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name: "Gérard Hernandez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gerard-hernandez"
fi1m_id: "gerard-hernandez"
imdb_id: "nm0379587"
tmdb_id: 131380
wikidata_id: "Q1558987"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 January 1933"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T17:47:43.186790+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gérard Hernandez

## Identity

Gérard Hernandez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gerard-hernandez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gerard-hernandez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0379587
- **TMDB ID:** 131380
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1558987
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Hernandez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1558987, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379587/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131380

Actor. Born 20 January 1933 in Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 January 1933, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
- **Active:** 1960–1973
- **Also known as:** Gerard Hernandez, Gérard Hernández, Julio Gerardo Hernández
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 88 (1), 1970s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Hernandez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1558987, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379587/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131380

## Coming up

- *Somnambule* (2027-02-03)

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fantastic Planet*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-planet.md) (80)

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## Fi1m on Gérard Hernandez

> Gérard Hernandez's warm, gravelly voice suits both reassuring elders and practised grumblers. We value him most as a character performer, especially in animation, though his reputation cannot be understood through his cinema credits alone.

Listen to Gérard Hernandez's gravelly voice and the warmth is as noticeable as the gruffness. That combination suits the reassuring elder and the habitual grumbler, which helps explain his long association with both Papa Smurf and Grouchy Smurf in the French version of *The Smurfs*, beginning in 1981. His live-action work has often made him a policeman, an inspector or a waiter. His television credits include Commissaire Perret in *Père et Maire*, one of those policemen who recur through his live-action work. The moustache makes him easier to place, too.

*Fantastic Planet* (1973) is well worth seeing, though it offers a limited introduction to Hernandez himself. He voices Master Taj in René Laloux's animated science fiction, where the creatures and Alain Goraguer's music make a stronger impression than the characters. We were disturbed by those creatures; their appearance makes the film's warning about coexistence difficult to shrug off. The reservation is important: this is animation we recommend for its drawings and music, not a film in which the individual performances are the chief attraction.

His cinema work runs through small parts and ensembles rather than a succession of leading roles. Jacques Becker's *Le Trou* (1960) gives him a prisoner in the infirmary; Bertrand Tavernier's *Coup de Torchon* (1981) gives him Leonelli, alongside Philippe Noiret and Jean-Pierre Marielle. Those credits are worth knowing, but they should not obscure the voice work. His dubbing credits also include Gonzo in the French version of *The Muppet Show*, alongside the work in animated films and series. From *The Twelve Tasks of Asterix* (1976) to *Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion* (2018), animation is a sustained part of his work, not an occasional diversion.

Television brought a later change in visibility with Raymond in *Scènes de ménages* (2009), after decades of supporting roles. That wider recognition did not require him to abandon the character actor's trade. His familiar voice is a considerable asset for a recurring television character. For a fuller sense of Hernandez, give the animation and television as much attention as the cinema.

## Biography

Gérard Hernandez is a Spanish-French actor. He was born Julio Gerardo Hernández on 20 January 1933 in Valladolid, Spain, and was naturalised French in 1975.

He is known for his voice work in animated films and French dubs, including Master Taj in *Fantastic Planet* (1973), Vénérable du sommet in *The Twelve Tasks of Asterix* (1976), and Atmosférix in *Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion* (2018). Other credits include Papa Smurf and Grouchy Smurf in the French version of *The Smurfs* (1981).

In live-action films he has played supporting roles, among them a prisoner in *Le Trou* (1960), a policeman in *The Brain* (1969), and Leonelli in *Coup de Torchon* (1981). On television he has appeared regularly in game shows and portrayed Commissaire Perret in *Père et Maire* (2002–2009) and Raymond in *Scènes de Ménages* (from 2009).

