Giancarlo Giannini | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico |
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Years active | 1965–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 4, including Adriano Giannini |
Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for Seven Beauties (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor.
Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco Zeffirelli's productions of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream . After appearing predominantly on television throughout the early 1960s, he had his first lead role in a film in Rita the Mosquito (1965), the first of many collaborations with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller. He rose to international stardom through Wertmüller's The Seduction of Mimi (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973), Swept Away (1974), culminating in his Oscar-nominated turn in Seven Beauties (1975). [1]
His other films include The Innocent (1976), Lili Marleen (1980), New York Stories (1990), A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Hannibal (2001), Man on Fire (2004), and the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). He is also a dubbing artist, contributing voice work to the Italian-language versions of dozens of films since the 1960s. [2] He has been the official Italian dubber of Al Pacino since 1975, [3] and has also dubbed Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, and Helmut Berger.
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.
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 which played at The Old Vic. [4]
Giannini made his film debut in a small part in I criminali della metropoli in 1965. He appeared in supporting roles in Anzio and The Secret of Santa Vittoria , and starred in the original version of Swept Away . In 1967, he was a special guest on an episode of Mina's TV show "Sabato Sera". He had his breakthrough in 1970. [5] In 1971, he appeared in E le stelle stanno a guardare , a television adaptation of 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 (1973). [7] [8] He had big box office hits with How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973) and The Sensual Man (1974). [5] In 1976, he starred in Seven Beauties , for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. [9] Giannini is known for his starring roles in films directed by Lina Wertmüller. In addition to Seven Beauties and Swept Away , he also appeared in 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 . He also appeared in Man on Fire . Giannini played Alberto Aragón in A Walk in the Clouds in 1995, and Emperor Shaddam IV in the 2000 Dune miniseries. [10] In 2002, he starred in the horror film Darkness . He later portrayed French agent René Mathis in the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). [11]
In 2009, Giannini received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Canada. [12] On March 6, 2023, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [13] [14] [15]
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] Both he and Ferruccio Amendola were the primary dubbers of Pacino until Amendola's death in 2001 when Giannini became the main voice dubber. [19] He also dubbed Jack Nicholson's voice as Jack Torrance in the Italian release of The Shining and the Joker in Batman and Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street and the 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 . He also provided the Italian voice of Raul Menendez in the Call of Duty game franchise. [21] Outside of dubbing, he provided a voice role in the 2001 Italian animated film Momo in which he voiced the main antagonist.
Aside from acting, Giannini took up inventing as a hobby. Some of the gadgets he designed were used in the 1992 film Toys starring Robin Williams. [22] Giannini also collaborated with 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.
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] Their second-born son is actor 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]
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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1965 | Libido | Christian | |
1966 | Rita the Mosquito | Professor Paolo Randi | |
