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Adalberto Maria Merli
Adalberto Maria Merli
	Merli in Black Holiday (1973)
Born	14 January 1938 (age 86); Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Occupations	Actor; voice actor;
Years active	1965–present
Children	Euridice Axen

Adalberto Maria Merli (born 14 January 1938) is an Italian actor and voice actor.^[1]

Biography

Born in Rome, Merli is active on film and television and he has appeared in over 27 films since 1965. He had his breakout role in the 1968 RAI television series La freccia nera.^[2] After some further television success through the TV series Le terre di Sacramento and E le stelle stanno a guardare Merli made his film debut in the 1971 Miklós Jancsó's drama film La tecnica e il rito, then he became quite active in films of "poliziottesco" or political genre, often in leading roles.^[2]

Merli is also active as a voice actor.^[2] He is known for having dubbed over the voices of Clint Eastwood, Ed Harris, Robert Redford, Jack Nicholson, David Carradine, Brian Cox, Malcolm McDowell and Michael Caine in some of their films. In his Italian dubbed animation roles, he voiced James P. Sullivan in Monsters, Inc., Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles, The Spirit of the West in Rango, and Pacha in The Emperor's New Groove.^[2]^[3]

Personal life

From Merli's relationship with the Swedish actress Eva Axén, he has one daughter, Euridice Axen, born in 1980. Euridice holds her mother’s surname.^[4]

Filmography

Roma (1972) - Narrator (voice, uncredited)
The Hassled Hooker (1972) - Claudio Santini
La prima notte di quiete (1972) - Gerardo Favani
Black Holiday (1973) - Franco Rossini
Flatfoot (1973) - Police Commissioner Tabassi
Processo per direttissima (1974) - Brigadiere Pendicò
La femme aux bottes rouges (1974) - Man
Peur sur la ville (1975) - Pierre Valdeck / Minos
Faccia di spia (1975) - Captain Felix Ramos
Le Gang (1977) - Manu
Per questa notte (1977) - Ossorio
Sciopèn (1982) - Andrea Serano
Cento giorni a Palermo (1984) - Mafioso
Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986) - Cesare Molteni (uncredited)
L'orchestre rouge (1989) - Berg
Duel of Hearts (1991, TV Movie) - Grimaldi
State Secret (1995) - Ermes Ravida
Stupor mundi (1997) - The Pope
The Dinner (1998) - Bricco
Crimine contro crimine (1998) - Monzi
The Card Player (2004) - Police Commissioner

Dubbing roles

References

^ "Adalberto Maria Merli's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ponzo, Raffaella (24 February 2018). "Adalberto Maria Merli – Personaggi". PALCOSCENICO (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ Satta, Gloria (21 August 2018). "Euridice Axen: Sarò bella da far paura". Grazia (in Italian). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ ""Monsters & co." di Peter Docter - CineFile". 6 April 2002. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ "ZONA CINEMA: "Monsters & Co."". AntonioGenna.net presenta: IL MONDO DEI DOPPIATORI (in Italian). Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ ""Rango", lo spaghetti western (ri)animato da un cartone - Cronaca nazionale". Abruzzo24ore (in Italian). 23 March 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ Catalli, Claudia (15 November 2009). "Million Dollar Baby". Homepage di MenteSociale (in Italian). Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2018.