Italian actor (born 1942)
Giancarlo Giannini (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒanˈniːni] Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties David di Donatello Award for Best Actor .
Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco Zeffirelli 's productions of Romeo and Juliet A Midsummer Night's Dream Rita the Mosquito Lina Wertmüller . He rose to international stardom through Wertmüller's The Seduction of Mimi Love and Anarchy (1973), Swept Away Seven Beauties (1975).[ 1]
His other films include The Innocent Lili Marleen New York Stories A Walk in the Clouds Hannibal Man on Fire James Bond films Casino Royale Quantum of Solace dubbing artist, contributing voice work to the Italian-language versions of dozens of films since the 1960s.[ 2] Al Pacino since 1975,[ 3] Jack Nicholson , Michael Douglas , and Helmut Berger .
Early life
Giannini was born in La Spezia and he spent most of his childhood in the settlement of Pitelli. In 1952, Giannini and his family moved to Naples where he received a diploma in electronic engineering at the Alessandro Volta Technological State Technical Institute. During his teen years, he moved to Rome and studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico .
Acting career
Stage
Giannini made his stage debut at the age of 18, opposite Lilla Brignone in In memoria di una signora amica , directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi . His breakthrough came when he was cast by Franco Zeffirelli in a production of Romeo and Juliet The Old Vic .[ 4]
Film and television
Giannini on the set of the film The Sensual Man Giannini made his film debut in a small part in I criminali della metropoli Anzio The Secret of Santa Vittoria Swept Away Mina 's TV show "Sabato Sera". He had his breakthrough in 1970.[ 5] E le stelle stanno a guardare A. J. Cronin 's novel The Stars Look Down [ 6]
Giannini won a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy [ 7] [ 8] How Funny Can Sex Be? The Sensual Man [ 5] Seven Beauties Academy Award for Best Actor .[ 9] Lina Wertmüller . In addition to Seven Beauties and Swept Away The Seduction of Mimi Love and Anarchy A Night Full of Rain , and Francesca e Nunziata .[citation needed
Giannini has also achieved some international success. His fluency in English has brought him a number of featured roles in Hollywood productions, most notably as Inspector Pazzi in Hannibal Man on Fire A Walk in the Clouds Shaddam IV in the 2000 Dune miniseries .[ 10] horror film Darkness René Mathis in the James Bond films Casino Royale Quantum of Solace [ 11]
In 2009, Giannini received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Canada.[ 12] Hollywood Walk of Fame .[ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
Voice acting
Giannini in The Pizza Triangle Giannini has had a successful career as a voice actor and dubber. He helped with the foundation of the C.V.D. along with Renato Turi , Corrado Gaipa , Valeria Valeri , Oreste Lionello , Wanda Tettoni and other dubbers.[ 16] [ 17]
Giannini is the official Italian voice dubber of Al Pacino .[ 18] Ferruccio Amendola were the primary dubbers of Pacino until Amendola's death in 2001 when Giannini became the main voice dubber.[ 19] Jack Nicholson 's voice as Jack Torrance in the Italian release of The Shining Joker in Batman Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street 2010 sequel as well as dubbing other actors such as Dustin Hoffman , Gérard Depardieu , Ryan O'Neal , Jeremy Irons , Mel Gibson , Tim Allen , Leonard Whiting and Ian McKellen in some of their work.[ 20]
In Giannini's animated roles, he voiced Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner ) in the Italian dub of the Pixar film Up Call of Duty [ 21] Momo
Other ventures
Giannini at the 49th Venice International Film Festival (1992) Aside from acting, Giannini took up inventing as a hobby. Some of the gadgets he designed were used in the 1992 film Toys Robin Williams .[ 22] Gabriella Greison on his memoir Sono ancora un bambino which was published by Longanesi in 2014. A year later, he received the Premio Cesare Pavese .[ 23]
In 2012 he collaborated with Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti in "Io sono te", from his album Noi .
Personal life
From 1967 until 1975, Giannini was married to actress Livia Giampalmo and they had two children. Their eldest son was Lorenzo, who died in 1987 from an aneurysm shortly before his 20th birthday.[ 24] Adriano Giannini , who played his father's role in the 2002 remake of Swept Away .
Since 1983, he has been married to Eurilla del Bono and they have two sons, Emanuele and Francesco who are musicians.[ 25]
Filmography
Cinema
Television
Voice work
Dubbing
Awards and nominations
Film festivals
Other awards
Honours
References
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Awards for Giancarlo Giannini
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