1967 | I criminali della metropoli | Gerard Lemaire | |
Don't Sting the Mosquito | Professor Paolo Randi | ||
Stasera mi butto | Carlo Timidoni | ||
Arabella | Saverio | ||
1968 | Anzio | Private Cellini | |
1969 | Fräulein Doktor | Lieutenant Hans Rupert | |
Le sorelle | Dario | ||
The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Fabio de la Romagna | ||
1970 | The Pizza Triangle | Nello Serafini | |
Una macchia rosa | Giancarlo | ||
1971 | Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato | Walter | |
Mazzabubù... Quante corna stanno quaggiù? | Lucio | ||
Un aller simple | Weber | ||
Mio padre monsignore | Oreste | ||
Black Belly of the Tarantula | Inspector Tellini | ||
1972 | Hector the Mighty | Ulisse | |
The Seduction of Mimi | Carmelo "Mimi" Mardocheo | ||
Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi | Veleno | ||
La prima notte di quiete | Giorgio "Spider" Mosca | ||
1973 | Love and Anarchy | Antonio "Tunin" Soffiantini | |
It Was I | Biagio Soils | ||
The Sensual Man | Paolo Castorini | ||
How Funny Can Sex Be? | Domenico / Cesaretto / Enrico / Lello / Giansiro / The Donor / Michele Maccò / Saturnino / Doctor Bianchi | ||
1974 | The Murri Affair | Tullio Murri | |
The Beast | Nino Patrovita | ||
Swept Away | Gennarino Carunchio | ||
1975 | The Immortal Bachelor | Gino Benacio | |
Seven Beauties | Pasqualino Frafuso | ||
1976 | The Innocent | Tullio Hermil | |
1978 | A Night Full of Rain | Paolo | |
Blood Feud | Nicola "Nick" Sanmichele | ||
1979 | Lovers and Liars | Guido Massacesi | |
Good News | The Man | ||
Life Is Beautiful | Antonio Murillo | ||
1981 | Lili Marleen | Robert | |
1981 | My Darling, My Dearest | Gennarino Laganà | |
1984 | Where's Picone? | Salvatore Cannavacciuolo | |
American Dreamer | Victor Marchand | ||
1985 | Fever Pitch | Charley | |
1986 | Saving Grace | Abalardi | |
1987 | Ternosecco | Domenico / Mimi | Also director and screenwriter |
The Rogues | Guzman de Alfarache | ||
1988 | Snack Bar Budapest | The Lawyer | |
1989 | 'O Re | Francis II of the Two Sicilies | |
New York Stories | Claudio | Segment: Life Without Zoë | |
Blood Red | Sebastian Collogero | ||
The Sleazy Uncle | Riccardo | ||
Brown Bread Sandwiches | Alberto | ||
Time to Kill | Major | ||
1990 | Dark Illness | Giuseppe Marchi | |
Nel giardino delle rose | Tramontano | ||
The Amusements of Private Life | Charles Renard | ||
1992 | Once upon a Crime | Inspector Bonnard | |
1993 | Giovanni Falcone | Paolo Borsellino | |
1994 | Like Two Crocodiles | Pietro Fraschini | |
1995 | A Walk in the Clouds | Alberto Aragon | |
Palermo – Milan One Way | Turi Arcangelo Leofonte | ||
1996 | Celluloide | Sergio Amidei | |
The Elective Affinities | Narrator | Voice | |
The Border | Von Zirkenitz | ||
La lupa | Father Angiolino | ||
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca | Taxi | ||
Ultimo bersaglio | Leo Steiner | ||
Más allá del jardín | Bernardo | ||
New York Crossing | Enzo | ||
Cervellini fritti impanati | Unknown | ||
1997 | Mimic | Manny Gavoila | |
Una vacanza all'inferno | Ortega | ||
Heaven Before I Die | Thief | ||
1998 | The Dinner | Professore | |
Dolce far niente | Count Nencini | ||
The Room of the Scirocco | Marquis of Acquafurata | ||
1999 | Vuoti a perdere | Francesco Cesena | |
Milonga | Commissioner | ||
Terra bruciata | Macrì | ||
2000 | Una noche con Sabrina Love | Leonardo | |
Welcome Albania | Unknown | ||
2001 | Viper | Guastamacchia | |
Hannibal | Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi | ||
Una lunga lunga lunga notte d'amore | Marcello | ||
CQ | Enzo | ||
The Whole Shebang | Pop Bazinni | ||
Momo | President of the Grey Men | Voice | |
2002 | I Love You Eugenio | Eugenio | |
Ciao America | Zi' Felice | ||
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair | Flavio Carboni | ||
Joshua | The Pope | ||
Darkness | Albert Rua | ||
The Council of Egypt | Narrator | Voice | |
Mario Monicelli, l'artigiano di Viareggio | Himself | ||
2003 | Incantato | Cesare | |
Five Moons Square | Branco | ||
L'acqua... il fuoco | David | ||
Forever | Giovanni | ||
2004 | Man on Fire | Miguel Manzano | |
13 at a Table | Giulio | ||
2005 | Raul: Straight to Kill | Judge Porfirio | |
2006 | Tirant lo Blanc | Emperor of Visantia | |
Salvatore – Questa è la vita | Timpaliscia | ||
