Damien Hartmann

in the beginningWho I am

Driven by my passions ever since I was little, I chose without hesitation to pursue an artistic career.

By the age of 7, my sister and I were dressing up and staging little theater shows based on comic-book scenes for family and neighbors. With my brother, I spent my free time making dual-cassette mixes and using my voice for all kinds of skits and parodies — my very first voice sessions without even knowing it!

A die-hard music lover, I took up three instruments by the age of 7 (guitar, piano, drums) and started singing at 10. As a teenager, I backed several bands on stage before leaving Nancy.

A magistrate father, a fashion-designer mother: they hoped I'd keep my nose in my schoolbooks a few more years. But the pull of the arts won out: in late 2006, the year of my baccalauréat (the French high-school diploma), I left Nancy to live in Paris.

the sparkHow I became a voice actor

After starting my training at the Cours Florent, alongside auditions and short-film shoots, I discovered the craft of the French voice actor. I started out as the on-air voice of MCM Top, then Canal J — and daily radio and TV sessions quickly followed, across the capital's many studios (TF1, M6, W9, MTV, France Télévisions, Direct 8, Canal+…).

the big screenPost-sync & dubbing

Then came my first post-sync sessions on feature films: Harry Potter, Hereafter, The Rite, Kung Fu Panda… followed by animation, where I had a blast on “Rabbids Invasion” for France 3, anime (Bakemonogatari, Full Metal Panic, Haikyuu), and video-game dubbing (Call of Duty, Battlefield, Halo, Rainbow Six, Far Cry, WoW and many more).

Then the roles started getting bigger: I became the French voice of Scott Eastwood (Billy Clark) and Jay Galloway (Rigo Sanchez) in Trouble with the Curve, James Landry Hébert (Mitch Racine) in Gangster Squad, and Chris Marquette (Eddie) in The Rite.

on the airTV & radio

In 2008, I discovered digital radio with “Goom Radio”, a project I joined from its very inception — after a year at the Studio École de France radio school — following a meeting with Roberto Ciurléo (former NRJ program director). I spent two years there as a host, and at times an impressionist — notably opposite Gérald Dahan on a talk show hosted by Johann Roques.

In September 2011, I made my TV debut on France 2, one of France's main national TV channels, alongside Julien Courbet, as an impressionist commentator on “Seriez-vous un bon expert,” aired every weeknight. Armed with my guitar, I'd sing little tunes and crack jokes on set! For Christmas 2011, I co-wrote and shot 12 episodes of “Oh Oh OOOH” with Marc Duquenoy for the kids' channel Gulli.

behind the scenesAudio production & music

In early 2010, I worked with producer Gilbert Coullier (Johnny Hallyday, Laurent Gerra, Céline Dion, Gad Elmaleh…) on interviews and video productions. In parallel, I composed theme music for shows like MADE and THE FACTORY (MTV, Eurosport).

In late 2011, I teamed up with David Goldcher and DJ Jeremy De Koste to launch a production label in Florida, “7 Million Productions”, and from 2012 we set off to produce music videos and tours in Miami: albums, a musical, radio/TV branding, film and TV scores. (Feel free to reach out for any music project, too!)