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fantastic Planet* (1973), Fi1m 80, as Master Taj (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-planet.md)
- *Le Trou* (1960), Fi1m 88, as Le détenu à l'infirmerie — [page](https://film.one/film/le-trou.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Somnambule* (2027), Actor
- *Scènes de ménages, les secrets d'un succès* (2025), as Lui-même
- *35 ans M6 tous en scène* (2022), as Raymond
- *Josep* (2020), as Grand-père Serge (voice)
- *Mystère à l'Élysée* (2018), as Général Richmond
- *Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion* (2018), as Atmosférix (voice)
- *Peplum* (2015), series, as Pétrone
- *Fonzy* (2013), as Ramon
- *Mystery in Paris* (2011), series, as Général Richmond
- *Mer belle à agitée* (2006), as Albert
- *A Crime in Paradise* (2001), as Jacky
- *La Surprise* (1999), as Philippe Chabrier
- *Bonnes vacances* (1998), as Monsieur Legendre
- *La Femme du cosmonaute* (1997), as Klavel
- *The Eighth Day* (1996), as (voice)
- *Iznogoud* (1995), series, as Iznogoud (French version, voice)
- *Madame Petlet's True Story* (1995), as Sammy
- *Les Cordier, juge et flic* (1994), series, as Da Silva
- *Black Light* (1994), Actor
- *Les Misérables* (1992), series, as M. Thénardier
- *Robinson and Company* (1991), as Dodo (Voice)
- *Trois partout* (1990), as Max Parmegiano
- *Spiff and Hercules* (1989), series, as Grochoux
- *Les Gauloises blondes* (1988), as Cunillingus
- *Sanguines* (1988), as Alvaro
- *Les p'tits schtroumpfs* (1988), as Papa Smurf / Grumpy Smurf / Slouchy Smurfling (voice)
- *Superslob* (1986), as Le serveur couscous
- *Banana's Boulevard* (1986), as Barquette
- *Seabert* (1985), series, as Sulfuric
- *Clémentine* (1985), series, as Illico Presto, M. Pluche
- *Liberté, égalité, choucroute* (1985), as Le policier du calife
- *Le bébé schtroumpf* (1984), as Papa Smurf / Grouchy Smurf (voice)
- *Comment draguer tous les mecs* (1984), as The paramedic
- *Happy Easter* (1984), as Le serveur du restaurant indien
- *Lucky Luke* (1984), series, as Jack Dalton (voice)
- *Marie Pervenche* (1984), series, as Pignon
- *Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose* (1983), as Jack Dalton (voice)
- *Qu'est-ce qui fait craquer les filles...* (1982), as Zerbini
- *Coup de Torchon* (1981), as Leonelli
- *Prends ta Rolls et va pointer* (1981), as Antonio, Spanish mechanic
- *San-Antonio ne pense qu'à ça* (1981), as Le calife
- *Signé Furax* (1981), as Asti Spumante
- *Rodriguez au pays des merguez* (1980), as Gongormatz
- *It's Not Me, It's Him* (1980), as Pottery seller in the souk
- *Hothead* (1979), as Bercot, police inspector
- *Le Temps des as* (1978), series, as Berchereau
- *The Small Timers* (1978), as Le directeur de la prison
- *Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons* (1978), as Jack Dalton
- *Bobby Deerfield* (1977), as Carlos Del Montanaro
- *Run After Me Until I Catch You* (1976), as Garcia
- *Police Commissioner Moulin* (1976), series, as José
- *The Twelve Tasks of Asterix* (1976), as Vénérable du sommet (voice)
- *Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's* (1976), as Hernandez
- *Love and Cool Water* (1976), as Ben
- *Let's Make a Dirty Movie* (1976), as Restaurateur
- *The Down-in-the-Hole Gang* (1974), as Hervé Balzac
- *Fantastic Planet* (1973), as Master Taj (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-planet.md)
- *Soleil O* (1973), Actor
- *the famous escapes* (1972), series, as Mazarin
- *Tintin and the Temple of the Sun* (1969), as Santa Clara Stationmaster (voice)
- *Hibernatus* (1969), as Assistant d'Edouard Lorienbat
- *The Brain* (1969), as Policeman in Le Havre (uncredited)
- *Barnaby* (1968), series, as Kid Blacky
- *Les Combinards* (1966), as L'abbé
- *Si tous les amoureux du monde...* (1963), Actor
- *A Man Named Rocca* (1961), as Mine-clearing Prisoner (uncredited)
- *Le Trou* (1960), as Le détenu à l'infirmerie — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/le-trou.md)
- *Young Girls Beware* (1957), as Guest at the transient hotel (uncredited)
- *The Best Part* (1955), as The worker who replaces the storekeeper

## Gallery

- ![Gérard Hernandez](https://film.one/media/person/3877406/gallery-9bd847744755.jpg) Gérard Hernandez — Julienmorvan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Gerard_Hernandez_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gérard Hernandez](https://film.one/media/person/3877406/gallery-77b09b961177.jpg) Gérard Hernandez — Image via TMDB

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