Gérard Lanvain (which he spells "Lanvin"), born June 21, 1950 in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French actor.
He dropped from school and started a career in Dinner Theatre shows at the Café de la Gare in Paris alongside Coluche and Martin Lamotte. Coluche helped him get small roles in the late 70s, and he quickly emerged as a household name for "manly" roles in The '80s as a successor of sorts to Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon at the time. Outside of acting he is also famous for his many no-nonsense and unfiltered rants.
He's also voiced some animated characters in French dubs, including Manny the mammoth in the Ice Age film series and Mr. Incredible in Incredibles 2.
Selected filmography:
Live-Action Roles:
- The Wing or the Thigh (1976) as a circus buddy
- Les Spécialistes (1985) as Stéphane Carella
- The Taste of Others (2000) as Franck Moreno
- Le Boulet (2002) as Gérard Moltès
- Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1 (2008) as Charlie Bauer
- Angelique (2013) as Joffrey de Peyrac
French Dub/Voice Roles:
- Ice Age as Manfred "Manny"
- Ice Age (2002)
- Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
- Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
- Incredibles 2 (2018) as Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible
- Sing 2 (2021) as Clay Calloway
Tropes & Trivia in his roles:
- The Other Darrin: Replaced the French dub voice actor of Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible from The Incredibles, the late Marc Alfos, in Incredibles 2.