Casino Royale | René Mathis | ||
2007 | Milano Palermo – Il ritorno | Turi Leofonte | |
2008 | Bastardi | Il Gatto / Carlo | |
Quantum of Solace | René Mathis | ||
2010 | La bella società | Dr. Antonio Guarrasi | |
La prima notte della luna | Ivan | ||
2012 | Omamamia | Lorenzo | |
2013 | AmeriQua | Don Cesare Ferracane | |
The Gambler Who Wouldn't Die | Nikita | Also director | |
2014 | Promakhos | Petros | |
Love Pret-a-porte | Alfonso | ||
2015 | Shades of Truth | Aaron Azulai | |
2016 | On Air - Storia di un successo | President Alberto Hazan | |
Il ragazzo della Giudecca | Judge Mangrella | ||
Maremmamara | Ezio | ||
Oggi a te... domani a me | Unknown | ||
Prigioniero della mia libertà | Inspector Spaccini | ||
2017 | The Neighborhood | Gianluca Moretti | |
Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle | Catarella | ||
Nobili bugie | Franco | ||
Pipi, Pupu & Rosemary: the Mystery of the Stolen Notes | Narrator | Voice | |
2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Edoardo Amaldi | |
Magical Nights | Leandro Saponaro | ||
2021 | I fratelli De Filippo | Eduardo Scarpetta | |
Gianni Schicchi | Buoso Donati | ||
2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter | Police Chief | |
2024 | Cabrini | Pope Leo XIII | |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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1966 | Lo squarciagola | Dingo | Television film |
David Copperfield | Adult David | Television miniseries | |
1967 | Sabato Sera | ||
1970 | La promessa | Leonidik | Television film |
1971 | E le stelle stanno a guardare | Arthur Barras | Television miniseries |
1986 | Sins | Marcello D'itri | Television miniseries |
1989 | Quattro storie di donne | Giuliano | Television miniseries; 1 episode |
1990 | Vita coi figli | Adriano Setti | Television miniseries |
1993 | Colpo di coda | Flavio Morselli | Television miniseries |
1994 | Nero come il cuore | Valentino Bruio | Television film |
Jacob | Laban | Television film | |
1997 | Nessuno escluso | DIA Director | Television miniseries |
1998 | Ritornare a volare | Giulio | Television film |
Greener Fields | Carlo | Television film | |
2000 | Frank Herbert's Dune | Shaddam IV | Television miniseries |
2002 | Francesca e Nunziata | Giordano Montorsi | Television film |
Dracula | Dr. Enrico Valenzi | Television miniseries | |
2003 | My House in Umbria | Inspector Girotti | Television film |
2004 | Le cinque giornate di Milano | Carlo Cattaneo | Television miniseries |
2005 | Shadows in the Sun | Father Moretti | Television film |
2006 | Racconti neri | Narrator | Television programme; 14 episodes |
L'onore e il rispetto | Giuseppe Bastianelli | Season 1x01-03 | |
2007 | Il generale Dalla Chiesa | Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa | Television miniseries |
2008 | Io non dimentico | Don Salvatore Conticello | Television miniseries |
Il maresciallo Rocca e l'amico d'infanzia | Benedetto Diveri | Television miniseries | |
Il sangue e la rosa | Cardinale Rospigliosi | Television miniseries | |
2009 | So che ritornerai | Borghi | Television film |
2010 | Prima della felicità | Ettore | Television film |
2012 | Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra | Himself | Docufiction |
2013 | Un angelo all'inferno | Pietro Bardelli | Television film |
2016–2023 | Stanotte a... | Giorgio Vasari / Gian Lorenzo Bernini / Carlo Goldoni / Pliny the Younger / Charles III of Spain / Alessandro Manzoni / Jules Maigret | Television docuseries |
2018 | Romanzo famigliare | Gian Pietro Liegi | Television series |
2019 | Catch-22 | Marcello | Television miniseries, 3 episodes |
2021 | Leonardo | Andrea del Verrocchio | Historical drama, 2 episodes |
2022 | Il grande gioco | Dino De Gregorio | Television series |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Ref |
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1972 | Fritz the Cat | Fritz the Cat | Skip Hinnant | |
2009 | Up | Carl Fredricksen | Ed Asner | [49] |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Ref |
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2006 | Eye of the Leopard | Narrator | Jeremy Irons | |
2016 | Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story | Narrator | F. Murray Abraham | |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor | Ref |
