Luca Biagini

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Luca Biagini
Born (1949-10-03) 3 October 1949 (age 74)
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present

Luca Biagini (born 3 October 1949) is an Italian actor. [1]

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Biography

Biagini is best known for dubbing over the voices of actors like Hugo Weaving in The Lord of the Rings film series, Michael Keaton in Batman and Spotlight , Arliss Howard in Full Metal Jacket , J.K. Simmons in Whiplash , Bruce Willis in 12 Monkeys , Ed Harris in The Hours , Colin Firth, John Malkovich and Kevin Kline in most of their performances.

In 2010, he became the new official voice of Hugh Laurie in House , after the death of his former dubber Sergio Di Stefano.

He also gave his voice to animated characters such as Tigger from Winnie the Pooh since 1999, Sebastian St. Clair in BoJack Horseman , Jake from The Rescuers Down Under and the Rat from Fantastic Mr. Fox .

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

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References

  1. "Luca Biagini's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 24 August 2018.