Francesco Vairano

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Francesco Vairano
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Vairano attending the Lucca Comics & Games convention in 2015
Born (1944-01-11) 11 January 1944 (age 80)
Naples, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • dialogue writer
  • dubbing director
Years active1969–present

Francesco Vairano (born 11 January 1944) is an Italian actor, voice actor, dialogue writer and dubbing director. [1]

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Biography

Born in Naples, Vairano began his career in the late 1960s working as a theatre actor. He also made appearances on television and worked for the radio industry.

Vairano dubbed Moreno, the innkeeper (portrayed physically by Gigio Morra), in the English dub of Matteo Garrone's Pinocchio , as well as writing the English dialogue and supervising and directing the dubbing process.

He is generally well known to the Italian public as a voice dubber. He is best known for providing the Italian voices of Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) from the Harry Potter film franchise and Gollum (Andy Serkis) from both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit ; he is also known for dubbing Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and various characters in The Muppets . He occasionally dubbed actors such as Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, and Ian McDiarmid. In December 2016, he announced that he would be temporarily retiring from voice dubbing and would only make rare comebacks. [2]

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

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References

  1. ↑ "Francesco Vairano's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Hollywood Party | S2020 | Berlinale #3 - Garrone, Sironi, "Semina il vento" e "Permette? Alberto Sordi" | Rai Radio 3 | RaiPlay Sound". RaiPlaySound. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Gladiatori di Roma 3D". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna (in Italian).
  4. ↑ A stage adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's play of the same name streamed on Italian television at RAI: "Teatro 1969-1970" (in Italian).
  5. ↑ A stage performance of Apuleius streamed on Italian television
  6. ↑ A stage performance of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play streamed on Italian television
  7. ↑ A stage performance of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew directed by Jonathan Miller and streamed on Italian television at RAI: "Teatro 1986-1988" (in Italian).
  8. ↑ A stage performance of Miguel de Cervantes' play of the same name streamed on Italian television
  9. ↑ A stage performance of William Shakespeare's Richard III streamed on RAI, directed by Jane Howell: "Teatro 1986-1988" (in Italian).
  10. ↑ Italian 1994 re-dubbed edition
  11. ↑ "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Italian voice cast" (in Italian).

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