Dan Jeannotte

2014-09-01T14:10:52Z

184.145.92.9: Corrected the statement that "Unity marks his first full-time acting job", when in fact Jeannotte has been a professional actor for years, appearing in many films, TV shows, plays, etc.

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'''Dan Jeannotte''' is a Canadian actor and comedian who portrays [[Arno Dorian]], the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''. A member of the touring sketch comedy group ''[http://weareuncalledfor.com/ Uncalled For]'', Jeannotte has appeared in films (such as [[:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821694/|RED 2]]), television shows ([[:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1595680/fullcredits/|Being Human]]) and many theatre productions. He has done some voiceover work for radio and games, but ''Unity'' marks his first major videogamee acting job.<ref name="GI"/>

He described himself as gamer when he was younger, but stopped as he felt he was becoming addicted to games like ''{{Wiki|Grand Theft Auto: Vice City}}''. However, he was aware games had become more focused on storytelling, and described ''Unity'' as having a "complicated and nuanced" script".<ref name="GI">[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/08/13/the-man-behind-assassins-creed-unitys-arno-dorian-on-comedy-and-motion-capture-make-outs.aspx GameInformer: The Man Behind ''Assassin's Creed Unity'''s Arno Dorian On Comedy And Motion-Capture Make-Outs]</ref>

He commented that he identified with Arno's character, because "he’s young and inexperienced and kind of a brat" and "I used to be like that". He acknowledged the character as having a sharp wit, which he felt aided the suspension of disbelief in the story. For the role, he put on a British accent because of the developers "using the cinematic conceit of having historical British accents like you would in something like the movie ''{{Wiki|Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator}}''".<ref name="GI"/>

Jeannotte portrayed motion capture for the character, and felt wearing the tracksuits became like wearing a second skin. In the recording studio, he did not ad-lib new dialogue, but as he grew to understand Arno more, he became more open to suggest changing a line, which Ubisoft were always open to. Due to the helmet cameras recording their facial expressions, he had to record a romantic scene where he and his co-star had to mime themselves kissing at each other.<ref name="GI"/>

==''Assassin's Creed'' credits==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' (2012) - Additional voices
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' (2013) - Additional voices
*''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' (2014) - Arno Dorian

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/d_j_not Dan Jeannotte] on Twitter
*[http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/dan-jeannotte/4b/956/7a7 Dan Jeannotte] on LinkedIn
*{{IMDb|nm3005219|Dan Jeannotte}} on IMDb
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