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, Kingdom of Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • dialogue adapter
  • dubbing director
Years active1969–present

Francesco Vairano (born 11 January 1944) is an Italian actor and voice actor.

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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. However, 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 (portrayed by Alan Rickman) from the Harry Potter film franchise and Gollum (portrayed by Andy Serkis) from both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit . He has also occasionally dubbed actors such as Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, and Ian McDiarmid. [1]

In Vairano's animated roles, he is known for dubbing Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and various characters in The Muppets . Additionally, 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.

In December 2016, Vairano announced that he would be semi-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 voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). 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 Miguel de Cervantes' play of the same name streamed on Italian television
  8. ↑ Italian 1994 re-dubbed edition
  9. ↑ "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Italian voice cast" (in Italian).

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