Massimo Venturiello

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Massimo Venturiello
Born (1957-08-04) 4 August 1957 (age 67)
Roccadaspide, Italy
Occupations
  • Actor
  • voice actor
  • theatre director
Years active1982–present
Spouse
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(m. 2024)​

Massimo Venturiello (born 4 August 1957) is an Italian actor and voice actor. [1]

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Biography

Born in Roccadaspide, Province of Salerno, in 1982 Venturiello graduated at the Silvio D'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome and the same year he made his stage debut in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus directed by Gabriele Lavia. [2] From then, he started an intense theatrical activity, which includes experimental and avant-garde works and a long collaboration with the director Giampiero Solari. [2] Particularly, Venturiello was critically acclaimed for his performances in The Rose Tattoo , alongside Valeria Moriconi, and in Masaniello directed by Armando Pugliese. [2] Also active in films and on television, he is well known for the role of Rudy in Gabriele Salvatores' Marrakech Express . [2]

As a voice actor, Venturiello performed the Italian voice of Gary Oldman as Sirius Black in his first three appearances in the Harry Potter film franchise and as Commissioner James Gordon in Batman Begins . In his animated roles, he dubbed Hades in the 1997 film Hercules and Dr. Phillium Benedict in the 2001 film Recess: School's Out .

Personal life

In 2024, Venturiello married the singer Tosca after 21 years of dating. [3]

Filmography

Cinema

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 Where's Picone?
1987 The Family Armando
The Strangeness of Life Mario
My First Forty Years Roberto D'Angelo
Good Morning, Babylon Duccio Bonanno
1988RorretCarl
1989Rosso di seraAlex
RebusMiriam’s secretary
Marrakech Express Rudy
1990L'autostopSandro
1991 The Wicked Enrico Carossi
BaroccoAttilio Morelli
1992 Forbidden to Minors Thomas Parker
In viaggio verso estAlessandro Manetti
Lia, rispondi
1993Caccia alle moscheRocco
L'amore dopoLeone Aloisi
1994Una notte che pioveGuido
2001Ravanello pallidoClaudio Pignatti
2006 Our Land Aldo Di Santo

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981I ragazzi di celluloideAllievo C.S.C.TV miniseries
1982Il caso MurriFrancesco BonmartiniTV miniseries
L'indizioIl ricattatoreTV miniseries
1990AquileAltieriTV series
1992Gli anni d'oroNicolaTV series
Assunta SpinaTV miniseries
1993L'ispettore anticrimineGiuseppe AnastasiaTV miniseries
2000Giochi pericolosiGabriele LanzaTV miniseries
Prigioniere del cuoreCommissario GiovannettiTV miniseries
2001Una lunga notteAlbertoTV film
2002Il giovane CasanovaFoscariniTV miniseries
PadriMassimoTV miniseries
2006 Distretto di Polizia Cesare Carrano1 episode
2007 Il Capo dei Capi Angelo ManganoTV miniseries
Imperium: Pompeii ChelidoniusTV film
2008Mogli a pezziGianni NeroTV miniseries
Inspector De Luca CarneraTV miniseries
2009 Intelligence – Servizi & segreti Colonel Carlo FulgeriTV series
2010 Il peccato e la vergogna Dilmo DurantiRecurring role (season 1)
2012Né con te né senza di teGuglielmo CestraTV miniseries
2015 L'onore e il rispetto Dante GiordanoRecurring role (season 4)
2016Il sistemaGuido AlcamoRecurring role

Voice work

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

YearTitleRole(s)Ref
1997 Hercules Hades [4]
1999 The Tale of Tsar Saltan Prince
2001 Recess: School's Out Dr. Phillium Benedict [5]

Films (Live action, Italian dub)

YearTitleRole(s)Original actorRef
1985 To Live and Die in L.A. Richard Chance William Petersen
A Room with a View George Emerson Julian Sands
1986 The Mission Father John Fielding Liam Neeson
1995 Casino Lester Diamond James Woods
Jade David Corelli David Caruso
1996 Dragonheart Sir Bowen Dennis Quaid
Ghosts of Mississippi Byron De La Beckwith James Woods
Escape from L.A. Snake Plissken Kurt Russell
The Stendhal Syndrome Alfredo Grossi Thomas Kretschmann
1997 The Jackal The Jackal Bruce Willis
1998 Les Misérables Jean Valjean Liam Neeson
1999 Gloria Kevin Jeremy Northam
They Called Them... Brigands! Carmine Crocco Enrico Lo Verso
2000 Billy Elliot Jackie Elliot Gary Lewis
Gangster No. 1 Freddie Mays David Thewlis
2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer Colin Firth
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Sirius Black Gary Oldman [6]
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [7]
Batman Begins James Gordon [8]
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Sirius Black [9]
2011 Red Riding Hood Father Solomon
2013 Paranoia Nicholas Wyatt
2023 The Marvels Emperor Dro'ge Gary Lewis

Television (Animation, Italian dub)

YearTitleRole(s)NotesRef
1982 Cyborg 009 002 Jet LinkMain cast
1987 Star Wars: Droids C-3PO Main cast [10]
1998–1999 Hercules: The Animated Series Hades Main cast [11]
2001–2003 House of Mouse Recurring role (1st voice) [12]

Television (Live action, Italian dub)

YearTitleRole(s)NotesOriginal actorRef
1983–1986 Knight Rider KITT Main cast (seasons 2–4) William Daniels [13]
1996 Nostromo Charles GouldTV miniseries Colin Firth

Video games (Italian dub)

YearTitleRole(s)Ref
1997 Hercules Hades [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Massimo Venturiello's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano : Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN   8884402697.
  3. ↑ "La cantante Tosca si è sposata, ecco le foto del matrimonio". Mediaset (in Italian). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Hercules Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Recess: School's Out Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Batman Begins Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Star Wars: Droids Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Hercules: The Animated Series Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "House of Mouse Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Knight Rider Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Hercules Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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