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2012 | Call of Duty: Black Ops II | Raul Menendez | Kamar de los Reyes | [50] |
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Award | Wins | Nominations |
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N/A | 1 | |
6 | 5 | |
6 | 6 |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
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1977 | Best Actor | Seven Beauties | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
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1972 | Best Actor | The Seduction of Mimi | Won |
1984 | Where's Picone? | Won | |
1989 | 'O Re | Nominated | |
1990 | Dark Illness | Nominated | |
1994 | Best Supporting Actor | Giovanni Falcone | Nominated |
1995 | Like Two Crocodiles | Won | |
1996 | Best Actor | Palermo - Milan One Way | Nominated |
Celluloide | Won | ||
2000 | Golden Plate | — | Won |
2002 | Best Actor | I Love You Eugenio | Won |
2003 | Best Supporting Actor | Incantato | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
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1971 | Best Supporting Actor | The Pizza Triangle | Nominated |
1973 | Best Actor | The Seduction of Mimi | Won |
1974 | The Sensual Man | Nominated | |
Love and Anarchy | Won | ||
1984 | Where's Picone? | Nominated | |
1989 | 'O Re | Nominated | |
1991 | Best Supporting Actor | The Amusements of Private Life | Nominated |
Best Actor | Dark Illness | Nominated | |
1994 | Best Male Dubbing | Carlito's Way | Won |
1999 | Best Supporting Actor | The Dinner | Won |
Best Actor | The Room of the Scirocco | Won | |
2001 | Best Supporting Actor | Hannibal | Won |
Festival | Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
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Cannes Film Festival | 1973 | Best Actor | Love and Anarchy | Won |
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2003 | Legend Award | — | Won |
Giffoni Film Festival | 2013 | François Truffaut Award | — | Won |
Kineo Awards | 2008 | Best Actor | Milano Palermo - Il ritorno | Nominated |
Locarno Festival | 2014 | Excellence Award | — | Won |
Los Angeles Italia Film Festival | 1999 | Outstanding Achievement in Film | — | Won |
Milan Film Festival | 2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award | — | Won |
Newport Beach Film Festival | Best Actor | I Love You Eugenio | Won | |
Primavera del Cinema Italiano Festival | 2009 | Career Award | — | Won |
San Sebastián International Film Festival | 1973 | Best Actor | Sono stato io | Won |
Taormina Film Fest | 1989 | Career Charybdis | — | Won |
2001 | Taormina Arte Award | — | Won | |
2007 | — | Won | ||
Viareggio EuropaCinema | 1998 | Platinum Award for Cinematic Excellence | — | Won |
Institution | Year | Category | Nominated work | Outcome |
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Ciak D'Oro | 1996 | Best Supporting Actor | Like Two Crocodiles | Won |
Fangoria Chainsaw Award | 2002 | Hannibal | Nominated | |
Flaiano Prize | Career Award for Cinema | — | Won | |
Giffoni Film Festival | 2013 | François Truffaut Award | — | Won |
Globo D'Oro | 1973 | Best Actor | The Seduction of Mimi | Won |
1974 | Sono stato io | Won | ||
1989 | 'O Re | Won | ||
1997 | The Border | Nominated | ||
1999 | Milonga | Won | ||
2010 | Career Award | — | Won |
Seven Beauties is a 1975 historical black comedy drama Italian film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller and starring Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, and Shirley Stoler.
The Seduction of Mimi is a 1972 Italian comedy drama film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Turi Ferro and Agostina Belli.
Love and Anarchy is a 1973 Italian film directed by Lina Wertmüller and starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato. The story, set in Fascist Italy before the outbreak of World War II, centers on Giannini's character, an anarchist who stays in a brothel while preparing to assassinate Benito Mussolini. Giannini's character falls in love with one of the women working in the brothel. This film explores the depths of his emotions concerning love, his hate for fascism, and his fears of being killed while assassinating Mussolini.
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