Emmanuel Karsen

Emmanuel Bourdeaux was a French actor. He was best known for providing the voice of Ryuk in the French version of the Japanese anime television series Death Note.
In addition to his well-received work in Death Note, he provided the French voices for Sean Penn in Milk, John Leguizamo in Kick-Ass 2, Louis Mandylor in My [Big Fat Greek Wedding], Norman Reedus in Air, Christian Bale in Newsies, Brad Pitt in 12 Monkeys, Lew Temple in The [Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning], Willem Dafoe in Death Note's film version, Johnny Depp in What's [Eating Gilbert Grape], Jack Black in Bob Roberts, Jeremy Davies in The [Million Dollar Hotel] and Ed Skrein in Deadpool, and was a member of the band Les Heroics.
Karsen died on 11 September 2025, at the age of 62.