Adriano Giannini

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Adriano Giannini
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Giannini at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1971-05-10) 10 May 1971 (age 52)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor
Years active1990-present
Spouse
Gaia Trussardi
(m. 2019)
Parent(s) Giancarlo Giannini
Livia Giampalmo

Adriano Giannini (born 10 May 1971) is an Italian actor and voice actor. [1]

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Biography

Adriano Giannini was born in Rome on 10 May 1971 to actors Giancarlo Giannini and Livia Giampalmo. He began his career when he was 18 years old. [2]

His most notable role was alongside Madonna in the widely panned 2002 film Swept Away , a remake of the 1974 Italian film of the same name. Giannini played the same role that his father played in the original.

His international roles include the voice of Rat in the 2003 animated film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas . He had a leading role in the 2012 ABC television series Missing , starring Ashley Judd and Sean Bean.

As a voice dubber, Giannini dubbed the voices of both Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix's portrayals of The Joker in the Italian releases of The Dark Knight and Joker respectively. [3] He also provided the Italian voices of Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Raz Degan, Benicio del Toro, Steven Strait and Laz Alonso in some of their work. [4] In his animated roles, he dubbed Metro Man in Megamind and Mandrake in Epic .

Personal life

In 2019, Giannini married Trussardi creative director Gaia Trussardi after two years of dating. [5] Giannini had an older brother, Lorenzo, who died from an aneurysm at the age of 21. He also has two younger half-brothers from his father's marriage to actress Eurilla del Bono.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
2001 Off to the Revolution by a 2CV Marco
2002 Swept Away Giuseppe Esposito
2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Rat (voice)American dub; voice role
2004 Stay with Me Nanni
The Consequences of Love Valerio Di Girolamo
Una talpa al bioparcoDavid
Ocean's Twelve Museum directorCameo appearance
2007 13 Roses Fontenla
Nero bifamiliareOssobuco
2008 Sandrine in the Rain Leonardo
2009La casa sulle nuvoleAdriano Raggi
2010 Megamind Metro Man (voice)Italian dub; voice role
Kiss Me Again Simone
2011 Black Gold Pilot
2013 Epic Mandrake (voice)Italian dub; voice role
2014 A Fairy-Tale Wedding Luca Maggi
A Woman as a Friend Giovanni
Without Pity Manuel
The Ice Forest Lorenzo
AmboGiulio
2015 I Killed Napoléon Paride Presca
Per amor vostro Michele Migliaccio
They Call Me Jeeg Reporter (voice)Voice cameo
2017 Il colore nascosto delle cose Teo Moscone
2018The Legend of Red HandDavideShort film
2019 Vivere Luca Attorre
2020 The Ties Adult Sandro
2021 Three Floors Giorgio
Sing 2 Jimmy Crystal (voice)Italian dub; voice role
2023 Adagio Vasco

Television

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
2004 Luisa Sanfelice Salvato PalmieriTelevision film
2006 48 ore Renato Tenco12 episodes
2007 Pat & Stan Pat (voice)39 episodes (Italian version)
2008Tigri di cartaGerard3 episodes
2009L'isola dei segreti: KoréVasco Brandi4 episodes
2011L'amore proibitoValerioTelevision film
2012 6 passi nel giallo Marco VenturaEpisode: "Sotto protezione"
Missing Giancarlo Rossi10 episodes
2013–2016 In Treatment Pietro14 episodes
2014The CosmopolitansSandroTelevision film
2016 Boris Giuliano: Un poliziotto a Palermo Boris Giuliano Television film
2017Il coraggio di vincereRocco Di SantoTelevision film
2022 Bang Bang Baby Santo Maria Barone10 episodes
2024 Supersex Tommaso7 episodes

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

American voice actors

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References

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  2. "Adriano Giannini". MYmovies. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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  4. ADRIANO GIANNINI e il doppiaggio (2012) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it
  5. "Gaia Trussardi ha sposato Adriano Giannini: non c'erano alle nozze Michelle e Tomaso" (in Italian). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  6. In the Italian dub of the film, Giannini was replaced by Francesco Vairano.

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