He passed away in the late 1990s, but his legacy lives on every Halloween when a sound designer needs a voice to represent pure, unadulterated menace. Jean Marc Lablache is the ultimate "That Guy" of voice acting. You didn't know his name. You didn't need to. The moment his vocal chords vibrated, you felt it in your chest.

Next time you watch The Hunchback of Notre Dame , turn up the volume during the "Kill the Beast" chant. That isn't a choir. That is a giant of a man reminding us that the best villains speak from the bottom of their lungs.

His name is .

Disney films of the 90s (specifically Hunchback ) pushed the envelope by bringing in Broadway and Opera talent. Lablache wasn't trying to sound like a cartoon. He sounded like a force of nature trapped in a cartoon. He taught a generation of kids that the villain wasn't scary because of what he did, but because of the sound he made.