Dominik Bernard, born in Pointe-à-Pitre, is a French stage and film actor and a director of Guadeloupean origin. He is also the French voice for many American actors, such as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Courtney B. Vance, Dennis Haysbert, Jeffrey Wright and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Dominik Bernard
Bernard on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2008.
Born
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
NationalityFrench
Occupations
Years active1983–present

Life and career

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Selected filmography

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Year Title Director Role Notes
1996 Inseln unter dem wind Marco Serafini TV series (ZDF/Season 2, 2 episodes)
1997 The Swindle (French: Rien ne va plus) Claude Chabrol Feature Film
1998 Sucre Amer Christian Lara Général Sériziat Feature Film
2000 Antilles sur Seine Pascal Légitimus Feature Film
2003 La Fonte des neiges Laurent Jaoui The African diplomat TV film
2004 Siméon Euzhan Palcy Feature Film
Lien Thomas Proux[1] Toad Short Film
2005 La Noiraude Fabienne Kanor & Véronique Kanor The Marabout Short Film
2007 Dix films pour en parler Laurence Ferreira Barbosa The Medical Examiner TV series short (1 Episode: The Medical Examiner)
2008 Bientôt j'arrête Léa Fazer Ted Short Film, Talents Cannes
2009 Un Flic Patrick Dewolf Miloud TV series (France 2/Season 3, episode 3: Dancers)
Syd Fabien Gazanhes Syd's Father Short Film
2011 Death in Paradise Charles Palmer Bank manager TV series (Episode 1.1)
Domino Sébastien Chambard TV series short (season 1, 1 Episode)
2014 Villa Karayib Gwendal Pointeau Rosan TV series short (season 2, Recurring role)
2015 Domino a Kaz Gilbert Di Nino, Selim Isker Hubert (Laurence's Dad) TV series short (season 3, 6 episodes)
Nightmare Before Wedding Fabienne Chomaud The Mad Hatter Short Film
2016 San Konbin Samuel Tanda Commissioner Marcel Romarin Short Film

Music video appearances

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Title Year Performer Album Ref.
"Que restera-t-il ?" 2008 Johnny Hallyday Le Cœur d'un homme [2]
"Parle-moi" 2014 Lady Sweety Parle-moi ,[3][4]

Stage

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Actor

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Year Show Director Role Venue
1998 Blood Knot (Athol Fugard) Jean-Michel Martial Morris L'Artchipel, Théâtre de la Tempête (Paris)
1999 The Double Inconstancy (Marivaux) Éric-Gaston Lorvoire Trivelino Lucernaire theatre
2000–2002 King Lear Philippe Adrien Oswald Théâtre de la Tempête (Paris)
2002 The Exception and the Rule (Bertolt Brecht) Alain Ollivier The guide Théâtre Gérard Philipe (Saint-Denis)
2003 Œdipe ou la controverse (from Sophocles) Sotigui Kouyaté Creon Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord (Paris)
2003 Monsieur Toussaint (Édouard Glissant) Greg Germain François Mackandal Fort de Joux : Bicentennial of Toussaint Louverture’s death
2003 Traffic jam (French: Embouteillage) Anne-Laure Liégeois Grande Halle de la Villette (Paris)
2004 Miss Julie (by August Strindberg) Pierre-Marie Carlier Jean Théâtre Daniel Sorano (Vincennes)
2005 Africa-Solo (Ernest Pépin) José Exélis Théâtre de la Tempête (Paris)
2005 Sturm & Tempête (from Shakespeare) Alex Novak Prospero L’Illiade Theatre (Illkirch-Graffenstaden), Reithalle (Offenburg)
2005 A Creole Respectable Wedding (from Bertolt Brecht) Philippe Adrien The Bridegroom's Friend L'Artchipel, Avignon Festival
2006 Abribus (Laurent Van Wetter) Hassane Kassi Kouyaté La Scène Watteau (Nogent-sur-Marne)
2006 A Creole Respectable Wedding (from Bertolt Brecht) Philippe Adrien The Bridegroom's Friend Théâtre de la Tempête (Paris)
2007 Murders of the Jewish princess (Armando Llamas) Philippe Adrien Théâtre de la Tempête (Paris)
2008 Crave (Sarah Kane) Ludovic Lagarde Festival d'automne à Paris : Théâtre de la Cité internationale
2010–2011 Lucy (from Catherine Rey) Valérie Goma Julio French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Avignon Festival 2011
2011 Conger eel and Homarus (French: Congre et Homard) (Gaël Octavia) Dominik Bernard Conger Scène nationale de Martinique, L'Artchipel, Avignon Festival
2012–2014 Un archipel de Solitudes (Frantz Succab) José Jernidier Tic L'Artchipel, Avignon Festival
2014 Le Temps suspendu de Thuram (Véronique Kanor) Alain Timár Eugene L'Artchipel, Théâtre des Halles : Avignon Festival

Stage director

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Year Show Author Venue
2009 Adélaïde, a negro tragedy Solal Valentin Théâtre de l’Épée de Bois (La Cartoucherie, Paris)
2011 Conger eel and Homarus (French: Congre et Homard)[5] Gaël Octavia Scène nationale of Martinique, L'Artchipel, Avignon Festival 2011
2018 Happy Birthday Marta José Jernidier L'Artchipel, Scène nationale of Guadeloupe

Voxography

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French voices

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French Radio dramas

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Year Station Show Author Notes
2007 France Culture Le monde tel quel, une aventure de Sam Collette[6] Christine Spianti Radio drama, Role: Bakari
2007 France Inter Rosa Parks, la femme qui a dit non[7] Anne Jolivet Radio drama, Role: Raymond Parks
2007 France Culture American Darling[8] Russell Banks Radio drama series, Role: Samuel Doe
2008 France Culture Zeno's Conscience[9] Italo Svevo Radio drama series
2003 RFO Guadeloupe Conger eel and Homarus (French: Congre et Homard) Gaël Octavia Radio drama, director, Role: Conger

References

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  1. ^ Lien – Le film, by Thomas Proud, on dailymotion
  2. ^ (Music video) Johnny Hallyday; Les Sp6men (Directors) (2008). "Que restera-t-il ?" – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ (Music video) Lady Sweety; Fred Foret & Jean-Claude Barny (Directors) (2014). "Parle-moi" – via YouTube.
  4. ^ (in French) "Lady Sweety s'engage contre les violences faites aux femmes / Lady Sweety engaged to fight violences against women". Creoleways.com. 13 March 2014.
  5. ^ (in French) "Avignon 2011 : Toma's programme" on www.Africultures.com
  6. ^ (in French) Radio drama "Fictions / Samedi noir : Le monde tel quel, une aventure de Sam Collette de Christine Spianti". France Culture. 2007.
  7. ^ (in French) Radio drama "Au fil de l'histoire : Rosa Parks, la femme qui a dit non-par Anne Jolivet". France Inter. 23 September 2007.
  8. ^ (in French) Radio drama "Fictions / Le Feuilleton : American Darling de Russell Banks (9/15)". France Culture. 6 December 2007.
  9. ^ (in French) Radio drama series "Fictions / Le Feuilleton : La conscience de Zeno d'Italo Svevo (2/15)". France Culture. 26 August 2008.
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