behind story telling and make belief, Stephane thinks good actors aim to be saints, not stars.