Adriano Giannini

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Adriano Giannini
Adriano Giannini at Berlinale 2024, cropped.jpg
Giannini at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival
Born (1971-05-10) 10 May 1971 (age 53)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
Years active1990–present
Spouse
Gaia Trussardi
(m. 2019)
Parents

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

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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. [1] His earliest 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, also re-dubbing his own character's lines for the Italian and Spanish edition. [2]

Giannini's international roles include the voice of Rat in the 2003 animated film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and Giancarlo Rossi in the 2012 ABC television series Missing , starring Ashley Judd and Sean Bean. In 2024 he starred in two Netflix productions, playing Tommaso, Rocco Siffredi's half-brother, in the series Supersex and Ugo Jacomelli in the film Lonely Planet .

As a voice dubber, Giannini dubbed the voice of Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker in the Italian release of The Dark Knight . He also dubbed Joaquin Phoenix's incarnation of the character in Joker and Joker: Folie à Deux . [3] Giannini has provided the Italian voices of Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Raz Degan, Benicio del Toro, Steven Strait, Ryan Reynolds and Laz Alonso in some of their work [4] and the animated characters 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
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 Kiss Me Again Simone
2011 Black Gold Pilot
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
2017 Il colore nascosto delle cose Teo Moscone
2018The Legend of Red HandDavideShort subject
2019 Vivere Luca Attorre
2020 The Ties Adult Sandro
2021 Three Floors Giorgio
2023 Adagio Vasco
2024 Lonely Planet Ugo Jaconelli

Television

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
2004 Luisa Sanfelice Salvato PalmieriTelevision film
2006 48 ore Renato Tenco12 episodes
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

Voice work

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas RatAnimated film [6]
2015 They Call Me Jeeg ReporterVoice cameo

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

YearTitleRoleRef
2010 Megamind Metro Man
2013 Epic Mandrake
2021 Sing 2 Jimmy Crystal

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

YearTitleRoleOriginal actorRef
2004 Bad Education Enrique Goded Fele Martínez
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket Jude Law
2005 Edmond Edmond Burke's cellmate Bokeem Woodbine
2006 Candy Dan Heath Ledger
The Black Dahlia Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert Josh Hartnett
The Stone Merchant Alceo Jordi Mollà
2007 Goodbye Bafana James Gregory Joseph Fiennes
I'm Not There Robbie ClarkHeath Ledger
2008 Definitely, Maybe Will Hayes Ryan Reynolds
10,000 BC D'Leh Steven Strait
The Dark Knight The Joker Heath Ledger
Miracle at St. Anna Hector Negron Laz Alonso
Australia The Drover Hugh Jackman
2009 Star Trek Captain Nero Eric Bana
Whatever Works Randy Lee James Henry Cavill
Couples Retreat Salvadore Carlos Ponce
Avatar Tsu'teyLaz Alonso
2010 Date Night Tom "Taste" Felton / Tripplehorn James Franco
The Fighter Dicky Eklund Christian Bale
2011 Midnight in Paris Ernest Hemingway Corey Stoll
Green Lantern Hal Jordan / Green Lantern Ryan Reynolds
2012 On the Road Dean Moriarty Garrett Hedlund
Lawless Forrest Bondurant Tom Hardy
The Master Freddie Quell Joaquin Phoenix
2013 The Counselor Westray Brad Pitt
2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings Moses Christian Bale
2015 Fathers and Daughters Cameron Aaron Paul
The Revenant John FitzgeraldTom Hardy
2017 Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi DJ Benicio del Toro
2018 Mary Magdalene Jesus Christ Joaquin Phoenix
Venom Eddie Brock / Venom Tom Hardy
2019 Hellboy Anung Un Rama / Hellboy David Harbour
Joker Arthur Fleck / Joker Joaquin Phoenix
2024 Joker: Folie à Deux

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2007 Pat & Stan Pat39 episodes (1st voice)

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

YearTitleRoleNotesOriginal actorRef
2005 Pope John Paul II Young Karol Wojtyła TV miniseries Cary Elwes
2009 Sisi Gyula Andrássy TV miniseries Benjamin Sadler
2010 La ladra Dante MistrettaTV miniseries Johannes Brandrup
2014–present True Detective Rust Cohle Main cast Matthew McConaughey

Dubbers

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References

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  2. "Travolti dal testino". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net.; "Barridos Por La Marea". eldoblaje.com.
  3. "Il Joker di Joaquin Phoenix sarà doppiato da Adriano Giannini?" (in Italian). badtaste.it. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. "ADRIANO GIANNINI e il DOPPIAGGIO (2012) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it". 7 November 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2024 via YouTube.
  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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